🏖️ Le Touquet
France's quintessentially British seaside resort
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, near the English Channel
- Founded in 1882 as a holiday destination for wealthy British visitors
- Home to Le Touquet–Paris-Plage Airport, renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II
- Famous for its Belle Époque architecture, extensive beach and pine forests
Le Touquet is a coastal town in northern France that developed as an exclusive seaside resort in the late 19th century, designed specifically to appeal to wealthy British holidaymakers. Despite its location on French soil, the resort retained pronounced British cultural characteristics through the 20th century, earning its reputation as "the most British of French resorts." The town's architectural heritage, leisure amenities and social culture reflect this Anglo-French identity ...