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Location:
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Cross channel shopping
2012 dates to be confirmed - below gives a taste of what has happened last year
Sat 10th and Sun 11th Dec 2011
In the Old Town
An annual event, Boulogne's Christmas Market is held within the city walls of the delightful old upper town. With its cobbled streets and picturesque charm, Boulogne's Christmas market features stalls selling all sorts of arts and crafts, Christmas gifts, regional delicacies and local specialities such as smoked herring and Craquelin pastries. Previous Christmas markets have included an ice sculptor, musical parade, entertainment and music and illumination of the Belfry, firework display and distribution of traditional Christmas Pudding in the Enclos de l�Eveche next to the Cathedral.
In total Boulogne boasts 1,000 shops and craftsmen; 200 restaurants and brasseries, local food produce markets twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday mornings in the Place Dalton, daily fish market on the Quayside Gambetta, a superb historic town to wander around, a bustling fishermans port, 1000 hotel rooms to help your make a night or weekend of your visit, and 3,600 car parking spaces most of them free.
www.tourisme-boulognesurmer.com|
T: 0033 (0)3 21 10 88 10
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Boulogne Christmas lights |
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Boulogne - Philippe Olivier's famous cheese shop |
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How to say "Merry Christmas" in French:: Joyeux Noel
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