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What to do near calais?

ben9090
ben9090 Posts: 88 Forumite
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in Overseas holidays & travel planning
We are in Kent during the february school holidays and was able to book a dover/calais ferry with p&o for £17 rt so we are going to fill the car with diesel & wine and also now have a day and a half on the continent. We will do abit of shopping but can anyone recommend somewhere to go for a night?
We have 2 young kids but don't mind driving a couple of hours from Calais.
We've done lots of France, Disney, Paris etc so was thinking somewhere in Belgium or maybe holland.
Just a nice friendly city to have a wander round or maybe an attraction that would interest a 5 & 2 year old.
For the ferry deal google daily mail p&o offer and follow the link. You don't need any tokens or anything.
Thanks
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  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    edited 11 January 2013 at 7:53PM
    Dover.....................

    St-Omer
  • joerugby
    joerugby Posts: 1,180 Forumite
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    Bruges is about an hour away. The Belgian coast is nice - cafes and windswept beaches in Feb - and is even closer
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    joerugby wrote: »
    nice - cafes and windswept beaches in Feb

    :eek: ............................
  • purcel
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    Dunkirk is nice and Brugge is definitely where I would spend my day! Park in the train station car park 2.5 euros for the day and walk 10 min till town centre.
  • VfM4meplse
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  • mgdavid
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    Roubaix up near the Belgian border; an old mill town with an interesting industrial past and now regenerated with modern facilities, galleries etc also a centre for Outlet shopping. Not too many Brits there - a bonus.
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  • Tarry
    Tarry Posts: 11,195 Forumite
    Boulogne sur Mer, fantastic aquaruim called Nausicca there :D xx It's way superior in my opinion than any sealife I've been too.

    http://www.nausicaa.fr/

    xx
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  • Tarry
    Tarry Posts: 11,195 Forumite
    Bob_the_Saver wrote: »
    Dover.....................

    St-Omer

    Not a bad suggestion, I was there in November ;) xx
    The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread
    -I just love finding bargains and saving money
    I love to travel as much as I can when I can
    Life has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters
  • snuffy
    snuffy Posts: 49 Forumite
    second vote here for Nausicca in Boulogne, easy to get to, no tolls. park on the beach front, walk straight in to aquarium!
  • Dark_Star
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    We stayed here (although there were 4 of us & no kids)...no idea on prices now as it was a few years ago

    http://www.greatescapes.co.uk/accommodation/137/Picardy__Pas_de_Calais/0/All/272/Chateau_Tilques/


    The aquarium is good as per above suggestions :D

    http://www.nausicaa.co.uk/
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