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Information about shopping centres in Calais - Day-tripper.net, the web magazine which saves you money when crossing the channel to Calais, to buy wine, beer, spirits and food, travelling by ferry or Eurotunnel. Supermarkets, chocolatiers, cheese shops, boulangeries, tobacco shops & Cité Europe.

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Shopping Centres in Calais

You can pack a lot into a daytrip if you visit one of the main shopping centres in Calais such as Cite Europe. There are other areas in Calais worth a visit however, and we list them below

The main shopping streets in Calais are the Boulevards Jacquard and Lafayette.

When telephoning from the United Kingdom begin all numbers with 0033 -.

The next sales in France in NORD (59), Pas de Calais (62) and Aube (10 - Troyes, Factory shopping centres) are the summer sales which run from 30th June until 3rd August. However. in the six departments that make up the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, they start and end a week later (7th July to 10th August). In Corsica, they start 14the July and finish 17th August.

In Belgium the sales are held in January (2010 - 2nd to 31st) and July (2010 - 1st to 31st July).

The Winter sales normally start on the second Wednesday in January. Summer sales normally start on the third Wednesday of each year in France.

CREDIT CARDS - we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France - increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile - you can often sort the problem out over the phone.

 

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Useful outside links

shopping centres France - Conseil National des Centres Commerciaux. Find a French Centre Commercial (click the map of France). www.cncc.com

shopping centres France - Centres Commerciaux. Lists many Centre Commercial throughout France and Portugal. www.centres-commerciaux.com

French shopping brands - Site des Marques. Useful resource for French brand information. www.sitedesmarques.com

business in France - Societe, for official information on a business. www.societe.com

boussole shop - Boussole. Useful directory for many shops and institutions in France. www.boussole-fr.com

Main shopping centres in Calais

cite europe calais - Cité Europe. The most popular shopping mall in Calais for United Kingdom shoppers, plenty of fashions shops.

quatre boulevards shopping - Les 4 Boulevards. The newest shopping centre in Calais, near the Theatre. Plenty of parking, it also has a Carrefour Market Supermarket.

mivoix shopping - Centre Mi-voix. Where the old Continent Supermarket use to be (now Carrefour). Smaller and quieter, there is uniquely for most French shopping centres, a TABAC here.

auchan in calais - Centre Auchan, with Auchan Hypermarket and Leroy Merlin this is another popular port of call for United Kingdom shoppers.

l'usine factory shop France - L'Usine Cote d'Opale. The newest shopping centre aimed at the United Kingdom shopper. Lots of branded clothes, plenty of parking (this centre use to be known as Marques Avenue).

ZAC Curie - Just off exit 44 on the A16 next to Calais Vins, this new zone has a Bricoman store, as well as an Aubert (baby stuff), Kine Jouet (games), Kiabi (good value clothes), Gémo, (Shoes and clothes), and a Gifi store (electronic goods).

Calais Centre - The main shopping areas in the centre of Calais are; rue Lafayette, Bd. Gambetta, La Fayette and Bd. Jacquard.

Factory Shops

Shops you find at most French Commercial Centres and what they sell.