matt.bowey

Any recommendations for the best Hypermarket around Calais or Paris?

Wine required!

alcazar

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There is a decent Auchan near Calais, but the seciond biggest one in France is at Boulogne, about 20 miles down the A16, turn left at junction 31, look for the slip road on your RIGHT after leaving the motorway. It's signed "Centre Commerciale".

There is Tesco at Calais, but we ignore that, especially if you want anything French, rather than English

boxst

There are quite a few hypermarkets by Calais, including CarreFore (here: http://www.dover-to-calais.com/hyper..._of_calais.htm ) and CarreFore normally have good offers on reasonable quality wine. Plus they have my favourite beer (Hoegaarden) on offer ....

Just avoid Calais itself as it is a dump of a place.

DYK

You can get 24 cans 500ml of st omer beer for a tenner.The hypermarket just as you come out of calais,come onto the slip road for Dunkerque,then come off at the next exit D247 Pidou cash and carry,you can also get the cases of wine for a fiver.
Just watch out for the immigrants hiding in the trees etc,aslong your not driving a truck you should be ok though.

Chip

As alcazar says, go to the auchan in Bolougne.

Chip

David Lock

So where is Bolougne??

Is that the Welsh spelling?


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Chip

Are you stupid or what, far too many vowels for the welsh translation.

And anyway it's Boulogne-sur-Mer!

Coffin Dodger

The Tesco's is no more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10356727

I actually found it useful as you could buy all the booze Tesco stock in the UK but for a lot less. The French hypermarkets tend to stock predominently French wine as they tend to believe that their stuff is the best in the world so why drink wine from anywhere else.....

coupe_20vt

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Carrefour in Cite Europe. 5 minutes from the Tunnel or 10 from the ferry terminal.

I was there a couple of weeks ago. If you like French (plonk) Merlot/Cav Sauv, Rose and Chardonnay, you can pick up 10 litre boxes for less than 15 quid each.