Quaint places within an hour or two of Calais?

Question

I'm off on the motorbike to France on Saturday. Only an overnight trip so I don't want to go too far. Any of you know some nice little coastal places to visit? I was going to go to Le Touquet but it sounds a bit too modern.

Answer 1

You could try Gravelines, its a nice little town with a fort. I have had some nice food there to.

Answer 2

Boulogne sur Mer is lovely, and is't got a nice cathedral to see, only about a half an hour from Calais.

Lille would be your other option, good shopping center

Answer 3

Try the small fishing village of Wissant it is not far from Calais you can see it here http://www.a-taste-of-france.com/wissant...

Answer 4

dunkerque, see the industry, france at its best

Answer 5

le touquet is lovely, and it's not too modern. wissant is mentioned above, but in my opinion better still is to go past wissant to wimereux and then boulogne.

wimereux has a lovely sea front, and a very french shopping street. and a nice little hotel we've stayed at twice, called le speranza

boulogne has lots - the medieaval town at the top of the hill is very quaint, there's a good market (mostly fruit, veg, cheese etc.) on a saturday morning. shops, restaurants and a french seaside feel

Answer 6

I liked Vieux-Lille (the old section of Lille) when I went there about a decade ago.

Answer 7

I would thoroughly recommend the town of Honfleur http://en.ot-honfleur.fr/Welcome-in-Honf... - its a pcituresque harbour town. Its probably around 150 miles from Calais along the coastal road

Others options nearby are the towns of Deauville - http://www.deauville.org/en/ or Fecamp - http://www.fecamptourisme.com/index.php or Dieppe - http://www.dieppetourisme.com/index.php