Calais shopping - Wine, beer, tobacco.
Save 30 - 60% on wine in Calais. There are even greater savings when you consider how little of the United Kingdom price you pay for a bottle of wine actually goes on the wine itself.
Despite the poor exchange rate, there are still big savings to be made when shopping in Calais - more
Three reasons for a daytrip; 1 - Save money, 2 - much better range of products in French supermarkets (fewer own brands), 3 - Quality is often better and healthier, and there are more local products available.
Day-tripper blog, newsletter - catch up on the news and changes.
February 2012 - The Calais Wine Superstore in Calais has Jacob's Creek 3 Vines Red at £2.49 and Rose at £2.29. At Ocado in the U.K. they are £7.99. You can still save up to 72% by shopping in Calais (Buying 3 cases of the rose will save you £103). They also have very limited stocks of the Jacob's Creek Three Vines White at £2.99, saving you £5 a bottle on the UK supermarkets.
November 2011 - JP Chenet Wines are cheaper at PIDOU Wine and Beer in Calais. Carbernet Syrah, Merlot, Colombard, Sauvignon, Colombard Chardonnay and Cinsault Grenache are just 2.88 euro a bottle (about £2.50). At Sainsburys and Tesco in London they are currently selling for £5.99 a bottle. So, travel to Calais and save 58% on U.K. prices! Or buy 36 bottles and save £125!
Shopping in Calais - Where to go, Cite Europe, other shops.
Supermarkets and Hypermarkets - ALDI, ATAC, Champion, CORA, Intermarché, Le Clerc, Leader Price, LIDL, Monoprix, and others.
Tips - what to buy, what's cheap, Revenue and Customs (Customs and Excise), weddings, foot passengers, etc.
Tobacco in Adinkerke, Belgium - Shops in Adinkerke and Ostende.
Tobacco in France - shops in Calais selling cigarettes and pouch tobacco.
Wine and Beer - shops and warehouses selling wine, beer and spirits in Calais. Pidou, Calais Wine Superstore etc.
Wine Shops - Just wine.
Markets - where and on what day.
Other Shops - Cheese, Chocolate, Car Service / Garages, Opticians, Perfume.
Prices - price surveys and advice on ferry tickets, beer, tobacco, petrol, champagnes and food etc.
Save loads of money on a single day-trip. New Calais and travel voucher pages - check them before you go.
Travelling to France - its getting cheaper
Airlines - Budget airlines and other carriers.
Airports - Airports in France, United Kingdom and other E.U. member states.
Car hire in France - Cars, motor homes, companies, links. Spain.
Coach Travel - coach companies.
Day-trippers crossing the Channel - all the day trip companies. Book a fare with Brittany ferries, Condor Ferries, Eurotunnel, DFDS, P and O Ferries (Channel), P and O Ferries (Calais), Stena, Transmanche.
Other Ferry Companies - Colorline, DFDS, Irish ferries, Norse Merchant, P and O Irish Sea, POFerry North Sea etc.
Rail - Getting to and around France by rail. Agents and companies. Rail Europe
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