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Parc Europe, 340 Avenue de la Marne, Marcq en Baroeul, Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 59700, France
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Maison du Moulin d'or
Stroppy bouncers in the Sculpture Gallery
Sebastopol Market
What's the best way to get to Old Lille (Vieux Lille)from the Eurostar station Gare Lille Europe & how long would this take? Is it within reasonable walking distance?
It's a little over a kilometer and should take about 15 minutes depending on how fast you walk. I'd call that reasonable.
BTW, you can get a walking map at http://www.viamichelin.com
Just choose "By foot" from the menu and you will be fine.
Have a good trip.
Thank you so much; that's very helpful. Best wishes.
You're welcome Sue. And welcome to Virtual Tourist; I hope you enjoy yourself here. Thanks for putting your Interests on your Home Page. It will help everyone here answer your questions.
Enjoy Lille.
Hello Sue - would just like to confirm what Beausoleil has already said.The map she recommended is invaluable - we also downloaded a very good old town guide. Travelling from London to Lille via Eurostar, then walking from the station to our Hotel in the old town is the the easiest journey we have ever undertaken.
We stayed at the Breughel Hotel near the church of St. Maurice - I hope you enjoy Lille as much as we did!
Thank you! That's very reassuring, I really wanted to be able to walk there if that was possible.
Absolutely agree with the other two. The only caveat I would say is try and go the road route if you are arriving when it is getting dark. You might not have to go another way to get to your hotel.... there is a large green area outside of the station and during the day it is fine, filled with loiterers but at night I really wouldn't want to walk it. Across the park was a short cut to our hotel, the road route was two sides of the triangle. We did all our toing and froing from the station during the day but just thought I would throw in my two cents worth.
That's really helpful, thank you very much for this advice.
If you are in Lille for a weekend, parking in the centre is allowed on Sunday but not on Saturday.
However, a few minutes walk north of Place General de Gaulle is the Citee Administrative (behind Gare de Flandres) and you can easily park here on a Saturday.
You will save around 10 to 15 euros/day if you do this rather than park in an underground car park.
The Citadel XIII.
The building of the Citadel was started immediately after the recapture of Calais by the Duke of Guise. The Seigneur de Gourdan had the castle, St. Nicholas church and an aristocratic district razed to the ground to make way for the fortress. The foundation stone was laid in 1560. Two gates give access through the enceinte, the Neptune gate to the east and the Boulogne gate to the south. Louis X111 and Richelieu, and later Louis X1V and Vauban all carried out improvements. During May 1940 the fortress was the scene of a keen resistance which is recalled by a plaque under the arch of the Boulogne gate. Another plaque at the Neptune gate is a memorial to the heroes of the 8th and 110th infantry regiments, to those who defended the fort in 1940, to young victims shot by the enemy in 1944 and to French sportsmen who died for their country. Since 1965 the fort has been the site of a Memorial Sportsground.
Local specialities. We didn't like ANY of them. We're sorry about this, we thought that maybe if we had had steaks they would have been fine - there seemed to be other people quite happily eating the steaks - but we had the local specialities and they were very unmemorable. We were squashed in the window, even though they had a nice roomy table for five at the back - presumably so people would think there were lots of people in that night.
Place du General de Gaulle or the Grand' Place is Lille's main square.
It is mostly pedestrianised, surrounded by grand buildings and the cities main meeting place.
In the centre of the square is a fountain and around this is the column of Deesse, the goddess and a symbol of the city, which commemorates the bravery of the locals during the siege of Lille back in 1792.
Come to the square to admire the grandeur of Lille.
In the centre of Lille there are three large, busy squares, which contain many of Lille’s best known buildings as well as numerous cafes, restaurants and other sights.
Also known as Place du General de Gaulle (de Gaulle was born in Lille), Grand Place is the largest and best known of these squares. In the centre of the square there is a large statue overlooking a small fountain, and this seems to be the busiest part of the square. The Vieille Bourse and the Theatre du Nord are the two most impressive buildings on the square.
From the steps of the theatre, there is a great view of the square - it’s much easier to take it all in from here than from street level.
Place du Theatre lies north of Grand Place and the two squares are connected by the Vieille Bourse. The main buildings here are the opera house, which dominates one side of the square and the Chambre de Commere et d’Industrie, whose tall belfry can be seen from many parts of the city.
Place Rihour lies on the other side of Grand Place. It doesn’t boast as many impressive buildings as its neighbouring squares but there are plenty of cafes and restaurants, especially in the small streets leading off from the square.
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