Introducing Calais
As Churchill might have put it, ‘never in the field of human tourism have so many travellers passed through a place and so few stopped to visit.’ Indeed, there are few compelling reasons for the 24 million people who travel by way of Calais each year to stop and explore – pity the local tourist office, whose job it is to snag a few of the Britons racing to warmer climes!
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That said, the town – a mere 34km from the English town of Dover (Douvres in French) – has three speciality museums, some decent restaurants and, of course, Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais . In addition Calais, once famed for its lace, makes a convenient base for exploring French Flanders and the Channel coast by train, bus or car.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: First time driving trip to France, 8 days from Calais. Any ideas please?
by megacatt 01 June 2012
Vezelay and Noyers are lovely and well worth the trip. Whilst there you may as well pop into Chablis as it's only 20 mins away and fill…
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1st time to Prague!! :-), places of interest appreciated.
by iShotTheSheriff 30 May 2012
Woo-hoo, I'm making my first trip to Prague mid July :-) Unfortunately it's for work purposes so I'll only have 3 nights in the week…
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Re: France, west coast?
by wilco3 30 May 2012
Hello James, Even it is more than twenty years ago I have good memories about La Baule-Escoublac some 15km east of St-Nazaire. I think…
