Calais

城市概覽

Large warehouse supermarkets have sprung up on the outskirts of Calais just to serve the British "booze cruisers" who return to the UK with their car suspensions groaning under the weight of cheap alcohol and cigarettes.

如何抵達

By ferry (car and foot) Calais is connected to Dover in England by ferry services operated by P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways. Ferry crossings between Calais and Dover take typically around 1 hr 30 min and there are up to 46 sailings daily. However, as of March, 2024, only P&O allows foot passengers, and that only twice a day. The check-in time is 30 minutes before departure for vehicles and 90 minutes before departure for foot passengers.

The strait of Dover is one of the most frequented shipping lanes in the world. Calais ferry port allows easy access to the town and to shops outside the town, many of which are designed to sell alcohol to visitors from the UK where higher taxation means alcohol of all kinds is normally priced higher. Free car parking facilities are available in front of the Calais ferry terminal and the maximum stay is three days. Another popular ferry route is Dover to Dunkirk (near Calais) which is operated by DFDS Seaways and takes around 2 hours. Passengers travelling by ferry from Dover to Calais/Dunkirk go through French passport/identity card checks in the UK before embarkation, rather than on arrival in France. Passengers travelling in the other direction from Calais/Dunkirk to Dover by ferry go through French exit checks and UK passport/identity card checks in Calais/Dunkirk before embarkation, and UK customs checks on arrival in the UK. Fares for the Dover-Calais ferry start from £25 (day return) and £39 (single) for a car with up to 9 passengers.

By car

Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Running from Folkestone to the western edge of Calais (Coquelles), this car shuttle service operated by Eurotunnel takes about 35 min (although only about 20 min in the tunnel) and offers the fastest way to travel between France and the UK. This train service is for passengers with cars only, who remain with their car for the duration of the short trip, as there are no restaurants (except a fast food restaurant) but there are toilets. Passengers travelling fro

當地交通

Most people travel by car around the town, but there is a comprehensive network of buses running from the town centre to the suburbs and Cité Europe. The port is served by a special shuttle bus although via a footbridge the centre, and the harbour terminal are only 15 min apart. Bus 5 is useful for reaching the large Auchan and Carrefour hypermarkets and the Cite Europe shopping mall and the 6 goes to Calais Frethun Eurostar station. Services run every 30 min during the day and costs about €1 (board through the front door and pay the driver) and all buses terminate outside the Gare D'Ville.

必看景點

1 Les Bourgeois de Calais, Place du Soldat Inconnu (outside the town hall). Rodin's sculpture 2 Parc Saint-Pierre. 3 Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), Place du Soldat Inconnu. Get in, and go upstairs through the majestic staircase to the first floor and the wedding room, the ballroom and the "parliament" room. Self-visit (signs to read) or guided tour by Opale Tour. It is possible to access the belfry via a lift. 4 Lighthouse (Phare de Calais), Pl. Henri Barbusse. Visit and climb up to the light. Wonderful view. Small museum. (updated Sep 2025) 5 Cité Internationale de la dentelles et de la mode, ☏ +33 3 21 00 42 30. An old factory refurbished into a "living" museum about the story of lace, and especially the lace made in Calais on levers. You can see two machines working. Restaurant, bar and lace shop. Worthwhile. Allow at least 2 hours. 6 Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts), 25 rue Richelieu. Permanent and temporary exhibitions. Sculpture, paintings. free. (updated Sep 2025) 7 War museum (Musée Mémoire 39-45), Parc Saint Pierre (in front of the Town Hall, located in a real bunker), ☏ +33 3 21 34 21 57. Collection of period photographs, press clippings and everyday objects. Admire more than 60 uniforms from different armies, a variety of authentic weapons and a collection of posters and photographs depicting life in Calais during the war in a re-enforced concrete bunker. Adults €8; Children €6; Infants free. (updated Sep 2025) 8 Theatre, Place Albert 1er. Guided tours by Opale Tour. 9 Le Channel, Scène Nationale. Shows, library, restaurant, in a former slaughterhouse. Really worth a visit for the architecture. 10 Notre Dame Church. Restorations are ongoing and the church is frequently closed, but in any case, you can still see the exterior. In 2017, the church was open for visits in July and August. Courgain Maritime and fish market. A former fishermen's quarter outside the walls of the city. Rebuilt after the war, but a nice place to buy fresh fish and

體驗活動

1 Swimming pool, Piscine Ranson or ICEO complex. 2 Skating rink (Iceo). (updated Jun 2017) 3 Char à voile. base des Hemmes de Marck. 4 Sailing school, Base de voile, Blériot-Plage (coast road to Sangatte). Cinemas. 5 Alhambra, 2 rue Jean Jaurès (beside Town Hall), ☏ +33 3 21 17 73 33, [email protected]. VOSTF films. (updated Dec 2022) 6 Pathé Cité Europe (Cité Europe). (updated Dec 2022) 7 Bowling Alley (Bowling de Calais), 1 Avenue Antoine de Sant-Exupéry, ☏ +33 3 21 34 34 22. (updated Jun 2017) Visit the Coast up to "Cap Blanc Nez" (White Nose Cap), Unesco Classified site. If you have no car, you can take the bus (double-decker) at the theatre or the station for €1 there along the see road. Really cool.

購物

Alcohol. Since France has slightly lower taxes on alcohol than the UK various establishments have set up to cater for day trippers, although often it is a little cheaper to go to a local hypermarket (and you can pick up other stuff). The main hypermarkets are Auchan and Carrefour, the latter within the Cité Europe shopping centre and can both be reached on bus 5. In the town centre, there is a smaller Carrefour located at the back of the Quatre Boulevards shopping centre (near the Opéra). 1 Cité Europe, 1001 Boulevard du Kent (Located next to the Channel Tunnel terminal. Junction 41 or 42 on the A16). Large shopping centre containing 147 shops, 20 restaurants, and a cinema. Note that the shops are closed on Sundays and none of them sell tobacco. 2 Place Crevecœur Market. on Thursdays and Saturdays. 3 Place d'Armes Market. on Saturdays. Lace: two places worth a visit: 4 Lace Museum shop. 5 Boutique Noyon, Rue des Salines, ☏ +33 3 21 46 79 00, fax: +33 3 21 97 74 88. M-F 08:00-12:00 & 14:00-17:00. factory-turned-designer shop.

美食

1 La Guinguette, 9 Rue de la Mer, ☏ +33 3 91 91 57 63. Home food, family atmosphere, good quantity/quality value. 2 L'Ambrosia, 14 Rue de la Mer, ☏ +33 321 36 09 89. Wok specialist but not Asiatic with good value and price. 3 L'Hovercraft, 11 Place du Maréchal Foch, ☏ +33 321 34 59 73. Bar and brasserie. The largest choice of "welsh" dishes (speciality from Calais/Boulogne). Open late. Big terrac