You will be surprised by the well-being, the reception of the tradesmen, they will make you want, to return, even to remain, summer like winter, it is the STATION OF 4 SEASONS!
It is also the Pleasures of Sport, the table, with a casino, its thalasso, its cultural events ...
Let yourself be surprised by the qualities of the place that transform the Station into a perfect world, resolutely apart!
History
In 1837 Alphonse Daloz, notary in Paris, became owner of more than 1600 hectares of dunes. The terrain is for the most part unusable because then constituted of a dune space at the mouth of the Canche. He manages to fix the very mobile sands by sowing pines and other species. Thus was born the green forest of Le Touquet. The place will give the image, half a century later, of a wooded area bordered by the sea. Soon the Parisians rush to the edge of the sea and it is Henry de Villemessant, then director of "Figaro" , which will name the station "Le Touquet Paris-Plage" this signature will now appear in advertising brochures as a slogan opening the appetite of a still nascent and shy leisure society.
Late 19th century John Whitley, an English businessman, bought the entire Daloz estate and decided to make the resort a tourist destination for the British. The real golden age of Le Touquet will come in the 1920s, The city becomes worldly and is placed under the sign of sport and elegance. The big bourgeoisie and the aristocracy seize the mythical place during the beautiful season. The number of villas is growing in the forest, a particular architectural style that develops a new generation of architects led by Louis Quételard the most ardent representative. He invents in this space dedicated to happiness and tranquility, he creates a small modern city, witness to a time of greatness, search for beauty or Modern art here finds fertile ground for its development It took a century so that this urban success is at the peak of its achievements.
