“For cross-channel travellers frustrated by the scarcity of sympathetic places to stay in Calais, this charming lacemaker’s house is an answer to their prayers. It was built in 1884 and renovated in 2007, since when friendly Anne-Sophie Bisschop has been running it as a ‘maison d’hôte’. The house is stylish and welcoming, eclectically decorated with a red leather sofa in the comfortable sitting room and a small but fierce-looking stuffed crocodile in one of the four attractively themed bedrooms.”
