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\nThe Telegraph (3 April 07)<\/a> has an article enticing you to visit Lille<\/strong> (59 Nord, Hauts de France<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Lille ticks all the French boxes – arty culture, handsome looks, stylish shopping, fabulous food – but without the country’s icy hauteur. Friendly and welcoming, it has a metropolitan buzz but a small, do-able scale. Unfairly dismissed as industrial, Lille has a charming old town, France’s second most important art collection, frothy Flemish architecture and gutsy cuisine.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For us one of the highlights of the year is a visit to the Lille Wine Fair <\/strong><\/a>(Salon des Vins) hosted by the French Independent Winemakers association (www.vigneron-independant.com<\/a> )which is held in November in the Lille Grand Palais. A great chance to taste and buy wines from all over France – a great pre-Christmas shopping weekend just an hour from the Channel coast. Explore the old Town, great shops and restaurants, Christmas market from late November, and the impressive Citadelle built by Vauban.<\/p>\n

The article inevitably recommends L’Huitri\u00e8re<\/a> restaurant which is a superb but expensive fish restaurant in the Old Town – a little less stressful on the wallet is another good fish restaurant – L’Ecume de Mers<\/a> (spume of the sea). Vauban’s Citadelle<\/strong> just outside the city centre is an impressive fortification built by France’s most prolific military architect – and provides an oasis of tranquility just 10 minutes walk away.<\/p>\n

See dates for other Independent Winemaker Wine Fairs <\/a>(Salons)<\/p>\n

By Train \"TGV\" TGV with Rail Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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