Where to go in Nord-Pas de Calais
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Calais is a busy port overlooking the Channel and, on clear days, the White Cliffs of Dover. It's one of the Nord-Pas de Calais' key trade and tourism hubs and its nearby hypermarkets are popular with day-trippers and returning holidaymakers, who visit in order to stock up on high quality wines, ch…
Boulogne-sur-Mer is one of France's main fishing towns and naturally places a heavy emphasis on all things connected with the sea. Quieter and more atmospheric than nearby Calais, it's a lovely place for a day trip or a short break taking in the town and the surrounding Opal Coast, which includes t…
Dunkirk will, for many people, always be associated with Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of 350,000 Allied troops from its beaches in the face of the German advance during the early summer of 1940. The soldiers were transported across the Channel in all manner of vessels, from cruisers to fishing …
Lille is the industrial hub turned cultural capital of the Nord-Pas de Calais region, with grand architecture and a strong Flemish identity - many of the locals still use its Flemish name, Rijssel and moules-frites appears on many a restaurant menu. It's a key Eurostar city, reached from London in …