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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Many people go to Calais for a day-trip on foot, and therefore don't have the advantage of a car or coach to carry their wine and beer. This page is designed for you - below is a list of restaurants, shops and museums in the centre of Calais or close by a bus ride.
BUS to Town centre
Take a train from London to Calais courtesy of Connex and Seafrance
Great news, there is now a minibus taking people from the Calais and Zeebrugge to Adinkerke in Belgium - more
The free bus service from the port is no more - however the local bus company are running a service from the port now, but it has to be paid for.
The new ramp from the terminal into the town centre for foot passengers is now open! (June 2007).
A lot of money is currently being spent renewing the pavements in the main pedestrian areas. www.boulevards-calais.com
You can cross the channel very cheaply. "Flyer" tickets cost just £5 with PO Ferries to Calais. From London by train expect to pay about £22.00. If you have a New Deal pass you can get a discounted return fare of £13 (or £11 if you're lucky!).
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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Site about the renewal of pavements in Calais - www.boulevards-calais.com
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Tips If buying tobacco try Cafe Tabac Le Mercure at 221 Bd. Lafayette (opposite Match Supermarket) or Le Brazza near the Theatre. They offer a very good exchange rate and will get your order ready before you come. |
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Day-trips from London by coach (Victoria Coach Station) - With National Express and P & O Ferries. www.gobycoach.com Tel: 08705 80 80 80. More on coach companies |
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With Connex and PO Ferries. Tel: 08705 240241. The train stops at the Dover Priory Station where a courtesy bus which runs every 15 minutes will take you to the port terminal. Cost only £24.00. Remember to catch the right courtesy bus when you arrive in Dover, which operate between 8.00am and 8.00pm. More on rail companies |
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Can't wait for the bus - here's how to walk in quickly (if you're up to a brisk 8-10 minute walk). June 2007 - The new ramp from the terminal into town is now open. When leaving 'Passport Control' in Calais go out to the shuttle bus departure point (i.e. towards the Town Centre) turn a sharp right and you will see a ramp. Walk up the ramp which will bring you into a car park. Head straight ahead off the ramp and follow the pavement round and down the other side - this takes about 2 minutes walk - it's about 6 minutes on the bus while it messes about with going right to the end of the dock enclosure and coming back on itself. Then simply follow straight on from the ramp ahead, over the lifting bridge. You then have to carry on ahead crossing two roads and you come to a bar on the right - it's easily spotted, there's a roundabout opposite with a beautiful oak tree in the middle, then follow the road round to the right and ahead and you'll be in Place d'Armes. I've done it in 6 minutes before and have been sat outside the 'London Bridge' with a pint before my mates have even arrived on the bus! The return journey is exactly the same and saves having to mess about with waiting on the bus at the Railway Station for 10-15 minutes too. |
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Restaurants for foot passengers - all restaurants in Calais In Town Le Channel, Tel: 0033 321 34 42 30 at Cité Europe Flunch cite Europe, Tel: 0033 321 35 50 13
La Sole Meniére, Tel: 0033 321 34 43 01 |
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In the centre
Other - ALDI (BUS 2 from the Railway Station), Leader Price (BUS 1), Hypermarkets (for bus details click on logo)
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(Av. Roger Salengro - by No. 5 bus )
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Other shopping centres
There is a Champion Supermarket here.
Wine and Beer shops in Cite Europe
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Café "La Brazza", 149, Bd. Léon Gambetta, Calais. Tel: 0033 321 34 33 11 Cafe Tabac Le Mercure - 221 Bd. Lafayette - Tel/Fax: 0033 321 96 78 68 Le Saint Germain Café - Tabac, 51 place d’Armes, Calais. Tel: 0033 321 97 49 90 |
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(Time to walk from Place d'Armes) Notre Dame Church (3 mins), Municipal museum (6 mins), Town Hall / 6 Burgers Statue (8 mins), Beach & Pier (12 mins), War Museum & Park (8 mins), Fort Risban (10 mins). |
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At Cite Europe, taxi's and buses can be taken from Porte d'Irelande. |
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SIPAC - Calais Bus Service, 22, rue Caillette, 62102. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 00 75 75. The fare from the port to the Train Station (Gare) is 1 euro 20. Buses are frequent. If you are going on to Auchan Hypermarket or Cite Europe the fare is 1 euro. |
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Market Wednesday and Saturday mornings - Place d'Armes |
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Coach Companieswho organise shopping trips to France and Belgium By and large you get on around 11pm and get off 24 hrs later, if travelling from the North. |
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If you want to take advantage of the cheap foot passenger ferry rates, you can park your car in the Port of Dover car parks for reasonable amounts. 6 - 12 hours costs £5.00, 12 - 24 £7.00. Tel: 01304 872 459.
Dover site; www.dover.gov.uk/parking |
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Cross Channel Companies - Calais contact numbers Seafrance - Tel: 0803 044 045 |
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Bus Service run by P & O Ferries from Calais ferry port. Departures from the terminal to Place d'Armes, the main Station. This service is due to cease in the New Year. |
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