Hotels (served by coaches)

Advance bookings have been made at the following hotels which will be served by coaches meeting designated trains from London St Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord arriving at Lille and Calais on Friday 10 October. The coaches will serve the main events over the weekend. Exact collection times and points will be confirmed nearer the time. Please see Transport below for further details.

When booking your rooms please quote Anthony Caro Inauguration Weekend 10-12 October 2008. We would advise you to book as early as possible as accommodation is limited and a number of rooms have been reserved until 31st July 2008.


Chateau de Tilques near St Omer 4 stars
62500 Tilques
00 33 (0)3 21 88 99 99
Contact: Olivia.Fay@najeti.com
30 rooms booked until 31st July
Hotel Chateau de Tilques is situated 3 miles north of the market town of St Omer in 10 acres of private grounds. It is approximately 25 miles from Bourbourg.


Best Western – Hotel du Beffroi 3 stars
Place Charles Valentin
Gravelines
00 33 (0)3 28 23 24 25 / 03 29 65 59 71
30 rooms booked until 31st July
Hotel du Beffroi is a good 3 star hotel situated in the centre of Gravelines.


Holiday Inn 3 stars
6 bd des allies
Calais
00 33 (0)3 21 34 69 69/ 03 21 97 09 15
30 rooms booked until 15 August
Holiday Inn is situated in the town centre of Calais in front of the harbour.


Hotel Borel 3 stars
6 rue l’Hermitte
Dunkerque
00 33 (0)3 28 66 51 80 / 03 28 59 33 82
30 rooms booked until 31st July
Hotel Borel is located in the town centre of Dunkerque near the yachting port. It is a good 3 star hotel with high quality facilities.

 

Hotels (NOT served by coaches)

List of hotels below which will not be served by the coaches from Lille or Calais. If booking at the following hotels you will need to make your own transport arrangements.

Hotel restaurant La Meunerie 4 stars
174, rue des Pierres
59229 TETEGHEM
00 33 (0)3 28 26 14 30
contact@lameunerie.fr
Hotel La Meunerie is situated 25 miles from Bourbourg. All the rooms have recently been renovated.


Zanzibar Victoria Hotel 2 stars
5-7 avenue ed la mer – Malo les Bains
Dunkerque
00 33 (0)3 28 28 28 11 / 03 28 20 77 29
11 rooms booked
Zanzibar Victoria Hotel is situated in Malo les Bains, 50 meters from the beach of Dunkirk/ Malo les Bains.


Ibis Dunkerque Centre 2 stars
13 rue Leughenaer
Dunkerque
00 33 (0)3 28 66 29 07 / 03 28 63 67 87
80 rooms booked
Ibis Dunkerque Centre is situated in the town centre of Dunkirk. It is a good quality hotel for the price.


Additional standard hotels.

Hotel Meurice, Calais 3 star  Tel: + 33 (0) 1 00 00 00 00
Hotel Mercure, Calais  Tel: + 33 (0) 3 21 97 68 00
Hotel Richelieu, Calais  Tel: + 33 (0) 3 21 34 61 60
Le Chateau de Cocove, Recques-sur-Hem 3 star  Tel : + 33 (0) 3 21 82 68 29



Transport

Coaches will be provided in France to meet designated trains from London St Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord arriving at Lille and Calais on Friday 10 October. For further information please contact:

Laura Henderson at ajfa@annelyjudafineart.co.uk
Hannah Hunt / Kate McLeod at sculpture@barfordsculptures.org

The coaches will serve the main hotels in Calais, Gravelines and Dunkerque as well as Chateau Tilques in Saint Omer and will collect and return to the hotels in order to take guests to the main scheduled events. Details of exact collection and return times will be confirmed nearer the time.

Chateau Tilques, Saint Omer
Best Western - Hotel du Beffroi, Gravelines
Holiday Inn, Calais
Hotel Borel, Dunkerque

See Hotels above for details.

If you would prefer to make your own way to Bourbourg we recommend you either drive taking the Eurotunnel or take the Eurostar to Calais and hire a car or arrange for taxis.

Eurostar train times  Tel: 08705 186186
Eurotunnel  Tel: 08705 353535 from UK / 0810 630304 from France

General tourist information, taxi and car hire