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Day Trip Itinerary around St Omer:
 This itinerary takes you inland some 35 kms to the
area around St. Omer and has a wartime theme. It centres around a visit
to
La Coupole 5 kms south of St.Omer.
La Coupole
(right) is a museum housed in a
German built V2 rocket base. Inside the vast concrete dome are three
sections, two of which are devoted to aspects of WW2 (the German V1 and
V2 rockets and The Occupation of Northern France from 1940-1944) and a
third to the conquest of space from 1945-1969.
 If time allows why not book an early lunch at
La Ferme Gourmande in Guines
(about 8 kms SE of the Eurotunnel terminal),
Ardres (14 kms SE of Calais
on N43) or travel on to St.Omer on the A26 where there are
many
restaurants.
This then will leave the afternoon free to visit the museum at
La Coupole. Alternatively, still on a wartime theme, visit the
Eperlecques
Blockhaus (left) which can be found about 10 kms west of St. Omer north of
the N43. This was a launch site designed for V2 rockets during WW2 but which was
never actually used. The site is open from March to November, with an English
option audio tour.
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