Le Touquet

We had a very good weekend in Le Touquet. It really was a bit like I had imagined with definite signs of the influence of earlier British tourists to be seen in various things such as names of streets and styles of architecture. Our hotel was the Hotel Bristol for example.

We had a good journey down to Folkestone, under an hour and plenty of time for coffee beforehand. We had a slight hitch as you can see from the first photo as our shuttle was delayed over an hour and we spent that time in the car in the queue waiting to board and looking out at this sign!

Here's our hotel - and very comfortable it was too with excellent staff; friendly and professional.

This is the covered market not far from our hotel. Unfortunately the market was finished by the time we arrived but a pretty building, don't you think?

The picture taken in the evening makes it look like a bustling city but it was very quiet and in our walk around in the afternoon, the streets were almost empty.

Lots and lots - and even more - restaurants, bars, patisseries, chocolatiers etc. Heaven for anyone who enjoys good food. We managed to squeeze in a visit to a bar for lunch, a different bar for a quick coffee and a lovely restaurant for dinner. Not bad when you think we didn't get there until about 3pm! Also lots of other good shops.

This merry-go-round was at the seafront. We all decided we must go back and spend a bit more time there next time. Definitely worth a second visit