How to find a beautiful foreign beach by train and tickets are just £10.80

IF you fancy a holiday abroad without the long flights, there is a beautiful seaside resort less than two hours from the UK.

Even better, you can find tickets to the resort for just over a tenner.

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The small seaside town of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is set in northern France and lies under an hour away from Calais.

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The best place to visit in the seaside town is the beach with its stretch of sand and rows of sun loungers.

Cafes and restaurants are dotted along the promenade too.

For families with young children, there’s Aqualud, a water park with over 2000 metres of water slides.

There are also three golf courses nearby too.

Other activities include a wander through some of the local markets like Marche Couvert and Rue St. Jean which sells fresh fish, meat, bread and other delicious French delicacies.

Food and drink is relatively affordable too, with a bottle of beer costing €5 (£4.35), meanwhile, a meal out at a mid-range restaurant will cost €17 (£14.80). 

Tourists have praised the seaside town on TripAdvisor.

One person wrote: “What a wonderfully expansive, clean, and tidy beach. Fantastic for all beach lovers.

“There are a host of good quality cocktail bars and restaurants actually on the beach and even more just off.

“Only a few hundred yards from the town centre this really is a wonderful destination for a break.”

Another person added: “What a hidden gem, it’s beautiful. It has beautiful restaurants with beautiful seafood and it’s our favourite place.”

When booking a trip, the summer is the best time to visit, with highs of 21C.

Hotels are extremely affordable too with a night at the Le Grand Hôtel Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, a four-star hotel, costing £77.50 per person per night.

Despite this bargain luxury stay, holidaymakers can also pitch up a tent at Camping de la Mer for £16.56 per night.

Holidaymakers who want to visit this French seaside town will need to arrive at the beach city of Calais, which is just 50 minutes from the UK.

From there, Brits can either drive one hour to reach the seaside town or jump on a train from Calais to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.

We’ve found one-way tickets for £10.88 for a full-paying adult.

And the French seaside town is also a great spot to take back from cheap wine and cheese back to the UK.

Just make sure to check the new duty free rules – Brits can bring back 42 litres of beer and 18 litres of wine.

And you can bring back as much cheese as you want, as long as it is under £390 per person.

Here is another European seaside town that you may have never heard of.

If you don’t fancy leaving the country, here’s the “best” seaside town in the UK.

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