Saint Tropez

Saint Tropez, France

Saint Tropez was once the most important port of France and nowadays is one of the most important beaches in France. 

Along the Baie de Pampelonne you could find an excellent collection of beaches for five kilometers. Each one has his own particularity and attractions and some of them are public, but other ones are private. In many of them you can practice windsurfing, canoeing and sailing. Also, some of the private beaches are naturist. 

One of the best activities in Saint Tropez is to visita Massif des Maures - This is a long hill that goes parallel to the coast from Hyeres to St. Raphael, and has very attractive and mysterious forests of pines, with lot of valleys. A beautiful tourist route full of viewpoints goes trough the coast.

Nice

Nice, France

Like most of the French beaches, Nice is worldwide famous not only for the beauty of its beaches but also for the lot of historical and cultural attractions. Historically, there is evidence of human activity in Nice 400.000 years ago, and the city was once populated by Romans. Long after that, Nice was part of the reign of Saboy until 1859 that was given back to France.Old Nice - You can visit the Old Nice, which conserves the old houses of tall walls and the stretch streets unified by stairs. Or you can go to the Castle, which offers a great panoramic view from 92 mts.

Cimiez - Another interesting place to visit is Cimiez, the antique roman neighborhood that is now the residential part of Nice. Here you can find roman ruins, amphitheaters, and good roman museums.Among the private beaches, one of the best ones is the Castle Plage, which means, Beach of the Castle, as there is a castle in the top of the beach. Among public ones, the best are: Beau Rivage and La Reserve.

The beaches in Nice are connected by the Promenade des Anglais, which means "the walkaway of the English" and it is a pathway full of palm has the beautiful Nice beaches at one side, and the crowded boulevard full of restaurants that makes Nice the fifth populated city in France.

Nice has his own airport, Aeroport International Nice-Cote d'Azur, located west of the city center. Two airlines that are offering cheap flights are Bmi airlines and Ryan. Or the other way is to flight to Paris and from there go to Nice.

Monaco beach

Monaco, France

Monaco takes up a mere 1.95 square kilometres, making it the world's second smallest independent state (after Vatican City). It is surrounded on three sides by France and on the fourth by the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 18 kilometres east of Nice, France and about 10 kilometres to the west of Italy.

Relax and enjoy the surf of some fun beaches. Although not cheap and laid back like the beaches of South East Asia these beaches are great in their own right. Hang out and enjoy the sun and bring your own water to save some money. Remember some of the beaches charge money to enter and some are private. Therefore look out for free beaches and use them.

The Côte d'Azur International Airport in Nice is situated 13.7 miles away from Monaco, in Nice. From there you can go to Monaco by helicopter, bus or taxis.

Monaco is being said to have more than 300 days of sunshine per year. Even in winter, the temperature goes from 48 to 58 F degrees. In the springtime, there is a wind called "Le Mistral", creates a clear sky and a nice temperature.

Corsica Beaches

Corsica, France

Corsica is blessed with a mild south Mediterranean climate, magnificent red and grey rock outcrops, little development compared to the French mainland and is awash with terrific beaches, just about every cove around the island shows some white sand so there's plenty of seclusion available if you choose to be an adventurous beach-goer. However, here are some options on the more popular north and east coasts...

Biarritz

Biarritz, France

With amazing beaches of soft sand and the most modern infrastructure (airport, golf camps and congress centers), Biarritz is one of the most famous beaches in France. It was first discovered at the middle of the 20 century, when the Spaniard royalty discover the beach and started to come. The final impulse came from Emperatress Eugenia de Motijo, wife of Napoleon the III, who convinced his husband to come to this beach. As a consequence, Napoleon built for her a big residence that named "Eugenia Village" and that is nowadays the famous Palace Hotel.

The Biarritz beaches have now developed into surf beaches since the Biarritz Surf Festival has taken international success. This event, that takes place during July, has the presence of the best surfers in the world and with an average attendance of 150.000 surfing fans.

Bayonne - From Biarritz, you can go to Bayonne. Bayonne is a seaport city very beautiful because of his docks and little streets of the ancient part of the city, where you can also find lot of bakeries were the chocolate lovers could find theirs paradise.

Arcachon, Dune du Pyla

Dune du Pyla, Arcachon, France

The largest dune in Europe - Dune du Pyla - set in the largest wooded area in France, Landes Forest, next to the Atlantic Ocean and the little town of Arcachon.

This stretch of sand is one of France's best beach zones, known as the Cote d'Argent, and runs more-or-less for 200kms south to Biarritz, the largest mass of sand in Europe and relatively people free other than the peak season of July-August when Bordeaux hordes invade. The nearest town of Arcachon is a couple of  kilometres from the Dune Du Pyla and comprises mainly a tiny, friendly centre surrounded by a vast number of fantastic, rarely used mansions. The village of Arcachon is tiny and perfectly formed though encircled by vast summer mansions of wealthy Parisians. Part of Arcachon's beach undergoing sandosuction surgery. The great Dune du Pyla is distantly visible.