Etaples-sur-Mer

Less than fifteen minutes by car from your hotel near Le Touquet with swimming pool, there is a charming, little-known town to visit: Étaples.

Étaples la maritime has a past of rare richness. Called Stapula in the ancient period, the city benefited from a flourishing trade as evidenced by the many pottery, jewelry and fibulae discovered during archaeological excavations. Maritime stopover for cabotage and sailing demarcation In the Middle Ages, the port of Étaples-sur-Mer was always very dynamic. And at the end of the 19th century, more than two hundred artists of all nationalities (English, Australian, German, Scottish, American…) discovered the city and settled there to paint.

A town to visit a few minutes from your hotel near the golf course of Le Touquet

Apart from the Maréis museum-aquarium, visitors also have the choice of participating in multiple guided tours on all different themes: "at the heart of the history of the City of Fishermen", "in the footsteps of painters of the École d'Étaples ”,“ Étaples in the Great War ”…

Gourmets and curious alike will also appreciate the summer, an animated visit which offers to discover the course of fish, from the sea to the plate.