Best Breton Beaches

Damgan Brittany

We are often asked, where are the best beaches in Brittany?

What a subjective question. Everyone wants something different from a beach. Take us, Mark wants a beach to himself !!, Joe only likes the beach in the winter when he can wear wellies (strange child!)and go rock pooling  and Iona hates sand...

So here is what we think!..

Carnac (about a 45 min drive) is the most popular beach, miles of sandy beaches...

Carnac Brittany

La Trinité sur Mer is about 15 minutes drive from Auray and is one of France's biggest yachting centres. The immediate vicinity of La Trinité has some beautiful, stunning beaches, a large marina and some excellent shops and galleries

La Baule has massive bay with sandy beach. Very clean and scenic. Loads to do : water sports, bars, restaurants and shops plus a really nice town to walk around and there`s a market most days in the summer. La Baule is known as the Monaco of the North and is pretty smart! (bit posh for us !!)

La Baule Brittany

Lamor Baden and surrounding area. Along the Northern edge of the Golfe are numerous sandy beaches. Lots and lots of them in fact, and all generally deserted (a favourite haunt of Marks' !!) . Take a trip along the coast towards Lamor Baden and turn left towards the sea. Dozens of lanes wind down to the beaches. They pop out right on the sand so just stop and you 're on the beach. There's so many hidden coves you'll never have time to find them all

Larmor

Batz sur Mer is a really nice small town further along the coast from La Baule. The town square is traditional in every way, packed with flowers and cafes with tables and chairs filling every space. Not only that but there`s a great sandy beach which is perfect for sunbathers and walkers. It is a bit busier than the other beaches above

There are things for the children to do (trampolines etc) and loads and loads of rock pools to explore (perfect of wellie wearing Joe !!). Plus there`s a fantastic cliff-top walk along a rough sandy track which winds its way around the rocky headlands and coves. The views are stunning and well worth the trek !

Don`t forget to eat in one of the restaurants in the town square. The pizzeria is great

batz sur mer

The Quiberon peninsula stretches fourteen kilometres into the sea and boasts twelve sandy beaches and more than 2,500 hours of sunlight a year.  The main town of Quiberon is one of Morbihan's liveliest and most popular resorts with a large sandy beach, promenade and plenty of beach side bars, restaurants and souvenir shops. Departing twice a day from Quiberon is the ferry to the island of Belle-Ile

Our favourite haunt is Damgan, about 40 mins drive
There's a big selection of beaches around Damgan, which is where the French tend to holiday, the English are a rarer breed there. Damgan’s main beach is stunning and there’s plenty of places to buy food, ice creams etc. The main town and its numerous restaurants is just yards from the beach. There’s also a large play area just off the beach with swings, slides and roundabouts.

One great advantage of Damgan is that its choice of beaches are all close together. There are the busier beaches and also those that are very quiet. The beaches here are very gently sloping which means an adult can walk out half a kilometre on some of them and still not be submerged when the tide's in- the tide does come in quite quickly though.

On one of the beaches there`s an area of rock pools. See the locals scratching around for their dinner -mussels, whelks and oysters are abundant and free to anyone who wants to collect them

The sandy beaches of Damgan... where you will find more French than English!

To get a feel for the beach and the seaside town of Damgan, here is a little video !!..Damgan Beach

For lot more beaches, please see http://www.frenchgites.com/Tourism%20Brittany%20Beach.htm