Remote work in Le Touquet: planning a workation week by the sea

Yes, you can easily work remotely for a week in Le Touquet: midweek and out of season the resort is peaceful, the beach is a few minutes' walk from the centre, and direct trains link Paris-Nord with Étaples-Le Touquet in just over two hours. A successful week comes down to three things: a reliable connection, a real workspace and a day punctuated by breaks outdoors.

This guide helps you plan your workation from Monday to Friday: when to come, how to get there, how to set up your desk, what a typical day looks like, where to find a coworking space and what to check with your employer.

Why choose midweek, out of season?

Le Touquet lives to the rhythm of weekends and French school holidays. From Friday evening to Sunday, and every day in July and August, the resort fills up; from Monday to Friday outside those periods, it returns to the pace of a small town. For a remote-work stay, that is exactly what you want:

• Peace and quiet: calm streets, an almost empty beach at lunchtime, a silent forest at the end of the day.
• A town that stays open: shops, the covered market and restaurants operate all year round, so you can live normally without a car.
• Easier journeys: fewer people on Monday-morning trains to the coast than on Friday-evening ones, and easy traffic once you are there.
• Availability: a full week is easier to find outside the holidays and big events.

The best windows are spring (March to June, avoiding bank holidays and school holidays), September after the summer break and autumn outside the All Saints' holiday. Winter works too if you enjoy long, windy walks; just avoid the weeks of big events, such as the Enduropale early in the year, when the resort changes character.

Arriving on Sunday evening or Monday morning from Paris

Le Touquet has no railway station of its own: you get off at Étaples-Le Touquet, on the other side of the Canche, a few kilometres from the centre. Direct trains leave from Paris-Nord (where Eurostar trains from London also arrive); the fastest take about 2 hours 10 minutes, others a little longer depending on stops and train type.

Two ways to start the week

• Sunday evening: you arrive rested for Monday's first meeting, with time to do a little shopping and test the connection. It is the most relaxed option if your week starts with important calls.
• Monday morning: an early train lets you log on by late morning. The journey is fine for emails and reading, but plan a lighter morning and a mobile hotspot as a backup on the train.

Sunday-evening and Monday-morning timetables differ from the rest of the week: check them on SNCF Connect before booking your Friday return. From the station, allow a few minutes by taxi or bus to the centre; a bike is also a good option for the week (see our article on bike hire in Le Touquet).

Connection and workspace: what you need on site

A remote-work week depends first and foremost on the quality of the connection. Before booking accommodation, always ask what kind of internet access it has: "Wi-Fi included" can mean anything from fast fibre to a shared 4G router. In our two apartments at Villa Mon Étoile, the connection is 8 Gb/s fibre Wi-Fi, more than enough for simultaneous video calls and sending large files. Full details of the long-stay offer are on our page on weekly rentals for remote work.

Setting up your desk

Each apartment has two possible workspaces: the large wooden table for 6 in the living room, ideal for spreading out laptop, screen and files, and the console desk in the main bedroom, perfect for taking a call in private when two of you are travelling and each has meetings. The house carries sound and quiet hours apply from 10 pm to 9 am: a rhythm that suits working days well, but bring a headset for early calls before 9 am.

What we recommend you bring

• a headset with microphone, essential as soon as two people work in the same apartment;
• a laptop stand and keyboard, so you do not end the week with a sore back;
• a portable monitor if you are used to one at the office;
• an extension lead and your chargers (French plugs are type E);
• a mobile plan with hotspot, as a backup on the train or during an outage.

A typical remote-work day in Le Touquet

Here is the rhythm that works best for a remote-work week by the sea.

Morning: meetings and focused work

Group your video calls and the tasks that need concentration between 9 am and noon. A coffee (the kitchen has a Nespresso machine) and the morning flies by. On Thursday and Saturday mornings, the covered market makes for a refreshing twenty-minute break to fill your basket.

Lunchtime: the beach

This is the moment you look forward to all morning. From the villa, the beach is about 300 m away, a five-minute walk: a round trip along the seafront promenade or a walk on the sand fits into a 45-minute break. Check the tide times: at low tide the foreshore is immense and you can walk a long way on firm sand.

Afternoon: lighter tasks

Emails, proofreading, team catch-ups: the afternoon goes quickly after a breath of sea air.

Evening: the forest or the sunset

At the end of the day there are two options: a loop under the pines in the forest, on foot or by bike, or the sunset over the sea from the promenade. Our route ideas are in the article on where to walk in Le Touquet. For dinner, rue Saint-Jean and its restaurants are about 200 m away.

Coworking in Le Touquet: where to work outside the apartment

If you need a meeting room, a printer or simply a change of scene for a day, the resort has an established coworking space: Wojo Le Touquet, located at the Domaine de la Petite Forêt, a hotel complex opened in 2023 on the edge of the forest (allée du Nouveau Siècle). You can book a desk for the day or a meeting room directly on the Wojo website; terms and prices change, so check them when you book.

Other options may exist depending on the season: the tourist office can tell you what is currently available.

What about cafés with Wi-Fi?

Whether laptops are welcome depends on each café and the time of day, so we do not publish a list: ask at the counter and avoid mealtimes. For calls, the apartment remains the best option.

A typical week and the remote worker's checklist

Here is a sample Monday-to-Friday week, to adapt to your schedule and the tide times.

The checklist before you leave

• Get approval from your employer or manager to work away from home.
• Book accommodation after checking the connection and workspace: our online availability shows the free weeks.
• Book your outbound and return trains, allowing for Sunday timetables.
• Plan the week's shopping: our guide to grocery shopping in Le Touquet gives market days and supermarkets.
• Pack a headset, chargers, laptop stand and windproof clothing.
• Block a lunch break of at least 45 minutes in your calendar, like a meeting.

Charles's tip: on Sunday evening, before unpacking, make a test video call with a friend from the table and from the console desk in the bedroom. You will know straight away where to set up for Monday's meeting, and the week starts stress-free.

Employer, insurance, cross-border workers: what to check

Working for a week from a holiday destination is often possible, but it is not automatic. Without going into legal detail, a few points are worth checking before you leave:

• Your company's remote-work policy: remote-work agreement or charter, number of days allowed, any obligation to declare where you work from. A simple message to your manager avoids misunderstandings.
• IT security: some companies require a VPN or forbid public networks; an apartment's private Wi-Fi is generally preferable to a café's.
• Cross-border workers and employees of a foreign employer (Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the UK…): the rules on the number of days worked outside the country of employment vary between countries and the agreements in force, and can have tax or social-security consequences. Check with your HR department or an adviser before you go.
• Freelancers: check that your professional insurance covers your work away from your usual premises, especially if you meet clients.

For the accommodation side, everything is summarised on our dedicated page on weekly remote-work stays in Le Touquet: amenities, length of stay and terms for longer stays.