Visitors Flock to Stunning Venues in Northern France

Visitors have been flocking to Golf d'Hardelot and Le Touquet Golf Resort on the northern coast of France, with both venues noting a significant rise in the number of visitors.

Golf d’Hardelot and Le Touquet Golf Resort, home to France’s No.1 links, reported 18% and 6% rises in green fees respectively in 2018, continuing an upward momentum that started in 2017, where Le Touquet Golf Resort saw an 8% rise on the previous year.

Le Touquet Golf Resort’s refurbished Le Manoir Hôtel, voted France’s Best Golf Hotel for three consecutive years, also experienced an uplift in visitor numbers, reporting a 30% increase in bookings for 2018.

Le Manoir’s refurbishment was part of a multi-million Euro renovation programme across Le Touquet Golf Resort, which has seen the award-winning restoration of La Mer (The Sea), France’s No. 1 links course, and the construction of a bold architect-designed clubhouse.

Golfshake Podcast - Golf d'Hardelot, Le Golf National & More!

Golf d’Hardelot has enjoyed increased popularity after an astute and thorough golf course renovation project. Golf architects Frank Pont and Patrice Boissonnas used old photographs and aerial views to restore Les Pins (The Pines) to Tom Simpson’s original 1931 routing and design, recreating the shaping and contours of greens, surrounds, fairways and bunker edges. 

CEO, Laurent Boissonnas, commented: “The Ryder Cup has undoubtedly put the focus on France, with courses and resorts around Paris and in northern France benefitting from an increase in travelling golfers. However, thanks to our own investment projects, this positive trend had been building at our venues since the end of 2017, was noticed throughout 2018, and early bookings indicate it is continuing in 2019.

“Our goal has been to create a new golden age of golf travel on France’s northern coast, and it means so much to see, not just the increase in visitors, but also a broader range of international golfers discovering golf on the Opal Coast.”

Le Touquet Golf Resort and Golf d’Hardelot are easily reached from the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands, as well as the rest of France, by road and rail; both located less than an hour’s drive south of the Eurotunnel terminus on the A16 autoroute. 

For more information about Le Touquet Golf Resort, visit https://www.letouquetgolfresort.com/en.

and for Golf d’Hardelot, visit www.hardelotgolfclub.com/en.