Issue No.26

Living in France
Spotlight on: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts de France
Pas-de-Calais is a department of contrasts. Dramatic cliffs and beautiful sandy
beaches of the Opal Coast reach out to lush green valleys and bucolic countryside,
it’s an area that’s peppered with picturesque villages and historic towns says Janine
Marsh
Most people think of Calais as a landing
point for a holiday elsewhere in France. With
two ferry ports Eurotunnel and Eurostar
stations in the department, visitors arrive in
their millions and whizz straight onto the
motorways, headed south.
But if you hanker after the good life in
France where street markets, boulangeries,
fromageries, cafés where you can watch the
world go by, chateaux and gateaux are a way
of life and you want to be close to the UK
for family or even for work, this is an area
that should be considered.