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Normandy: the most beautiful beaches in the Channel

2022-08-16T05:10:57.068Z


With more than 360 kilometers of coastline, the Manche coast offers a multitude of long fine sandy beaches and small coves with more discreet blue pebbles. Our selection.


There is one point on which the Normans agree: their sea - "

unlike the

Mediterranean

", they say boldly - smells... of the sea!

With tides every six hours, pushing coefficients to 115, the Channel indeed offers the visitor large bowls of iodine.

On the other hand, asking several Normans “

What is the most beautiful beach?

is to take the risk of dividing the table as one would when tackling a political subject during a family dinner.

The issue is sensitive, sometimes jealously guarded as a “lobster hole”.

The choice is truly difficult as the Mancho beaches, often unknown to the general public, are breathtaking: “wow!

» guaranteed.

To discover

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The beach of Sciotot-les-Pieux, the "spot" for surfers

Sciotot beach.

Aymeric Picot / OT Cotentin

Western coast.

Suddenly, at the bend of yet another bend in the winding departmental road crossing the wild moors of La Hague, the sea offers itself as a horizon.

Magnificent!

 we say to ourselves in a low voice so as not to break this moment of grace.

Very quickly, we no longer regret not having stopped 5 minutes earlier at the pretty little port of Diélette to enjoy the view.

Sciotot beach, lost between Cap de Flamanville and Cap du Rozel, is self-sufficient.

The car park, laid out in keeping with the site, blends in between the chip shack where surfers enjoy snacks under lanterns and a more traditional restaurant overlooking the sea. With its waves, Sciotot now competes with Siouville-Hague located a few kilometers away, the title of "the spot" for surfing enthusiasts.

We also practice sand yachting…

  • Our advices

A plate of seafood (19.80 euros) at the restaurant Le Sauve qui pleut, 1 route de Fort, 50340 Les Pieux.

Such.

: 02 33 94 33 85.

Sleep at the Château du Rozel, 10 minutes from the beach, in a guest room.

Price between 75 and 160 euros.

Château du Rozel, 50340 Le Rozel.

Such.

: 02 33 52 95 08

Equipment rental at cotentinsurfclub.com, 14 boulevard Ferdinand Deveaud, 50340 Siouville-Hague.

Such.

: 02 33 41 39 58

Hatainville beach, the origin of the world

Airs from the end of the world in the dunes of Hatainville beach.

Adobe Stock / WiS

Change of atmosphere.

With its dune massif at the end of the world, which stretches along an 11 kilometer beach located between Cap de Surtainville and Cap de Carteret, the fine sand beach of Hatainville is an invitation to daydream.

Here, except for a few Garenne rabbits, you can walk without meeting anyone.

Incredible feeling of loneliness in view of the natural beauty of the site: some dunes culminate at 80 meters while others sink towards the countryside for more than 1,500 meters.

The flora, with its marram grass, or its blue thistles, is preserved.

The 21st century has stopped on the other side of the road.

To discover.

  • Good to know

Hatainville beach is one of the few to accept dogs all year round.

As you get closer to Cap de Carteret, a tolerance for "without textiles" is authorized in the shelter of a few dunes.

Hatainville Beach, 50270 Les Moitiers-d'Allonne.

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La Potinière-Carteret beach, with its chic and old-fashioned charm

Potinière beach.

Aymeric Picot / OT Cotentin

With its cabins of white beaches, the small beach of Potinière, protected by the cliff of Cap de Carteret, gives off the scent of the quiet France of the 1960s. A little outdated, family-friendly.

Children in striped sailors apply themselves to erecting wise sandcastles under the tender gaze of grandmothers seated on weathered beach armchairs.

Here, the passage of time seems to have no hold.

The ice cream shack embedded in the rock of the cliff has been there for several generations.

Immutable.

In the villas on the heights of the beach, or hidden behind wooded parks, several millionaires and captains of industry recharge their batteries far from the hustle and bustle of skippers on the loose near

La Cale à Kiki

or the

Bar du Port

near the recently expanded marina.

  • Good to know

For those sudden cravings for seafood at 3 a.m., an oyster, shrimp and cooked whelks vending machine is self-service 24 hours a day in the car park behind the cinema.

Count between 9 and 19 euros per portion.

Otherwise, to sleep, the Hotel La Marine.

Count between 125 and 360 euros per night.

11 rue de Paris, 50270 Barneville-Carteret.

Such.

: 02 33 53 83 31

Agon-Coutainville beach, family and sporty

Agon-Coutainville beach.

Xavier Lachenaud – Attitude Manche

A safe bet.

With its half-timbered houses in various colors overlooking the sandy beach, Agon-Coutainville, located not far from Coutances, is the great seaside resort of the south of the Channel.

A charming postcard.

Family and supervised.

Many offers for the beach sports offered.

  • Our advice

Mussels and fries at the restaurant L'Équinoxe, 2 Place du Maréchal Leclerc, 50230 Agaon-Cotainville.

Such.

02 33 46 49 34

Utah-Beach, for the memory

The wild grasses of Utah Beach.

Adobe Stock / Carlos

We have now moved east, where the coast is best known for its small coves of blue pebbles.

With its fine sand, Utah is a bit of an exception.

Putting your towel on this ground forever sacred by the sacrifice of thousands of young men invites you above all to look at this long beach, however superb, in a different way.

Blockhouses in the middle of dunes and wild grass are there to remind us.

To meditate.

  • Our advice

It's hard not to go to the Utah Beach Museum (from 8 euros), 50480 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

Such.

: 02 33 71 53 35

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Source: lefigaro

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