£20 day trip return to France plus free six bottles of wine

Perez

Thanks very much for letting us know - excellent deal, this!

Worth noting that the meal offer is buy-one-get-one-free, rather than another free bottle of wine - still worth the trip though, always used to have a fry-up on the ferry as kids so would definitely carry on the tradition!

taxiphil

chuckles1066 wrote: »

Nothing.

If I ever wanted to slit my wrists, the Port of Calais would be where I'd do it............it's the end of the world there :eek:

Haven't you ever been into the town centre? It's infinitely better than any UK high street. It's packed full of real local shops which we no longer have in this country: bakers, butchers, greengrocers etc, all selling a fantastic range of arguably the best food in the world.

There are loads of delightful bars and restaurants dotted round all over the place, plus a very scenic part of town with a beach and a promenade, but most of the Brits don't know this area exists because it's not on the route between the ferry and the hypermarkets.

And there's a noticeable lack of hooded feral youths hanging around on the streets.

chuckles1066

taxiphil wrote: »

Haven't you ever been into the town centre? It's infinitely better than any UK high street. It's packed full of real local shops which we no longer have in this country: bakers, butchers, greengrocers etc, all selling a fantastic range of arguably the best food in the world.

Yep, had a mooch about..............I particularly liked the local markets with the bread, cheese and fresh meats all uncovered and subject to flies crawling over them and the locals picking huge uncovered loaves up, squeezing them and then putting them back.

beachlou

We're wanting to go to Calais for a booze run for our wedding and this sounds like a good price. Does anyone know (or know where I could find out) how much one car will carry? We've got a Vectra. Thanks

chuckles1066

beachlou wrote: »

We're wanting to go to Calais for a booze run for our wedding and this sounds like a good price. Does anyone know (or know where I could find out) how much one car will carry? We've got a Vectra. Thanks

Get your manual out and look at the *payload*

italiastar

chuckles1066 wrote: »

Yep, had a mooch about..............I particularly liked the local markets with the bread, cheese and fresh meats all uncovered and subject to flies crawling over them and the locals picking huge uncovered loaves up, squeezing them and then putting them back.

...... Trips to France are actually best for people who appreciate the French culture and their appreciation of food and good living. I'd find it very unusual to witness poor hygiene in a proper French market, ie one for the locals and not tourists, however, how clean is your local UK supermarket? My worse trip to France was with a couple who hated the French - they spend all day winging about the French, although we spent so little time in France we actually only interacted with a checkout operator. I witness the worse ever behaviour that I've ever seen in a supermarket - people shoving their trolleys at everyone, piling beer and wine into their trolleys as if the world was about to end. The worse was their sampling of liqueurs and sprits - they were opening the bottles and pouring a sample into the cap to drink - after some criticism they screwed the cap back on and returned it to the shelf - As I said, not a French person in sight.

dougs

taxiphil wrote: »

Haven't you ever been into the town centre? It's infinitely better than any UK high street. It's packed full of real local shops which we no longer have in this country: bakers, butchers, greengrocers etc, all selling a fantastic range of arguably the best food in the world.

There are loads of delightful bars and restaurants dotted round all over the place, plus a very scenic part of town with a beach and a promenade, but most of the Brits don't know this area exists because it's not on the route between the ferry and the hypermarkets.

And there's a noticeable lack of hooded feral youths hanging around on the streets.

:T

Fully agree with taxiphil. As with anything, it is what you make of it, and it is all there for the enjoying if you look a bit further than the ferry port and the hypermarkets.

i_like_shoes

sounds like a good offer

Dee140157

It is a good offer and one I may well take up as I only live 20 miles from Dover. It is worth it for the travel and the deal and I love to go over to eat. Just note the bogof meal deal is onlky for breakfast on the early sailings and fish and chips (with veg!) on the later sailings. Not much good if you are vegetarian. Still a good deal though nonetheless. No sure of petrol prices these days but diesel used to be so much cheaper in France and sometimes you could recoup the cost of the ticket by filling up your car. Desel is about 89p litre at the moment I think.

spalding

Does anyone know if fuel is still cheaper over there?