Le pays du Touquet
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage beach
Ten kilometres of sand and its beach huts in every colour
The essentials
- Water quality
How this rating is calculated
The regional health agency samples the water several times a season and measures two faecal bacteria: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci.
The rating isn’t based on a single sample, but on all the results from the last four seasons. It’s recalculated every year and places the beach into one of four levels, from poor to excellent, based on the share of results that exceed European thresholds.
The upshot: a beach rated excellent can be closed on a stormy day, and a poorly rated beach can have perfect water today. The rating shows the trend, not today’s weather.
Good
- Monitored bathing
Health monitoring and supervision
This is the period declared by the local council during which the regional health agency tests the water.
This isn’t the period of lifeguard supervision, which is down to the local council and is often shorter. Check with the town hall before relying on it.
- From 8 May to 14 September
- The sand
- Sable fin
- Dogs
- On a lead south of the thalassotherapy centre and to the north, at the start of the dunes. Banned from the February half-term to the autumn half-term, and in front of the bathing huts and the promenade patios.Council order on record; the signs on site have the final say.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage beach: what you need to know
Le Touquet needs no introduction. Very popular with a fairly well-off crowd, the beach at Le Touquet, over ten kilometres long, is dotted with small huts in every colour.
Walking trails setting off from the beach will take you to more remote, less busy corners of the dunes.
- 10 km of beach
- Colourful beach huts
- Dune walks
- Dogs banned
Can you swim in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage?
The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1262826M062240. It’s rated good water quality over the last four seasons of testing.
One closure or pollution incident was reported during the last monitored season: a one-off event, not a permanent state.
Data: Ministry of Health, under Open Licence. Full details of the site are in its bathing water profile.
Our 3 restaurants
Where to eat near the beach of Le Touquet?
Our favourite
For the fish soup, a local institution
Pérard Traditions
Rue de Metz, in the shopping district, two streets from the covered market.
67 rue de Metz, Le Touquet
For a table in the centre
L'Espadrille
Rue de Londres, in the heart of Le Touquet's shopping quarter.
72 rue de Londres, Le Touquet
To eat facing the sea
L'Enduro Plage
Boulevard Thierry Sabine, on the seafront, level with the beach.
1 boulevard Thierry Sabine, Le Touquet
Our 3 places to stay
Where to stay near the beach of Le Touquet?
Our favourite
For Le Touquet just as you'd imagine it
Le Grand Hôtel
A historic address in the resort, within walking distance of the seafront and the centre.
Hotel · Le Touquet
To be on the beach
Novotel Thalassa Le Touquet
On the seafront, with a thalassotherapy centre: the resort's comfort option.
Hotel · Le Touquet
To sleep in a villa
La Villa Touquettoise
A more intimate address, among the villas that give Le Touquet its character.
B&B · Le Touquet
After the beach
Worth visiting nearby
In the same area
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