So you've just arrived at Gare de Lille-Europe, Eurostar's through-station in ... Rem Koolhaas-designed shopping and leisure complex that's home to scores of shops, restaurants and nightclubs.

Doubles from £74 (hoteldelatreille.com) Hotel Brueghel On a cobbled pedestrianised street near the main shopping ... passengers. Eurostar (eurostar.com) has St Pancras to Lille returns from ...