Villa Mon Étoile
Le Touquet, a food lover's paradise.
Restaurants
Fine dining
- Les Canailles — bistronomy cuisine
- Mezquité — French-Mexican, as good as it is surprising
- Base Nord — exceptional setting on the Canche estuary (book ahead)
- Le Bar à huîtres — Quentovic quarter, excellent oysters and wine
- La Dune aux Loups — renowned gastronomy
- Le Jardin — refined cuisine
- Pérard — an institution for fish and seafood
For lunch
- Mignardises — crêperie, eat in or takeaway
- Les Pirates or Safran — right on the beach
- Burger fermier des Enfants Rouges — excellent burgers
- A Table — simple, good value
- Opaline — tea room with the best pastries in town, perfect for brunch
Treats
- Chocolatier: Le Chat Bleu, 47bis rue Saint-Jean
- Ice cream: Kokoa or Véron (rue Saint-Jean)
- Home-made biscuits: Manufacture du Touquet, 29 rue Saint-Louis
Food shops
The covered market in the town centre is held on Saturday mornings (also Monday and Thursday in season). The Quentovic square market on Sundays is smaller and less touristy, with a lovely selection including the permaculture grower.
- Bakery: La Talmelière, 69 rue de Metz
- Cheese: Pasquier — excellent selection and advice
- Butcher: Mailly Philippe, 52 rue de Metz
- Fish: the huts at Étaples harbour — the day's catch, 10 min by car or 20 min by bike
- Seafood: La Goélette / Le Bar à Huîtres (order ahead)
Sports
- Sailing & board sports: Base Sud or Base Nord — paddle, surf, sand yachting and sailing hire and lessons
- Pool at the tennis club, heated outdoor in season
- Running: up to Base Nord then along the beach (you may spot seals)
- Tennis, padel, golf, riding, beach yoga…
Walks and hikes
- Rue Saint-Jean, the shopping street, and the Hermitage quarter (galleries and antiques)
- The seafront boardwalk, the Canche estuary promenade
- Superb hikes in the Canche Bay reserve — white dune
Culture & relaxation
- Le Touquet Museum — permanent and temporary exhibitions
- Maréis (Étaples) and Nausicaá, Europe's largest aquarium
- Piano festival, cinema, art galleries
- Spa Nuxe (Westminster) and Novotel thalasso
Around Le Touquet
- Wimereux — Belle Époque resort, 1.5 km promenade, great for families
- Wissant — 12 km beach between Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez, a kitesurfing paradise
- Montreuil-sur-Mer — medieval ramparts, gastronomy (Alexandre Gauthier's restaurants)
The full events calendar is available on the Tourist Office website.