Looking for a break that is full of surprises for visitors to the Hauts-de-France? Plan your visit to Arras and the Pays d’Artois! Discover a city with 2,000 years of history behind it, a history told by the numerous museums from the Museum of Fine Arts to Cité Nature. Drink in the unique atmosphere of the Grand’Place, try out the themed visits and stroll along the banks of the River Scarpe or through the enchanting villages of the Artois countryside. You’ll enjoy a feast for the eyes!
The Belfry of Arras: a balcony overlooking the city
A visit of Arras always starts with the Belfry. Majestic, it prompts admiration from the ground, wonder at its summit, and awe when it is illuminated every year. Universally identifiable thanks to the gilded lion […]
Cité Nature: a rich mine of science for the whole family
Repurposed by the architect Jean Nouvel, Cité Nature is a centre for scientific culture established in a former miner’s lamp factory on the banks of the River Scarpe in Arras. Today, it is a place […]
The Town Hall of Arras, an Art Deco gem
Inseparable from its Belfry, the Town Hall of Arras is an incredible building, its Art Deco central structure draped with a Flamboyant Gothic mantle. A masterpiece that is unique in France, symbolic of the renaissance […]
The Citadel of Arras, From Vauban to UNESCO
The Citadel of Arras is a site that is unique in France. Built by Vauban in the seventeenth century, its three centuries of military history have left us with an exceptional heritage. Demilitarised and added […]