The elegant village ! Deal !

We advice you the lovely restaurant The Black Douglas Coffe house (83 beach street, Deal, http://www.blackdouglas.co.uk/index.htm). You can eat some delicious pizzas, english food ... Good quality & great service ! Warm ambiance ! Let's go again ! Then, we met  there the owner Nick Mc Connell of the fantastic 18 th century bookshop  (next to the restaurant) ! You can discover incredible fine books! His main field is that of important titles, mostly literary and historical in original leather bindings, in exceptional condition ! (http://www.mcconnellfinebooks.com/index.jsp) ! Deal & co " vaut le détour" !!!!!!

The castle was built in 1539 as part of a chain of artillery forts designed to defend the south coast from a possible invasion.The parapets are curved to deflect gunshot and provide cover for its massive fire power, which was capable of covering the shipping in the Downs.