Despite facing onto the edge of the English Channel - and I guess ultimately - the Atlantic, Berck seems more like a Mediterranean resort than a Northern France one. Obviously set out as a purpose-built resort in the 1900's - with roads radiating out from the sea front like rays of a setting sun - and who else but the French would call a very large roundabaout the "avenue circulaire"?
The giveaway clues are the namesof the streets and boulevards - London, America, Italy, Nice, Suzanne?!
Make your way through ever-decreasing angles of attack to the sea - all roads in Berck either lead to the sea or to the "avenue circulaire" - and you arrive at a wide, open sea front, bordered on both sides by heathland that merges in with the sandy beaches. Sandy beaches aren't what normally comnes to mind when talking about english Channel resorts, but here they are fine and wide and a great place for a picnic - just buy all the ingredients in the local shops, a bottle of chilled Loire and a happy time can be had by all....
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