cite europe shopping centre in calais

[glitteryb6]

my mum and dad are off on a wee holiday to the south coast which includes a shopping trip over to calais to the cite europe.

dad wants to get some cheap tobacco but when i looked on the site it just seems to be a shopping mall albeit with a few wine shops.

anyone been? anyone know if/where he can buy tobacco in the cite europe?

There's a huge Carrefour there - I imagine they sell tobacco.

You can buy ciggies in Duty Free still - not sure about loose tobacco though.

thanks btm!

I have since found out that supermarkets in France don't sell tobacco and there is no Tabac in cite europe

I found this on another site...

Why is there no TABAC at Cité Europe?
We often get asked this question. In France TABAC's are effectively a union. The sale of tobacco is also regulated. The number of TABAC's in a town depends on its population. The population of Coquelles is just 1,200 people so it is allowed one TABAC, hence no shop in the shopping centre.

Guess dad will just have to buy his tobacco on the boat!