The Touquet Villas

The villas of Le Touquet, in Le Touquet

The villas of Le Touquet make Le Touquet-Paris-Plage a true open-air museum of seaside architecture. The Le Touquet audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these picturesque residences, which compose the chic and fanciful identity of the resort.

An open-air museum of seaside architecture

Le Touquet is a bit of an open-air museum, in a chic seaside version. The resort is famous for its picturesque villas, inherited from its golden age, which reveal themselves along the tree-lined avenues. Blending the Anglo-Norman, regionalist, Art Deco and Basque styles, these residences compete in fantasy: façades of brick and wood, turrets, gables, half-timbering and steep roofs. Each one bears a name and has its character. Walk after walk, these villas compose the elegant and refined identity of Le Touquet and tell the story of the French seaside holiday.

What to see

You admire the picturesque villas with varied styles, Anglo-Norman, regionalist, Art Deco and Basque, with their turrets, gables, half-timbering and steep roofs, along the tree-lined avenues. The villas of Le Touquet make it an open-air museum. It is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The villas of Le Touquet are discovered along the residential avenues of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, reachable on foot. They are private residences that you admire from the street. You discover them during a walk in the residential districts of the resort.

Why are the villas of Le Touquet famous?

Because they make the resort a true open-air museum, blending the Anglo-Norman, regionalist, Art Deco and Basque styles, a heritage of the golden age of the seaside of Le Touquet.

Where to see the villas of Le Touquet?

Along the residential avenues of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, in France.