Les Gigottos Automates - La Maison des Automates — Attraction in Dunkirk

Wow. I dont know how to describe this original guided 2 hour tour of an amazing mechanical puppet workshop. They were made from recycling literally anything. Although the puppet maker spoke minimal English we understood enough. His passion showed in this interactive tour, which was interesting, charming, comical, magical and very entertaining. I took part by milking a goat and saying confessions to a priest. You could see his latest creations in progress. 5 euro each paid at the end was well worth it (card or cash). Great for adults and children. It may be difficult to accommodate wheel chairs and push chairs as it is a rustic in use worshop. We had a wonderful afternoon watching his creations coming to life and learning what they were made from. We loved it. A definite must visit if you are in the area and their is plenty of free parking in town and dont forget...

Chanced upon this as we stopped in beautiful Esquelbecq and was walking around the village. What a magical place this little museum is. The owner and creator was a lovely welcoming host keen to show us each of his animated puppets and other art and showed us around the workshop and introduced us to each of his creations… funny, mischievous and very clever. One of those surprising finds we are so glad we...

This is an experience in the true sense, our host loves what he does and has endless enthusiasm that is contagious. The automatons are characters that respond to verbal commands. The whole experience took me back to when my father made amusement machines in Blackpool in the 1950s and. 60s. The best thing I have visited,...