Regions of France : Nord/Pas de Calais

Duty free shopping may have become a distant memory but as every Francophile knows, prices across the Channel have not gone up and the savings are still there.

From cosmopolitan Lille to pretentious Le Touquet and secluded Wimereux to bustling Boulogne the region caters for all.

Nord

• Lille, major cosmopolitan city and Eurostar interchange with art museum second to the Louvre
• Lille’s beautifully restored old town has a weekly fleamarket
• Hill top town Cassel with Flemish bistros ”estaminets”

Hotels Lille

Hôtel Express By Holiday Inn Lille   Hôtel Holiday Inn Express is located in the heart of Lille. This hotel has all the convenience you can expect from 3 star establishment. We have an underground car park guards on the night The hotel is situated in Lille city centre. It is a stone's throw from the shopping centres, and you will have easy access to the Beaux Arts museum and the Citadelle Vauban among others. On Sunday mornings, you will be able to go to the Wazemmes market.

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Pas-de-Calais

• Calais’s giant hypermarkets and wine & beer outlets pull in the daytrippers

• Exclusive Le Touquet with expensive and eccentric shopping – aka Paris Plage

• Boulogne’s boasts good seafood, sand yachting and world famous sea world centre Nausicaa

This charming country eatery located in the immediate vicinity of Montreuil-sur-Mer, 9 miles from Le Touquet, has been devoted to the culinary preparation of frogs since it was founded in 1920... Apart from this folkloric aspect, discover the inventive cuisine by the young Alexandre Gauthier, one of the rising stars of French cuisine. Even the great Ducasse has spotted his talent!

• Auberge de la Grenouillère
• 19 rue Grenouillère
• 62170 La-Madelaine-sous-Montreuil
• Tel: 03 21 06 07 22