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Seaside Resorts. MIDDELKERKE, 2. Route. 17
Mariakerke, incorporated in 1899 with Ostend, may be reached
in 4/p hr. by the Digue (p. 14). Like Middelkerke it is situated on
a low and narrow chain of dunes. The beach is excellent.
Thence along the top of the dunes runs a picturesque paved road,
16 ft. wide, with the electric tramway line, -At the station of Musée,
about 20 min. beyond Mariakerke, is Stracke’s Musée d’ Histoire Na-
turelle, to the left, containing ethnographical and natural history
collections (adm. free, 9-41 and 2- )). We then reach the little
bathing-place of Raversyde. To the left, just short of Middelkerke,
is the Hospice Roger de Grimberghe for invalid children. Close by
a
is the watchman’s hut at the starting-point of the submarine cable
to England.
Middelkerke. — Hotels. On the di;
from 4, B. 41/4, D. 38, S. 2, board 6 fr.; - Des Barns, 40 R. from 3,
board 6 fr.; Hor. pe La 2. Behind the digue, Héx,
33 R. at 3-12, B. 1, D. 3, pens. 8-11 fr. — Numerous
a-bath 75 c.
Middellerke, 51/2 M. to the S.W. of Ostend, is especially fre-
quented by Belgians and Germans. On the digue, 1/2 M. in length,
are the Kurhaus, a number of villas, and most of the hotels. The
Rue Paul de Smet de Naeyer leads to the adjacent village.
Westende. — Hotels. *Wesrenn Horen
3-3Y/2, § 4, board 5-6 fr. ; In pe Lexx <, small and unpretending.
tlla des Abeill. Pens. du SAttor ifé-Restaurant Kursac
ree; cabin 1/2 f tent 15-30 fr. per month. — Information as to
lodgings from the Administration de la Plage.
Westende, 7 M. from Ostend and 1/) M. to the N. of the village
of Westende, is the most fashionable of the small bathing-resorts
to the S.W. of Ostend, with many modern villas, and is frequented
by the Belgians, rench, and Germans.
A broad and lofty chain of dunes extends hence to the 8.W. to
the French frontier. A pleasant walk may be taken along the beach,
past the sea-baths of Lombartzyde, to the (24/5 M.) lighthouse at
Nieuport (p. 18). The village of Lombartzyde, 11/4 M. from the sea,
possesses a celebrated figure of the Madonna, held in high veneration
by Flemish fishermen from time immemorial. In 1600 the ‘Battle
of the Dunes’ (p. 48) took place between this village and Westende.
Nieuport-Bains. — Hotels.
from 9 fr., Gr.-Hor. pe LA Pra
on the digue; Hér. Pre
Mer, H6T. Cosmovorir:
the
Hor. pe ba Prager, 100 R,
pensions.
156 BR. at 343, B. 1-41/r,
D
Gnr.-Hér. prs Barns, R. from 21/x, pens,
R. from 2'/2 fr., both of the class,
ost, good, in a parallel street behind: Hér. pr ta
both unpretending, at the station, 2 min. from
— Sea-bath | fr., children 50 c. Tent, 6 fr, per week, 18 fr. per month.
Nieuport-Bains, Flem. Niewwpoort-Bad, 2M. to the N.W. of the
town of Nieuport (p. 48), the terminus of the railway from Dix-
mude (R. 4), is prettily situated, but owing to the great breadth
of the Digue, is wanting in some of the characteristics of the other
resorts. The sea recedes a long way at low tide, and the sand thus
exposed is sometimes troublesome when blown about by the prevalent
W. wind. Afforestation, however, has been begun.
On the digue are
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