London is Britain’s largest city which is also a big metropolitan city and a major tourist place. London is the one which connects to Europe’s many beautiful cities through Eurostar London to Lille. And Europe”s one destination you will visit is Lille, the beautiful city.
Lille is the fourth-largest city in France, and has many attractions for the visitor to enjoy. Lille the city of wide variety architecture and has a rich culture and gastronomy.
This city is a home to many wonderful museums and galleries. Lille is the pride of the most beautiful architecture in France; the famous Place du Général de Gaulle built in the 17th century must go for a visit, as is the stunning Lille Opera House. The city is a mixture of French and Flemish heritage can be seen in architecture.
Some of the most important battles of the First World War took place around Ypres. This tour gives you an overview of the Ypres Salient 1914-18.
You will discover the main sites surrounding Ypres: battlefields in Messines area, monuments, memorials, cemeteries… including Essex Farm cemetery (site of the creation of the poem, “In Flandrers Field”, by John Mc Crae), Bozinghe (tranches), Lange mark (German cemetery), Tyne Cot cemetery (the largest and most impressive Commonwealth military cemetery). You’ll also see the center of Ypres and the variety of shops is enough to satisfy every budget and every desire. Lille has a temperate oceanic climate, the temperature in summers is often low but in winters it has below zero degree climate.
Eurostar is the best way to travel from London St Pancras to Lille easily, as they are high-speed trains with economical rates and also provides international services, these trains travel at speeds of up to 300 km/h (186mph) on high speed lines. The Eurostar service is direct, from St. Pancras Station in the centre of London which transports you smoothly to some of Europe’s most exciting cities in very quick time.
It takes average time of 1 hour 20 minutes from St Pancras International to Lille. Direct services are also available from Ashford its position allows passengers easy access to the whole of France, and Lille’s position close to the Belgian border provides a gateway to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Lille Train Station is also close to the popular “Euralille” shopping complex.
London to Lille travelling on Eurostar will cost you just £69 and makes your trip enjoyable with the scenic beauty of the continent while the train passes through the French countryside near Calais and Lille.