Dover in General

Dover is usually seen as just the ferry terminal. To me this is pretty weird, actually, as it is virtually impossible NOT TO notice the castle and the cliffs which are the main attractions. I came to live in the town 7 months ago so I am a fresh resident and still treat the place a bit like a tourist. GETTING THERE Very easy by car (less than an hour from southern M25 in good traffic); Dover is surprisingly hard to get by public transport. Train from Waterloo East or Charing Cross takes about 2 hrs and costs 20 GBP ...

Often passed through on the way to those cheap French hypermarkets Dover is the place you really should stay. You can do your day trip to Calais and bag all your cheap shopping but you should sightsee in Dover. The Castle perched high above the White Cliffs is a fantastic day out. There you can soak up the history and see the underground bunkers where WW2 activities were planned and monitored. Back in town you can visit the White Cliffs experience where you can travel from Roman times through WW2 and see life as it was in Dover. If you get one of those cheap ferry crossings from the newspapers you often get reduced price entry to the Dover attractions. The ...

Given that disruption around channel ports looks set to be a new national sport for our continental cousins, using Dover as a gateway to other places is, in my view, risky. A better idea is simply to enjoy a day out at Dover as a place in its own right. The ferries are far more fun if you sit on the hills and watch them sailing out - much more restful than being on one. The cliffs are staggering, and you can very quickly walk out of the town and be up them in no time, with wonderful views of the sea, the cliffs and of France just over the way. The castle is a real boys-own affair, largely because it was built with genuine foreign invasion in mind and ...