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As the nearest French resort town to the UK, whether visiting for a day or a weekend, a trip to Le Touquet is the classic way to treat clients and staff, or indeed friends or family for that perfect taste of France. By air, it is the easiest destination for a ‘VIP’ day excursion overseas from the UK. As a gift to celebrate an anniversary or birthday, it is a superb surprise treat
In the same time it takes to be in central London from Oxford, one can be off the plane and outside a great restaurant, looking out over a clear beach, stepping into the famous Casino, or about to enjoy a weekend of spa beauty treatments. Le Touquet Airport is a mere three minutes drive (just 10 minutes walk) from the town centre, full of wonderful restaurants, all standards of hotels, great food shops and markets, along with bars and cafes to suit all tastes and budgets.
 Le Touquet on the ‘Opal Coast’ was frequented by the well-to-do British in the roaring twenties and thirties who chose to build luxurious homes in the area, playing golf, cricket and polo. At night they would gamble in the Casino, the original inspiration for Ian Fleming’s ‘Casino Royal’ and visited by the rich and famous from Noel Coward and P G Woodhouse to Sophia Loren. The town boasts a fantastic seven mile beach and is still a favoured resort for Parisians who are just two hours away. Le Touquet is very much a year round, four season destination with stylish boutiques, luxurious hotels and wonderful bars and restaurants - the original chic French resort. In the winter months, the destination is ideal for business lunches, meetings and conferences. Le Touquet is elegant, light-hearted and revolves around pleasure. It is very much the destination for ‘Ladies that Lunch’.
Working closely with Le Touquet airport, the town’s tourist office and the mayor’s office, Oxford Airport can assist with arranging bespoke, tailored trips where virtually any requirements can be fulfilled to ensure a fantastic visit, be that to entertain your best clients, top sales team, or for that matter your own family or friends.
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For groups with five to eight people, a private aircraft can be arranged to take you there and bring you back - whenever you dictate, typically within 50 minutes, at costs ranging between £100 to £200 for the return trip per person. All transportation requirements in Le Touquet are easily pre-arranged, albeit there is little need for a car in town. Hertz car hire are based at the airport. During 2008, larger aircraft types are likely to be available from Oxford for groups of up to 50 passengers.Recommendations can be made for the ultimate dining experiences, the finest hotels or health spas, the best places to shop, a multitude of leisure activities and memorable cultural and gastronomic experiences.Pre-arranged trips for a day return (the most cost-effective), an overnight or a weekend/mid-week stay can be co-ordinated around:
 Gastronomic experiences including Michelin star restaurants or chic brasseries
- WWII Battlefield, landing beach and museum tours
- Wine tasting events, including tailored ‘ladies only’ tastings
- Designer and discount shopping or enjoy superb food stores and markets
- Horse riding or indeed horse racing – some of Europe’s finest equestrian facilities
 Spa health and beauty days and short stays
- Sand Yacht racing and a multitude of water sports
- Rugby ‘friendly’(!) matches with local French teams – from kids to adult games
- Shooting or fishing
- Golf – for beginners or with professionals at world class links courses
- Tennis – for beginners or with professionals
 Fantastic walks of any length - ‘Promenades Nature’ and cycle routes & hire
- Trips to Montreuil-sur-Mer (15 minutes drive), Victor Hugo’s haunt with medieval towers and cobbled squares, or to see the castles of Compiegne (an hour’s drive)
- Wine festivals, concerts and sporting events, including jet ski endurance races, sand yacht racing, the Cote d’Opale marathon, the Enduro motorbike races
- Trips tailored specifically for men, ladies or children of any age, including French exchange cultural school excursions
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For further information:
At Oxford Airport, call or e-mail James Dillon-Godfray on: +44 (0)1865 290 710 / info@oxfordairport.co.uk
In Le Touquet, for local advice call Aurore Cools on:
Aurore Cools - Relations Internationales de la ville du Touquet
Tel: 00 33 (0)321 055 589
Mob: 00 33 (0)611 893 021
Fax: 00 33 (0)321 056 670
e-mail: aurore.cools@letouquet.com
For flight arrangements and options call or e-mail AirMed on: +44 (0)1865 842 887 / charters@airmed.co.uk
Le Touquet town’s website: www.letouquet.com
Le Touquet Airport’s website: http://www.aeroport-letouquet.com/
Also see:
First for France Guide – Le Touquet
Allez France – Le Touquet
The Other Side – Le Touquet
Great Escapes – Le Touquet
Information France – Le Touquet
Information France – Cote d’Opale
Virtual Tourist – Le Touquet
Trip Advisor – Le Touquet
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