An hour from the Tunnel, and the day is over
A quiet 2-star Logis hotel under 1 km from the A16 / A28 exit, with a restaurant on site, free unbarriered parking and rooms at ground level. The obvious place to break the drive — going south, or coming home.
The hardest hour of the journey is the one after the crossing
You land at Coquelles in the late afternoon. Pressing on to the Loire is three hours too many; stopping in Calais feels like not having started. So you look for somewhere an hour down the road — and that is precisely where we are.
From the terminal you join the A16 and follow the coast south past Boulogne and Montreuil. Leave the motorway at Abbeville and you are less than a kilometre away — one minute on the D1001, and the aerodrome is on your right. There is a jet fighter on posts at the roadside; if you can see it, you have arrived.
Nothing about the last minute involves a one-way system, a barrier, or a car park you have to reverse a caravan into.
From the ports and terminals
Approximate road distances, almost entirely on the A16 motorway.
| From | Distance | Driving time |
|---|---|---|
| A16 / A28 motorway exit | under 1 km | ≈ 1 min |
| Channel Tunnel terminal, Coquelles | ≈ 90 km | ≈ 1 h |
| Calais ferry port | ≈ 90 km | ≈ 1 h |
| Dunkirk ferry port | ≈ 130 km | ≈ 1 h 25 |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | ≈ 60 km | ≈ 45 min |
| Dieppe ferry port | ≈ 105 km | ≈ 1 h 25 |
| Le Havre ferry port | ≈ 170 km | ≈ 2 h |
| Paris (Périphérique nord) | ≈ 175 km | ≈ 2 h |
| Rouen | ≈ 105 km | ≈ 1 h 15 |
Heading north instead?
The same logic works in reverse. Stopping here on the way home means an unhurried breakfast and an easy hour to the terminal, rather than a five-o'clock start from somewhere in the Loire.
Built for people arriving tired, with a full car
Park outside your room
Free, flat, lit, with no height barrier. Caravans, trailers, motorhomes, roof boxes and bike racks are all straightforward — and your luggage travels about four metres.
Dinner without driving
A real French restaurant on site rather than a service station. Dinner runs Tuesday to Saturday from May to October, Friday and Saturday off-season — and on request the other evenings.
Ground-floor rooms
No stairs, no lift, no corridor. Useful with children asleep in the back of the car, or when a knee objects to a fifth flight of stairs.
Early breakfast
Served from early on, at 9.50 € per person, because a crossing time is not a suggestion.
The dog is welcome
6 € per stay, and an entire airfield's worth of grass to stretch legs on after four hours in the boot.
Back on the road in minutes
Under a kilometre of D1001 and you are back on the A16 — southbound for the Loire, Bordeaux and Spain, northbound for the terminal.
It would be a shame to leave at eight
Plenty of guests arrive meaning to stay one night and end up staying two. The Bay of Somme is twenty minutes away — seals, a steam railway, a bird reserve and an enormous tidal bay you can walk across with a guide.
- The Bay of Somme — seals at Le Hourdel, the steam railway, Saint-Valery and Le Crotoy
- The Somme battlefields — Albert, Thiepval and the Newfoundland Memorial, about an hour east
- Agincourt — the 1415 battlefield and its visitor centre, about 50 minutes north
- Abbeville — the flamboyant Gothic collegiate church of Saint-Vulfran, four kilometres away
Planning the stopover
How long is the drive from the Channel Tunnel terminal?
Around an hour. You join the A16 at Coquelles and come straight down the coast; the hotel sits under a kilometre from the Abbeville exit, so there is no town centre to negotiate at the end.
We arrive late off the last crossing. Is that a problem?
Not if you tell us when you book. Dinner is served Tuesday to Saturday from May to the end of October, and Friday and Saturday the rest of the year; on other evenings a main-and-dessert menu can be arranged on request. For a very late arrival, ring +33 3 22 19 17 89 and we will work something out.
Can we park a car with a roof box, a caravan or a motorhome?
Yes. The car park is large, flat and free, with no height barrier. Caravans, trailers, motorhomes and roof boxes are no trouble at all — see also our groups, coaches and lorries page.
Is it a good base for the Somme battlefields?
It is a sensible one. The 1916 battlefields around Albert and Thiepval are about an hour east; the Bay of Somme and the coast are twenty minutes west. Many visitors do one on each side of a two-night stay.
What time is breakfast served?
From early morning, which matters when you have a crossing to catch. It costs 9.50 € per person.
Do you take card payments?
Yes — Visa, Mastercard and American Express, as well as cash. Rooms are priced in euros; note that the local tourist tax is payable on site in addition to the room rate.