Short break ideas on Northern France

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Anyone been around northern France. Thinking around Lille, Amiens or Rouen for a short weekend trip, somewhere traditional and picturesque with great food of course!
 
Le Touquet is a nice place , stayed there on our way back from Le Mans.
 
Yep Le Touquet is lovely and only an hour from Calais. Stayed there a couple of times now. A lot of the hotels are in amungst the pine forest which is lovely and then a 10 minute drive into the town which is built on a grid, full of street bars and restaurants for your evening meals.
 
Nice places are Honfleur or Montruel Sur Mer the later is only 40 mins from Calais perfect for a short break.
 
Saint Omer is a nice place with places to visit, such as the Old Cathedral, old railway station and a few monuments and only around an hour from Calais. Can also recommend the Ibis Saint Omer Central as its only a stones throw from all the bars. Can also recommend the restaurant Chico Rail at the old railway station the food was excellent when we ate there a couple of years back
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Grumps said:
Yep Le Touquet is lovely and only an hour from Calais. Stayed there a couple of times now. A lot of the hotels are in amungst the pine forest which is lovely and then a 10 minute drive into the town which is built on a grid, full of street bars and restaurants for your evening meals.
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Is this the Le Touquet on the coast?
There is a place called that in Lille too.
 
Le Touquet is on the coast yes not sure about Lille would need to look on a map
 
Dino D said:
Is this the Le Touquet on the coast?
There is a place called that in Lille too.
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Yes mate it's actually called Le Touquet Paris Plague.
 
For a long weekend, Lower Normandy is a comfortable drive and lots to see and do. Was last there in June on the way back from the Dordogne.
 
Steve Medlock said:
Or Brugges of course for 'extreme' northern France......
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I don’t know why but I either want to be in Holland or France - Belgium just seems to be a place in the middle that has he transversed.
Or am I being harsh?
 
Haven't been into Northern France since the mid eighties in the NE corner and other than Montaigne de Singes didn't find any enjoyment at all!! Back through Belgium to Holland we went as fast as the little Opel would go!! Things may have changed but take in the monkey mountain it's well worth the trip!! JIM
 
Dino D said:
I don’t know why but I either want to be in Holland or France - Belgium just seems to be a place in the middle that has he transversed.
Or am I being harsh?
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Lots of interesting towns and cities in Belgium like Brugges, Antwerp, Gent, Ypres Brussels etc in the west. All the Ardennes in the West.
 
I went to Le Touquet on a school trip. Was ........ sh@t......... 38 years ago.

I liked it then , probably would now

Dave
 
Did a week on the Normandy / Brittany borders a couple of years ago, I highly recommend old St Malo, beautiful place its a bit further down but worth it as is Cancale and Mont Saint Michel. Bayeux is worth a visit too, apparently there's an old bit of cloth that's worth seeing :whistle:
 
Dino D said:
Anyone been around northern France. Thinking around Lille, Amiens or Rouen for a short weekend trip, somewhere traditional and picturesque with great food of course!
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If you don't want to go too far down try Honfleur.
 
I went to Lille on a cheap Eurostar 3 day deal. Nice, but not stunning. Looking at the pics posted I'd say there are prettier places to go than Lille.
Very easy trip to do though from London St Pancras.
 
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