We really enjoyed our stay at Tamaris. It's a really spacious place, with good sized bedrooms and a well equipped kitchen. It has a large lawn area and a nice terrace, although the weather largely prohibited us for using it! The outside area is all closed off which is great if you have young children.

It's a short walk to the beach, ten minutes max i would say. The beach is very nice although also very tidal (compared to le touquet) so might be worth checking the times to avoid a big trek to the water and then a frantic dash back as the tide rushes in at certain points! Merlimont itself has a few shops and restaurants, although we came only at the start of the season and the weather was poor so much was closed. If you have young children be aware nothing opens until seven for dinner.

It's a short ten/fifteen drive to le touquet and we spent a fair bit of time here as they started digging up merlimont beach during our stay. Lovely sand, a picturesque drove, and some nice looking bars/restaurants. Much less tidal here.

The weather wasn't good for our stay so we explored some of the area with our children (4 and 2). Can recommend the Marais museum in Etaples (all

About fishing and has some great exhibits - 15 min drive), the aquarium in bologne (45 min drive) and also we went to a theme park in Denlys whose name currently escapes me but it was spacious and clean and had some great rides for smaller children (and a couple of lower league rollercoaster for big ones).

All in all, we had a great time and felt well looked after by Michael, perfect for a place to stop on our way home after Disneyland paris. The only Reason for four rather than five stars is that merlimont is looking a little tired and there was a fair bit of construction work going on which sometimes interrupts the ambience when you are in the town (although not at the house which is very very peaceful). This may be down to our visiting a bit out of season though. Thank you Tamaris!