Le Touquet

Tourist Information

• Tourism Office

  phone: +33 3 21 06 72 00
  address: Palais des Congrès, Place de l’Hermitage

• Tourism Office

  address: 2 rue Saint-Jean

By plane

Le Touquet has an airport for small private and chartered planes as well as a scheduled passenger service from Lydd Airport (LYX) in Romney Marsh, England.

• Le Touquet – Côte d'Opale Airport

  phone: +33 3 21 05 03 99
  address: Allée de la Royale Air Force
  Although small, it is an international airport, with customs for flights from abroad. Its location closed to the town makes it perfect for private leisure flights.

• LyddAir

  phone: +44 1797 322207
  address: Lydd Airport, TN29 9QL, Romney Marsh, Kent, United Kingdom
  LyddAir operates a scheduled service from Lydd Airport (), just across the English Channel. Scheduled flights on some Saturdays and Sundays during the summer season, June–September (every 2–3 weeks). 20 min flight. Leaves Lydd Airport at 09:30 WET and comes back at 17:30 CET: making possible to come just for 1 day or for the week-end.

Larger airports in the region are Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) and Lille Lesquin International Airport (LIL). Most international flights are likely to land in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) or Brussels-National Zaventem Airport (BRU)

By train

Le Touquet is easily reachable by train: 2 hr 33 from Paris Gare du Nord, for €30–40; 2 hr 05 from Lille, for €30–€40; And 50 min from Calais, for €11.90. SNCF website

• Gare d'Étaples-Le Touquet

  address: place de la Gare, 62630 Étaples
  The railway station is served by TER Haut-de-France line 2 (Amiens–Calais), line 8 (Arras–Boulogne-sur-Mer), by TERGV (high-speed regional train) Lille–Côte d'Opale and by Intercité Paris–Amiens–Boulogne.

By car

Le Touquet is from Paris (2½ hr drive), from Lille (2 hr drive), and from Calais (1 hr drive).
A16 L'Européenne motorway, exit at Junction 26. Then west on the D939 via Étaples. The town centre is approached through a wooded area that surrounds the town. There are several by the beach.

The town centre and seafront are easily walkable. You may prefer to use a car for travelling to some outlining attractions.

• Navette

  phone: +33 3 21 89 43 00
  Two trips: "Gare d'Étaples-Le Touquet – Le Touquet-Paris-Plage" which connect the railway station to town centre in 15 min and "Mer et Foret".

Several taxi services are available:

• Taxi Fusion

  phone: +33 6 07 72 04 04, +33 6 08 01 57 09 (Le Touquet), +33 6 07 33 78 93 (Étaples)
  4 cars.

• Taxi Sandra

  phone: +33 6 80 70 98 62

• Creton Taxi

  phone: +33 6 09 38 45 75
  address: Boulevard Daloz

• Taxi Opale

  phone: +33 6 07 10 13 57
  address: Rue de Moscou

• Alexi Taxi

  phone: +33 6 80 06 10 32

• Musée du Touquet-Paris-Plage

  phone: +33 3 21 05 62 62
  address: Avenue du Golf

• Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

  address: Boulevard Daloz, crossing with Avenue de la Paix
  Built in 1912 and famous for its Pipe organ.

Historic monuments

Le Touquet has 21 registered historic monuments, including 16 villas.

• Hôtel de Ville

  address: Boulevard Daloz
  Le Touquet's imposing town hall was built in 1931 out of grey stone, and registered as a 20th century historic monument in 2014. Like many municipal buildings in the region, it has a clock tower.

• Marché couvert

  address: 1 rue Jean-Monnet, crossing with rue de Metz
  This semi-circular market hall was built in 1929 in a style that imitates a much older local architecture. It was registered as an historic monument in 1996; don't just stop to admire the look - stay to sample the fresh produce!

• Phare de la Canche

  address: Allée des Mésanges
  Built in 1949, and registered as an historic monument in 2010. The Canche is the river which meets the sea at Le Touquet, and this brick lighthouse guards the Canche estuary.

• Hôtel des postes

  address: Rue de Metz
  Built in 1927, and registered as an historic monument in 1997, this is an attractive post office with pleasing 'villa' architecture typical of the interwar period.

• Hippodrome de la Canche

  address: Dune aux Loups
  Le Touquet's famous racecourse. Most meetings take place in the summer, but at other times of the year, you can admire the stands which are yet another registered historic landmark.

• BeachA wide sandy beach with beach huts, cafes and toilets available. Sand yachting when the tide is out.

• Aqualud

  phone: +33 3 21 90 07 07
  address: Boulevard de la Plage
  A water park with indoor and outdoor pools.

• Golf

  phone: +33 3 21 06 28 00
  address: Avenue du Golf
  Three courses: La Mer (in the dunes; 18 holes; location of the French Open several times in the 1970s), La Forêt (in the pine forest; 18 holes), Le Manoir (in the dune; 9 holes; good for beginners)

• Laby'Parc

  phone: +33 6 15 60 31 66, +33 6 52 65 78 53
  address: Chemin des Ardronnières, Route d’Étaples (D143), 62170 Saint-Josse-sur-Mer

• Sailing with skipper

  phone: +33 6 68 40 65 83
  address: Cercle Nautique du Touquet, 1 avenue Jean Ruet
  Propose to rent catamarans Edel CAT 28 to discover sailing, up to 10 persons.

• Casino Partouche

  phone: +33 3 21 05 16 99
  address: 26, rue Saint-Jean

• Casino Barrière

  phone: +33 3 21 05 01 05
  address: Place de l'Hermitage

Events

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• ShopsThe main shops are on the Rue St.Jean and the streets leading off it, 2 or 3 blocks inland from the beach.

• MarketThere is a large market every Saturday and Thursday in a purpose-built market building in Rue de Metz.

There are many hotels in the town. The large 5-star hotels, such as Hotel Westminster and Holiday Inn, are located at the rear of the town. There are also two hotels, Novotel and Ibis, located at the southern end of the beach overlooking the sea.

• Le Westminster

  address: Avenue du Verger - 62520 Le Touquet
  115 rooms.

• Le Manoir Hôtel

  address: Avenue du Golf - 62520 Le Touquet
  Perfect for golfers. south from town centre. 41 rooms.

• Novotel Thalassa Le Touquet

  address: Front de Mer - 62520 Le Touquet
  149 rooms.

• Hôtel Red Fox

  address: Angle rue Saint-Jean and rue de Metz - 62520 Le Touquet
  71 rooms. Free Wi-Fi.

• PoL Hotel

  address: 132, rue de Metz - 62520 Le Touquet
  Free Wi-Fi.

Most hotels offer free Wi-Fi.
Area codes for landline phones of Le Touquet are +33 3 21 05 and +33 3 21 06.
Postal services:

• La Poste

  phone: 36 31, +33 3 21 90 75 75
  address: 100 rue de Metz

• There are a number of other beach resorts on this stretch of coast, such as Berck and Neufchâtel-Hardelot.
• Boulogne-sur-Mer — : 45 minutes' drive to the north via A16 L'Européenne motorway.
• Montreuil is an historic walled town; it is inland and worth a visit: 25 minutes' drive to the east on the D939 road.