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Post by Benji on Dec 13, 2015 21:15:18 GMT
Only had a quick look but on booking.com 100% of the rooms are already reserved the night of the match in Lens. Lille similar story.
Seen on facebook a few people mention Brussels.
I'm considering Dunkirk or Valenciennes as plenty of rooms left and not far from Lille where ill probably fly too.
I'll be based down South but travelling up for that match for maybe 2 nights before going back down.
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Post by erasedcitizen on Dec 13, 2015 21:19:02 GMT
Dunkirk the night before, Brussels the night after.
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Post by cymroircarn on Dec 13, 2015 21:24:33 GMT
Plenty on Airbnb for Lille
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Post by helipad138 on Dec 13, 2015 21:29:51 GMT
Douai may be an option south of Lens (under an hour by train).
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Post by gwernybwch on Dec 13, 2015 21:53:14 GMT
Only had a quick look but on booking.com 100% of the rooms are already reserved the night of the match in Lens. Lille similar story. Seen on facebook a few people mention Brussels. I'm considering Dunkirk or Valenciennes as plenty of rooms left and not far from Lille where ill probably fly too. I'll be based down South but travelling up for that match for maybe 2 nights before going back down. Been to Valenciennes a few times now. Not an awful lot to do in the town, but it is a pleasant enough place to spend a night or two. Quite a few nice brassieres in the main square. My mate still lives there, so if you have any specific queries, feel free to drop me a PM.
I've booked into Brussels. Was surprised how reasonable it was considering that Brussels isn't cheap even at the best of time and that they knew that a game would be playing nearby.
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Post by caerphillylad3 on Dec 13, 2015 22:03:43 GMT
Only had a quick look but on booking.com 100% of the rooms are already reserved the night of the match in Lens. Lille similar story. Seen on facebook a few people mention Brussels. I'm considering Dunkirk or Valenciennes as plenty of rooms left and not far from Lille where ill probably fly too. I'll be based down South but travelling up for that match for maybe 2 nights before going back down. I booked a Hotel in Arras about 10-15 mins away from Lens for the Date of the game but looking at driving down on the Wednesday morning and catching a ferry over on the Wednesday and staying somewhere on France Wednesday night and checking in early on Thursday morning and hitting Lens. Then come home Friday Afternoon and a late ferry back |
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Post by cymro on Dec 13, 2015 22:06:28 GMT
Either paris or brussels i think. Have booked rooms in both cities now with free cancellation just to secure something until i figure out the logistics of which city is easier to get to Lens from.
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Post by cantonwelsh79 on Dec 13, 2015 22:21:32 GMT
Antwerp at the moment. Reserved a room there and I got a reasonable flight from Cardiff to Amsterdam so its roughly half way.
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Post by Benji on Dec 13, 2015 22:36:06 GMT
Only had a quick look but on booking.com 100% of the rooms are already reserved the night of the match in Lens. Lille similar story. Seen on facebook a few people mention Brussels. I'm considering Dunkirk or Valenciennes as plenty of rooms left and not far from Lille where ill probably fly too. I'll be based down South but travelling up for that match for maybe 2 nights before going back down. Been to Valenciennes a few times now. Not an awful lot to do in the town, but it is a pleasant enough place to spend a night or two. Quite a few nice brassieres in the main square. My mate still lives there, so if you have any specific queries, feel free to drop me a PM.
I've booked into Brussels. Was surprised how reasonable it was considering that Brussels isn't cheap even at the best of time and that they knew that a game would be playing nearby.
Cheers for that. Pleasant sounds good me. I'm expecting Lens and Lille to be a bit chaotic. |
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Post by gwernybwch on Dec 13, 2015 23:10:40 GMT
Been to Valenciennes a few times now. Not an awful lot to do in the town, but it is a pleasant enough place to spend a night or two. Quite a few nice brassieres in the main square. My mate still lives there, so if you have any specific queries, feel free to drop me a PM.
I've booked into Brussels. Was surprised how reasonable it was considering that Brussels isn't cheap even at the best of time and that they knew that a game would be playing nearby.
Cheers for that. Pleasant sounds good me. I'm expecting Lens and Lille to be a bit chaotic. Yeah, it's nice enough and there will be worst places to stay. It's just that I have been there five or six times now so have done everything there is do there now.
Remembered a couple of other things that might be of use: at the train station in Valenciennes they have ticket machines (pretty sure that they have an English option) so that you can book tickets without struggling to speak French at the ticket office. It also has a modern tram system, so if you are going to book a hotel there, it might be useful to check how far it is from a tram stop. The main hub for the trams is at the train station.
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Post by gwelfryn04 on Dec 14, 2015 0:01:08 GMT
Looking at Brussels myself, cheap flights, cheap accommodation train is lees than 2 hours away from lens... Chance to sample the juliper again too
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Post by bringbackelmo on Dec 14, 2015 9:13:20 GMT
I've booked a place in Brussels, may try and book one in Paris is well and decide later on. Plenty of options although if it moves to an evening KO it'll make it a pain to get anywhere by public transport.
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Post by yanto on Dec 14, 2015 13:11:13 GMT
I booked in douai couple of hours ago. Everything under the accors brand has gone. Hoping its us lot rather than the riff raff other side of offas.
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Post by machnomancunian on Dec 14, 2015 13:28:56 GMT
Just booked a hostel in Paris. Plenty of TGV's going back after the game it seems
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Post by Jamie-Bins on Dec 14, 2015 14:49:46 GMT
some very cheap rooms in Lille (33 minute train ride away) available with Ibis Budget, around £66 a night for a triple room! Please be aware Ibis no longer list their rooms on booking.com so worth checking the ibis website. they also have good rates in Bordeaux and Toulouse, if you dont mind being a little more you can go for the flexi option and cancel up to day before which is handy.
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Post by daearegwr on Dec 14, 2015 16:19:34 GMT
I've sorted a flat via Airbnb next to Lille train station. Came to around £50 a night. I've also booked a return train from Lille to Lens on the day of the match
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Post by cymroircarn on Dec 14, 2015 16:27:45 GMT
I've sorted a flat via Airbnb next to Lille train station. Came to around £50 a night. I've also booked a return train from Lille to Lens on the day of the match Which website did you book your train ticket mate? |
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Post by daearegwr on Dec 14, 2015 16:54:27 GMT
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Post by nick75 on Dec 14, 2015 21:11:07 GMT
Just booked airbnb in Lille near train station for up to 3 people for total of £86 for 2 nights. So around £14 per night if there's 3 of you.
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Post by Griff105 on Dec 14, 2015 22:12:42 GMT
I keep getting that its too early to book tickets? |
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Post by bluetone on Dec 14, 2015 22:57:53 GMT
Our plan is to get the last train out to Paris which arrives there around 11.30pm. We'll hang around in Paris for 7hrs in bars etc  ? Then catch the 6.30am train to Bergerac which arrives at 11.30am. Itll be an epic but worth it. |
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Post by srdcymru on Dec 15, 2015 0:22:32 GMT
Staying in Vallenciennes for a couple of nights. Ibis. Will then train it in and out of Lille on game day.
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Dec 16, 2015 13:23:40 GMT
Staying just outside Lille for 2 nights for England game , then heading to Toulouse on 17th
Flight to book yet tho
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Post by eppingblue on Dec 16, 2015 13:32:24 GMT
I'm going stay in Paris. Just over an hour on the normal train to Lens. We'll then be ready to get the Paris to Toulouse Friday morning.
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Post by daearegwr on Dec 16, 2015 13:37:17 GMT
I keep getting that its too early to book tickets? On the home page you might need to click on the link to Euro 2016 travel and do it that way. It defo works as I've booked mine and had the confirmation through! |
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Dec 20, 2015 19:38:27 GMT
Staying just outside Lille for 2 nights for England game , then heading to Toulouse on 17th Flight to book yet tho changed mine to armiens for 2 nights instead of lille, any one else here. going bit sight seeing prior |
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Post by seasider on Dec 20, 2015 19:49:50 GMT
We're staying in Lille and will train it in for the game and straight out to avoid the sadly inevitable nonsense.
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Post by sleepy on Dec 20, 2015 19:51:34 GMT
8 of us staying in lille centre for 2 nights.
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Post by bracklablue72 on Dec 20, 2015 19:56:40 GMT
Staying just outside Lille for 2 nights for England game , then heading to Toulouse on 17th Flight to book yet tho changed mine to armiens for 2 nights instead of lille, any one else here. going bit sight seeing prior 10 of us booked into a camsite just outside Amiens for two nights at a place called Corbie which is on the direct train line to lens via arras ( where a few more boys are staying) |
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Dec 20, 2015 20:55:35 GMT
changed mine to armiens for 2 nights instead of lille, any one else here. going bit sight seeing prior 10 of us booked into a camsite just outside Amiens for two nights at a place called Corbie which is on the direct train line to lens via arras ( where a few more boys are staying) See you for a pint or two then. |
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? Then catch the 6.30am train to Bergerac which arrives at 11.30am.
