Buying a tourism property for sale in Hauts-de-France means relying on a large and loyal nearby clientele. The region is a weekend away from Paris, Lille and Brussels and, through the Channel Tunnel and the Calais ferries, from southern England. It offers the Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez and the Opal Coast resorts, the Bay of the Somme and its seals, the Picardy dunes, the Audomarois marshes and the Avesnois hedgerow country. Heritage is dense: Amiens cathedral, belfries, Chantilly château and the Compiègne forest, Pierrefonds, Laon and the Louvre-Lens. The Somme, Artois and Chemin des Dames battlefields draw British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand visitors all year.
This page gathers the region's tourism real estate: Picardy courtyard farms turned into holiday lets, manor houses and châteaux open to guests, resort hotels, estaminets and inns, campsites and leisure parks, and groups of furnished apartments near the coast. It is written for buyers of a going concern, holiday village or tourist residence investors, glamping creators and sellers.
As of 25 September 2026, 14 tourism properties in Hauts-de-France are listed on ma-propriete.fr: 7 gîtes, 3 manor houses and châteaux, 2 equestrian properties, 1 B&B, 1 hotel or inn. The median asking price is €875,000; half are priced between €695,250 and €1,329,000, ranging from €359,992 to €3,599,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Hauts-de-France was €175,000 (average €183,979), or €1,686/m² of living space, for 108 m² on an average plot of 1,942 m², based on 11,950 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €90,000 and one in ten above €290,000. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €164,000 to €175,000 (+6.7%); over the last year the change is +2.9%. The national median is €189,200.
| Indicator (2025) | Hauts-de-France | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €175,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €183,979 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €90,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €290,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,686/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 108 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 1,942 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 11,950 | 150,313 |
By department:
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | €139,000 | €142,076 | €1,356/m² | +6.9% | 2,139 |
| Nord (59) | €192,000 | €202,949 | €1,729/m² | +6.7% | 2,388 |
| Oise (60) | €200,000 | €206,280 | €2,034/m² | +0.0% | 2,530 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | €186,000 | €195,185 | €1,747/m² | +12.7% | 2,578 |
| Somme (80) | €159,000 | €166,279 | €1,565/m² | +9.7% | 2,315 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €140,500 (deep countryside) to €215,000 (tourist coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), 79 sales were recorded in Hauts-de-France in 2025, at a median of €756,800; over 2021-2025 the regional median is €644,600 for 477 sales. The table gives the breakdown by department.
| Department | Sales | Median price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aisne (02) | 42 | €440,500* | €338,100 – €601,700 | 1,245 |
| Nord (59) | 161 | €732,200 | €412,000 – €1,338,500 | 2,080 |
| Oise (60) | 123 | €770,000 | €418,400 – €1,348,000 | 2,108 |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | 110 | €613,600 | €379,700 – €1,303,000 | 1,759 |
| Somme (80) | 41 | €520,000* | €400,000 – €650,000 | 1,458 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Hauts-de-France and prestige property prices in Hauts-de-France (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
The regional market remains affordable. A country house sold for a median €175,000 in 2025, below the national median; the tourist coast, from the Opal Coast to the Bay of the Somme, is the dearest area at €215,000 over 2020-2025. A tourism property with a main house, several units, outbuildings and grounds is closer to the large period home market, where the regional median reached €644,600 over 2021-2025, mainly in the Oise and the Nord. Gîte complexes lead the supply, followed by character homes and equestrian properties; hotels and B&Bs are rarer and valued on their trading record.
On the Opal Coast, hotels in Le Touquet, Wimereux or Berck rely on weekend guests who extend the season from spring to autumn; around the Bay of the Somme, boutique hotels attract birdwatchers, walkers and riders. In art towns such as Amiens, Arras, Lille or Laon, independent hotels mix leisure and business travellers. Near the Great War sites, small hotels host Commonwealth visitors all year. In Flanders, the estaminet combines regional food and sometimes a few rooms; in the Avesnois and Thiérache, Maroilles cheese country, a few farm inns serve their own farm produce. You may buy the building alone, the building and the business, or the business alone under a commercial lease. Compare with hotels for sale elsewhere in France and country inns and hotel-restaurants.
Opal Coast longhouses, brick or chalk farms and farmsteads split into several units make up most of the supply; see gîtes for sale in Hauts-de-France and B&Bs in the region.
The Picardy and Pas-de-Calais coasts have many campsites and residential leisure parks, where selling a plot or the business follows specific rules; see campsite businesses in Hauts-de-France and our rural campsite white paper (in French). Holiday villages, group centres and seaside tourist residences form a separate investor market, often under a commercial lease. The Compiègne, Crécy and Saint-Gobain forests, the marshes and the hedgerow country suit treehouses, gypsy caravans and houseboats: see glamping sites for sale.
Châteaux in the Aisne and Oise, fortified farms and Picardy barns host weddings and seminars within easy reach of Paris and Lille; see event venues in Hauts-de-France.
Taking over a hotel or inn combines buying the building before a notary with the transfer of the business (goodwill, trading name, contracts, equipment), which has its own formalities. A hotel is a public-access building (ERP): ask for the latest fire safety commission report. The Atout France 1 to 5 star rating lasts 5 years; the town hall confirms the licence and operating permit transfer. On the coast, the Loi Littoral limits extensions; the risk report covers coastal flooding in the Bay of the Somme and in the wateringues polder between Calais and Dunkirk, shoreline retreat and, inland, underground cavities left by old quarries. Converting a farm barn into accommodation requires planning consent for a change of use, and off-grid drainage must be SPANC-approved. Holiday flats attached to the property must comply with the loi Le Meur of 19 November 2024.
Pas-de-Calais and Picardy coast resorts have the most sought-after hotels, with a season extended by weekend breaks. Arras, Amiens and the Lille area mix tourists and business guests. Near remembrance sites, small hotels remain affordable and rely on regular foreign visitors.
Profitability depends on the share of pitches let by the year, occupancy of rental units and the state of facilities. Ask for three years of accounts, pitch contracts and the booking calendar, then check them with our holiday rental simulator (in French).
Add the building value, based on local country house or large home sales, to the business value, based on operating profit. Allow for purchase costs (see our notary fee calculator, in French), upgrades and low-season cash.
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