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IBIS Boulogne
from £65 pp Hotel de la Matelote
from £82 pp Chateau Clery
from £115 pp
Beautiful Boulogne; exclusively served by SpeedFerries!
Boulogne has kept much of its charm as a traditional fishing port which compliments the fact that SpeedFerries has exclusive use of the passenger port. The old walled town with the château and the colossal dome of the cathedral is worth exploring on foot, although many of the restaurants may have more British customers than French.
The shops along Rue Thiers, Grand Rue and Rue Victor Hugo are worth browsing for anything from fine leather bags to glassware. For an afternoon or Sunday morning head for Nausicaa, France’s National Sea Centre on Boulevard Ste Breuve, which is open all year. Glass tunnels with sea-lions swimming all around and the touch tank keep visitors wide-eyed. In warm weather there are catamarans and windsurf boards for hire as well as sandyachts and even chars à voile (windsurfing on wheels).
