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Overview:
Calais, France, To
visit France’s northernmost region is to discover a universe
where sea and earth are intimately linked. In the past ten
years, Nord-Pas de Calais has been transformed by the Channel
Tunnel––a project accomplished in May 1994 but contemplated
by Napoleon two centuries earlier. Another asset is the TGV
train service from Paris to Lille, the region’s capital, a
non-stop 150-mile trip that takes 59 minutes in railway cars
whose comfort equals that of a first-class airliners, minus the
airport delays and weather turbulence.
Calais, thanks to
its geographical location, has been the traditional landfall on
the European mainland for generations of British travellers.
Both the Channel Tunnel and the ferry port are within close
proximity of Calais. Directly linked to the European motorway
network via the A26 and A16, Calais is less than six hours drive
from Strasbourg and Germany and less than three hours from
Paris. The town has many remarkable monuments which are
illuminated at night. Along 50 km of coastline vast stretches of
fine sand provide an invigorating environment at all seasons of
the year.
Calais overlooks
the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel.
The white cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day.
Visiting
one country? Individual Country Passes offer convenience and
affordable travel options.
Use the Rail
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