Hotel Residence Hippotel, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

Advantages: France! Food, architecture ... shopping!
Disadvantages: Would-be Crooners

..., including Boulogne, which has a magnificent Bascillica and an old walled town. We felt like Goldilocks, as this town was TOO BIG, but the next place down the coast, was Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, which felt JUST RIGHT. Le Touquet is about 50 miles from Calais, and you can make it there easily in an hour, via the motorway (110 kmph or 66 miles an hour). It is a nice drive, and you can watch for the sculptures as you pass under on the overpass/fly-overs representing different sports: Fishing, Hunting,etc. An example of how much more interesting driving is in France. You may also notice that the French, will indicate or leave their 'blinker' on as they overtake and pass you, until they pull back in. It seems a nice way to let folks know your intentions. I had been to Le Touquet once before and noticed there was a nice village feeling to it... Read review

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Advantages: Eat, drink and shop....
Disadvantages: ....until you drop

...like the Chateau Tilques also tend to like the Hostellerie des Trois Mousquetaires at Aire-sur-la-Lys to the east of St Omer (0033 321 39 01 11), but again I don't; both seem to me to be pitched at a certain type of English tourist with pretensions, among whom I would not like to think of myself as numbered. Some way south of St Omer but worth a mention is the little town of St Pol-sur-Ternoise, where the Hotel Le Lion d'Or (0033 321 03 10 44) offered excellent value when I was last there, admittedly some years ago. LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE. South down the coast from Boulogne, this is a stylish resort in the summer, a rather chilly wind-swept one in the winter. It boasts plenty of hotels in every price-range but, for reasons that escape me, I've never stayed there. If you want a period experience - the period being early in the last century... Read review

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Advantages: Good location
Disadvantages: Cack hotel

...When we recently had a team meeting in London, a friend of mine was given the task of arranging somewhere to eat and I was tasked with finding somewhere to sleep. This was good news because I got to choose a hotel that was convenient for me. Selfish, aren’t I? Oh well. WHY I CHOSE LE MERIDIEN RUSSELL Although I do occasionally venture out further, I tend to book hotels that are close to Euston or King’s Cross railway stations because this is where most of my team arrive by train and because all our company buildings are that side of town. The last time I was in town, I stayed in the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, which certainly isn’t bad after its refit, but I was unable to get seven rooms for the date I had in mind. Over on www.laterooms.com I spotted a discount in Le Meridien, Russell Square from £220 per night to £89. This... Read review

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