Calais travel guide
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Visit Calais: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Calais is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 98 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Calais is 235 km from Paris and 0 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Gravelines at 20 km from Calais
Popular places to visit near Calais: these include Gravelines at 20 km and Boulogne-sur-Mer at 30 km.
Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez is a listed 'grand site of france' at 10km and Gravelines is a listed 'recommended detour' at 20km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Calais: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Calais, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Calais
See France This Way travel guides for Pas-de-Calais and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Calais.
Note that all distances from Calais shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Calais holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Calais (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Pas-de-Calais gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Calais and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (47km) :
- National Monuments: Column of the Grand Army (28km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Loon-Plage (26km) : Boulogne-sur-Mer (31km) : Grande-Synthe (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Gravelines (20km) : Bergues (41km) :
- Grand Site of France: Cap Blanc-Nez / Cap Gris-Nez (10km) :
Map of places to visit near Calais & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Calais
Canton: Calais
Arrondissement: Calais
Department: Pas-de-Calais
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 62100
Distance to Calais
from Arras: 98 km
from Paris: 235 km
from Calais: 0 km
from Nice: 903 km
from Bordeaux: 703 km
from Strasbourg: 498 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Calais): Coquelles, Coulogne, Frethun, Les Attaques and Nielles-les-Calais.
Getting here
For driving distances to Calais from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Calais