So getting to Calais beach was sorta quixote because the way our driver took us to the beach, we saw the double barb wire fence and the migrants and their tents en route. And no matter how lovely the beach or sunny the day, having driven past the migrant tent city, I couldn't stop my mind thinking back to the misery we drove off.
So with that in the backdrop of this review, I am now going to just briefly mention my thoughts about the beach at Calais. We were at the one end of the beach where could see the boats coming out of Calais harbor and head across to Dover, and so that was actually quite cool to see. This stretch of the beach was also home to some dodgy looking seaside restaurants, but we ate at one and it was fairly reasonable both in price and quality of food. There were also some food trucks if you wanted a cheaper option.
The beach sand was clean and soft - not rocky or full of pebbles like the beach at Brighton. It was sunny and full of noisy seabirds the day I visited- nothing really stuck out as special or extra-ordinary, (unless you exclude seeing the white cliffs of Dover in the distance) so just another typical seaside and beach along France's Opal Coast. read more