My boyfriend and I are looking to go on holiday first week of July. We’ll be travelling by train from London, so ideally would be a destination well connected to Lille or Paris. Don’t want the travel to be an odyssey - maybe max 5-6 hours from one of those cities?
Our requirements - would prefer a town to a city. Must have a train station (not planning to hire a car). We’ll be WFH while there, so don’t need tons to do, but good food and a beach would be a plus! But don’t really want a buzzy city as feel we’d be missing out. Budget for accommodation isn’t massive so nowhere too ritzy I guess… and weather, we’d like to be warm - certainly warmer than London!
Not wedded to a particular area or even country, but obviously weather improves as we head south. Have considered Cassis, Sete, (and Montpelier and Biarritz which I realise are cities but we’ve been before so not so worried about FOMO) but accommodation seems pricey.
In my dreams I’m picturing a seaside town, apartment/hotel with a little balcony, a few decent restaurants, and a nice beach… where is it?!
(One other factor - we’re both vegetarian - not always easiest in France but there’s always chips/ice cream! But we’re not particularly drawn to seafood etc which might tempt others to a particular destination)
Anyone been to Deauville? La Rochelle? Any other ideas?