SIN LE NOBLE, France

We 're living in a row-house from the beginning of 20th century and renovated in 2012, nearby Douai.
An ideal place to visit other cities.
15 mn walk to Douai center (belfrie, museum, nice places, cinemas, indoor and outdoor swimming pools & spa, tennis...). Our living room and the equidded-kitchen have a wooden floor, WI-FI, computer, Web, flat screen television and one large sliding glass door that open onto the terrace and our garden which is not overlooked. three bedrooms have a double bed, one room has a single bed.
The car is a Toyota Auris (4places).

Sauna- Spa- swimming pool indoor and outdoor are 5 mn from our place : www.sourceane.fr

Douai is by TGV : 50 mn from Paris, 3h 30 from London.....
Lille is only 30 mn and / lille-Bruxelles is also 1H 30 by train (1h30 by car from Douai, the same to get Bruges "the little Venice") and about 3 hours to get Amsterdam.
Douai by car : 20 mn from Arras, 35 mn from Lille, 2 h from Paris.

We are 1h30 from the sea and the ferries to get England - Wild Coast from Boulogne to Calais with the two Capes (Gris nez et Blanc nez) which is fabulous. Sometimes we can see seals from the beach and you can explore all seelife at the biggest european Nausicaa Aquarium : http://www.nausicaa.co.uk/
there are some world War II sites and museums
some links :
http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/
http://www.lacoupole-france.co.uk/
http://www.musee3945.com/Frameset_E.htm
http://www.batterietodt.com/

The centenary 14-18 in our north country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial
http://centenaire.org/en/nord-pas-de-calais

Baie de Somme : 1H30 by car
the Somme Bay is bound to a beauty without defect of the landscape and its lights, what is worth to it being classified in the UNESCO world heritage, appearing to the club of 30 more beautiful bays of the world and recently being a big national site!
 some links http://www.baiedesomme.fr/en/getting-around-baie-de-somme
http://www.traversee-baiedesomme.com/la-baie-de-somme/
It takes 2 hours to get Saint Valery or Le Crotoy from Douai.

Arras is 20 mn : you'll discover the baroque's style places.

Lens is only 20 mn from Douai by car. You 'll discover The LOUVRE LENS Museum
some links :
http://www.louvrelens.fr/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre-Lens

Douai - Cateau Cambrésis : 45 minutes to visit the MATISSE Museum : http://museematisse.lenord.fr/
Lille is 30 minutes from home (car and train)
http://www.lilletourism.com/index_gb.php
http://www.roubaix-lapiscine.com/ e great museum
http://www.lille.fr/Zoo-de-Lille

Douai to get Belgium (Tournai) : 45 minutes

getting Douai is easy. There are several airports in a 200 km range

LIlle-Lesquin : 30 km (30 mn)
Paris CDG : 170 km (2h)
Paris ORLY : 200 km (2h30)
Beauvais airport :169 km (2 h)
Bruxelles : 145 km (2h)