by K.B. Oliver | Oct 25, 2023 | West/Southwest
The Atlantic Coast of France Most people have at least heard of the French Riviera, so these smaller glitzy beaches of the Mediterranean come to mind when you think of beaches in France. However, the Atlantic Coast of France consists of a multitude of memorable...
by K.B. Oliver | Sep 27, 2023 | West/Southwest
The Atlantic Coast of France is one long strand of hundreds of fabulous beaches. You may have already read about La Vendée, called the Sunshine Coast, but now we’ll take a look at Charente-Maritime, the department just below La Vendée. It’s here that you find the...
by K.B. Oliver | Aug 9, 2023 | West/Southwest
La Vendée is a department on France’s Atlantic coast that bears the nickname, La Côte de Lumière, or of the sunshine (Lumière means light) coast, with a greater number of sunny days than the rest of the west coast. If you look at a map of France, you’ll notice a very...
by K.B. Oliver | Jan 19, 2022 | Activities and Culture, Brittany, Normandy, Provence
Discover French Beaches What comes to mind when you think of French beaches? The Riviera? D-Day Beaches in Normandy? France is surrounded on three sides by the coastline and has hundreds of beaches. Here’s a list of 15 of them by region, all around the country,...
by K.B. Oliver | Jan 15, 2020 | Resources and Activities, Normandy, Provence, West/Southwest
When you think of French beaches, you may think of St. Tropez or Nice. But there are many French beaches that, while popular with the French, aren’t necessarily overrun with tourists and sun-seekers. Crowds are thinner, prices are lower. The whole experience is less...