Opal Coast
Visit Le Touquet
The most elegant resort on the Opal Coast
- Main beach
- Pine forest
- Villas
- Covered market
Le Touquet in brief
- How long
- A day for the beach and the centre, two to add the forest and the estuary.
- When to go
- All year round: Le Touquet is the coast's least seasonal resort. Avoid long weekends, when everything is full.
- Parking
- Paid parking throughout the centre and the seafront in season. Parking on the forest side is easier.
- From
- Lille 1 h 45Paris 2 h 30Bruxelles 2 h 30
Le Touquet is a seaside resort in the Pas-de-Calais, in the Hauts-de-France region. Very (very) popular with Parisians and foreign visitors, it used to be called Le Touquet Paris-Plage. Sitting at the mouth of the Canche, south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, it carries a few grand nicknames:
The Arcachon of the North
Garden of the Channel
Pearl of the Opal Coast
Paradise of sports
The resort of four seasons
Le Touquet is by far the most elegant town on the Opal Coast, with a vast forest and a striking architecture drawn from Anglo-Norman style. Every weekend and holiday period, it welcomes large numbers of people coming to spend time at their second home. Naturally, this resort is also the busiest and most expensive in the region.
France's President Emmanuel Macron himself owns a lovely villa here, where he regularly spends short breaks.
The 3 highlights
What to do in Le Touquet?
La plage du Touquet
The biggest beach on the coast, so wide at low tide that every sand sport is played here.
Le marché couvert et la rue Saint-Jean
The resort's shopping heart, and its covered market, a Le Touquet morning institution.
La forêt de pins et les villas
Cycle paths beneath centuries-old pines, and Anglo-Norman architecture found nowhere else.
And also
- The Canche lighthouse
- The covered market
- Parc de l'Estuaire
- Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc church
- Opalaventure
- Laby'Parc
3 activities to book
What activities to do in Le Touquet?
Our favourite
For the ground that made Le Touquet's name
Char à voile sur la grande plage
At low tide, the beach is so vast that sand yachts and kites share it without getting in each other's way. Le Touquet is one of the French birthplaces of the sport.
1 h 30 · from age 10 · booking required
For the best plan on windy days
La forêt à vélo
A protected cycle path runs through the centuries-old pine forest. It's free, and the most pleasant thing Le Touquet has to offer at the height of the season.
Half a day · rental in the centre
For a walk with children
Le parc de l'Estuaire
At the mouth of the Canche, observation trails for the bay's birds and seals.
2 h · open access
Our 3 restaurants
Where to eat in 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
Other good addresses
- La Roma66 Rue de Londres, Le Touquet
- Le Paris88 Rue de Metz, Le Touquet
- Burger fermier des Enfants Rouges49 Rue de Calais, Le Touquet
Our 3 places to stay
Where to stay in 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
Getting there and parking
By car on the A16, Le Touquet exit, then the estuary road. A little over two hours from Paris, which explains the strong Parisian presence.
By train to Étaples-Le Touquet, then ten minutes by taxi or bus. Le Touquet's airport also handles business and tourist flights.
The questions people ask before coming
Is Le Touquet expensive?
It's the most expensive resort on the coast, terraces and accommodation included. Check the menu before you sit down. The beach, the forest and the cycle paths, on the other hand, cost nothing.
What to do in Le Touquet besides the beach?
The pine forest and its cycle paths, the covered market, Parc de l'Estuaire, the museum and a stroll through the villa streets. The resort fills a whole day without ever setting foot on the sand.
When should you avoid Le Touquet?
Long weekends and August, when the resort is packed and parking is difficult. September and June offer the same Le Touquet without the crowds.
Information about the town
Almost 250 km from Paris, Le Touquet is easily reached by car and by train (or even by plane) from the capital; a little over 2 hours is all it takes to get there.
Rather family-friendly by day, the town gives way to a rather well-known nightlife after dark. It's not unusual to find the restaurants and bars packed, especially in high season. Prices can climb very high, so it's worth checking before you settle in anywhere. As for strolls, a walk, a bike ride or even a Segway ride is well worth it and can take a good few hours if you wander from the town-centre streets out to the residential streets hiding exceptional villas.
Finally, a walk through the centuries-old pine forest is an absolute must, made easy by a protected cycle path. Le Touquet is worth noting for how well it looks after cyclists, thanks to its network of cycle paths.
You'll no doubt enjoy your visit to Le Touquet! (Not exactly a bold prediction.)
Do you know Le Touquet? Your review
No reviews yet. Yours will be the first.
The form is unavailable at the moment. Send your review to the editors, we’ll publish it here.