This year again, they should be the hit of the summer!
On which beaches have the French set their sights for sunny days?
The online holiday rental comparator Likibu has counted the number of searches on Google integrating the name of a French beach over the past twelve months.
When several beaches have the same name, only the requests associated with the corresponding seaside resort have been taken into account.
If the beaches of Corsica occupy many places of choice in the classification, nothing comes to challenge the hegemony of Marseille and its creeks.
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10. Saleccia Beach, Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda (Upper Corsica)
By car, access to Saleccia beach is via a 12 kilometer bumpy track that can be used by 4x4 or quad.
By boat, via a 20-minute crossing from Saint-Florent, and on foot, after a 7-kilometre hike under the sun.
A trying journey forgotten from the first foot on the white sand caressed by the turquoise water.
This exceptional beach stretches over more than a kilometer between the mountains of the Agriates desert.
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9. Estagnol Beach, Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var)
Estagnol beach (Var) is shaded and sheltered from the wind.
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A cove of fine sand sheltered from the wind where one comes, after a lunch in one of the restaurants located not far away, to rest in the shade of the pines.
The beach of Estagnol, land of the Domaine de Brégançon, offers games for children and shallow water, ideal for bathing toddlers.
8. Espiguette Beach, Grau-du-Roi (Gard)
Espiguette beach (Gard) is known for its many dunes.
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Jewel of the Camargue, the beach of Espiguette extends over more than 10 kilometers and shelters many dunes bordered by dunes beaten by the winds where one finds exceptional plant and animal species, just 10 minutes from the center- town of Grau-du-Roi.
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7. Palombaggia Beach, Porto-Vecchio (Corse-du-Sud)
Palombaggia Beach (Corse-du-Sud) extends over 10 kilometers south of Porto-Vecchio.
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10 kilometers south of Porto-Vecchio, Palombaggia beach offers many water activities: paddle, kayak, sailing or even jet-skiing.
A little paradise that stretches over a kilometer and a half, with a view of the Cerbicale Islands.
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6. Pampelonne Beach, Ramatuelle (Var)
Pampelonne Beach (Ramatuelle) is located on the Saint-Tropez peninsula.
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On the Saint-Tropez peninsula, Pampelonne beach runs along the Mediterranean for 4.5 kilometers between Cap Camarat and Cap du Pinet.
5. Prado beaches, Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
The beaches of Prado, in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), offer many water activities.
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A bathing spot in the Phocaean city since the 1970s, the Prado seaside park offers many water activities on more than three kilometers of coastline.
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4. Omaha Beach, Vierville-sur-Mer (Calvados)
Omaha Beach (Calvados) is one of the five landing beaches.
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The most famous of the five landing beaches, Omaha Beach is appreciated for the cliffs of Pointe Hoc and its large expanses of golden sand.
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3. Santa Giulia Beach, Porto-Vecchio (South Corsica)
Santa Giulia Beach (Corse-du-Sud) is bordered by the lake of the same name.
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Placed on a strip of sand wedged between the pond and the gulf of the same name, Santa Giulia beach, a few kilometers south of Palombaggia beach, is one of the many corners of paradise that surround Porto-Vecchio.
2. Calanque d'En-Vau, Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
The Calanque d'En-Vau (Bouches-du-Rhône) sometimes hosts a few wild boars.
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In the Calanque d'En-Vau, an arm of crystal clear water weaves its way between the cliffs to wet the pebbles of a small beach where a few wild boars sometimes come to sunbathe with holidaymakers.
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1. Calanque de Sormiou, Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
The creek of Sormiou (Bouches-du-Rhône), from the crest of Morgiou.
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Curiously, the first place in the ranking is best appreciated not from its beach – too narrow – but from the heights of the Morgiou ridge.
All the splendor of the Calanque de Sormiou, the widest in the national park, is then offered to the eyes of hikers.