Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Some travelers say Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is where you go if you want to see Parisians forget how to pronounce 'bonjour' after a swim. The sea air does strange things. You can spot kids building sandcastles with more ambition than most city architects, and dogs chasing nothing in particular. There are always bicycles, sometimes with baskets, sometimes carrying baguettes, sometimes neither. And when you ask locals about the best hotel in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, they will tell you a story about a cousin who got lost looking for his room but found the bar instead. It happens more than you’d think. You can rent a horse if you want, or just pretend you know where you’re going. The sunsets come on schedule, but the seagulls never do.
Local weather in France
SPRING
mild & temperate
SUMMER
warm & sunny
AUTUMN
mild & temperate
WINTER
cool
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People talk about Le Touquet-Paris-Plage as if it’s a secret, but half of France seems to know it exists. The beach is long enough to lose your flip-flops and your sense of direction. There’s a market, sometimes more crowded than a Brussels train at 5 PM, with fishmongers who claim to remember your face from last year, even if you definitely weren’t here. Golfers practice their swing in the wind, while others just watch and wonder how the ball ever finds the hole.
Some say the best hotel in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is the one that lets you borrow a bike with a squeaky bell, but you never hear the bell because the wind is louder. You might spot an art deco building or two, though someone once confused one for a post office and mailed a postcard there. If you like to people-watch, just bring a coffee and sit on the promenade—at some point, you’ll see someone walking a dog that looks exactly like its owner. Or vice versa. The best thing to do is just wander, but wear shoes you don’t mind filling with sand. Trust me, you’ll find grains of it in your pockets for weeks. Or, as the locals say, c’est la vie la plage. (Which might not be correct French, but the sentiment sticks.)
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