La Planquette-Hideaway

Recharge your batteries with a wander around Fressin (20 minutes’ walk), set daintily on the side of the Planquette River; you can check out the stone sculptures in the 15th-century church of Saint-Martin or attend an open-air concert among the photogenic ruins of the town’s château. Other local adventures could include sampling the goats’ cheese at Chèvrerie de la Planquette, or meandering around the madcap art installations and tree-shaded avenues of the Ô Jardin Paisible (both five minutes’ walk). Also accessible on foot are the fishing ponds at Les Etangs de Fressin (40 minutes). If it’s the Opal Coast beaches that beckon, you can be in elegant Le Touquet in around 45 minutes by car. Once there, go sand yachting on the long sandy expanse, play a round on the challenging golf course or go shopping in the high-end boutiques of Rue Saint-Jean and Rue de Metz.