Editing Calais (section)

===Historic hotels===
For many years the most famous hotel in Calais was the Hôtel d'Angleterre, often called Dessin's or Dessein's, after the family which owned it for almost a hundred years.<ref name = Brayne/> Its popularity increased after [[Laurence Sterne]] set the early chapters of his 1768 novel ''[[A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy]]'' there. With the arrival of the railway fewer British visitors stopped in Calais and Dessin's closed in 1860.<ref name = Brayne/>

[[Hôtel Meurice de Calais]] is a hotel, established in 1771 as Le Chariot Royal by the French postmaster, [[Charles-Augustin Meurice]], who would later establish the five-star [[Hôtel Meurice]], one of Paris' most famous luxury hotels. It was one of the earliest hotels on the continent of Europe to specifically cater for the British elite.<ref name="GublerGlynn2008">{{Cite book |last1=Gubler |first1=Fritz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5inN5WqkdOAC&pg=PT47 |title=Great, grand & famous hotels |last2=Glynn |first2=Raewyn |publisher=Great, Grand & Famous Hotels |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9804667-0-6 |page=47}}</ref> The hotel was rebuilt in 1954–55.<ref name="Ruler2011">{{Cite book |last=Ruler |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwXioEolUbMC&pg=PA63 |title=Cross-Channel France: Nord-Pas de Calais: The Land Beyond the Ports |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-84162-327-6 |page=63}}</ref> It has 41 en-suite rooms.