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Driving through France - help please!?
I am going on holiday to France later this year and I will be travelling by Ferry into Calais. I will be meeting up with friends who will be coming into Calais via the Eurotunnel and I am looking for somewhere on the outskirts of Calais (near A16/A26) where we could meet up for some breakfast before we head off together.
Ideally I am looking for some kind of motorway services - I'm not overly fussed, the French equivalent of a Little Chef (Le Petite Chef?) would do, it is just somewhere convenient to meet up and get on our holiday.
I know that there are places called 'Aires' but I cannot find any decent information such as what facilities they have in order to make plans.
4 Answers
- eanne94Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Open the attached link - you will find a map of the autoroute network with all the "aires de service" shown. If you click on the "aire de service" of your choice you will see on the right hand side information regarding the place. And if you run your mouse over the symbols you will see what it corresponds to, ie *
Restauration - restaurant
Carburant - petrol/diesel pumps
CB - visa cards accepted
Espace bébé - baby changing area
Douche - shower
Parking
Hotellerie - hotel
Aire de piquenique - picnic area
GPL - ?
Boutique - shop
Presse - newspapers
Tabac - tobaconnists
At the top, above the symbols, you will see how where it is in kilometres from the start of the autoroute.
Hope this helps
- CabalLv 71 decade ago
You will find 'aires' all along the motorway. You have two kinds, AIRE DE REPOS (rest area) with just a parking area, toilets and a few tables and benches and AIRE DE SERVICE with petrol stations and usually shops and eateries.
Those aires are unevenly spread, 20 kms to 50 kms apart. You have to be on the motorway to enter them. You're not saying which motorway you will take so I can only say that from Calais there's one aire de service on the A16 aroud 15 kms southward, and on the A26 there's one 55 kms from Calais, direction Troyes.
However, there's plenty of eateries around before you enter the motorways so you can have a breakfast before driving on.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Slight problem, you are not telling us where you are traveling to after Calais. Therefore I can only make informed guesses:
A26 towards Arras, Saint Quinten & Paris. Between junctions 4 & 5 there is a full service area - Rely / St-Hilaire-Cottes, open 24/7 with a decent restaurant. 74 kilometres from the port and Eurotunnel.
A16 towards Boulgne, Amiens, Rouen. Between junctions 24 & 23, full service area - Aire de la Baie de Somme, open 24/7 with decent restaurant. 100 kilometres from Calais.
A16 to towards Dunkerque and Belgium.Just off the Autoroute at junction 27 - Aire de Grande-Synthe, open 24/7. 40 kilometres from the port.
Another alternative is Cité Europe, 14 kilometres from the port - large shopping complex with a MacDonalds. Wouldn't eat there myself - your choice.
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