The gare SNCF is 1km south of the town centre, with the gare routière so close that you can walk directly to it from platform 1. The Brittany Ferries service from Portsmouth, promoted as sailing to Caen, in fact docks at Ouistreham, 15km north; buses from the gare routière connect with each sailing. CTAC, the extensive local bus service (tel 02.31.15.55.50), makes a one-way circuit between the "Tour le Roi" stop, north of the pleasure port, and the gare SNCF , heading north up avenue du 6-Juin and south down rue St-Jean.

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Caen's tourist office is across the street from the church of St-Pierre in the beautiful sixteenth-century Hôtel d'Escoville at 14 place St-Pierre (July & Aug Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-1pm & 2-5pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 10am-1pm & 2-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; tel 02.31.27.14.14, www.ville-caen.fr ); for details of forthcoming events, pick up a copy of their free weekly Caen Scope . The main post office is on place Gambetta (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-noon).

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