What you can buy
TOBACCO - 3,200 cigarettes, 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 3 Kg smoking tobacco.
ALCOHOL - 110 lts beer, 90 lts wine, 10 lts spirits, 20 lts fortified wine.
Pre -order by internet from the Wine Beer Warehouse and if you spend £400 or more get a free daytrip with Seafrance or £30 cash back if you travel with Eurotunnel.
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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 & cite Europe.
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 U.K. begin all numbers with 0033 -.
The next sales in NORD (59), Pas de Calais (62) and Aube (10 - Troyes) will start on 25th June. In The NORD / Pas de Calais region they end on the 2nd August. In Aude they end 5th August. In Belgium they will start 1st and end the 31st July 2008.
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.
OFFER 1 - 20% off daytrips to Boulogne with Speedferries. 50 minute crossing. From £20 return (Offer available on this site only)
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
Direct Booking links
| Transmanche Ferries Dieppe | LD Lines Ferry Le Havre | Transeuropa Ferries |
| Norfolkline Dover to Dunkirk | SpeedFerries Boulogne | DFDS Ferries Newcastle |
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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. The pavements of Calais are being renewed, follow the progress here - www.boulevards-calais.com |
- Conseil National des Centres Commerciaux. Find a French Centre Commercial (click the map of France). 
- Centres Commerciaux. Lists many Centre Commercial throughout France and Portugal. 
- Site des Marques. Useful resource for French brand information. 
- Societe, for official information on a business. 
- Boussole. Useful directory for many shops and institutions in France. 
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- Centre Mi-voix. Where the old 
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