Normandy beaches are very diverse. Among them are a large number of luxury resorts with top-class entertainments. Creative personalities and fans of water sports and fishing have a fascinating leisure here. Peaceful gentle beaches, well-groomed, excellent infrastructure attract numerous groups with children. Not only surfers but also connoisseurs of history and cultural traditions rate Lower Normandy very high. Our rating presents the best beaches for a happy vacation.
Antifer Beach (Tilleul) is located west of Etretat. It's surrounded by giant rocks (50 m and above), huge boulders and majestic caves. Its territory is covered with pebbles. For comfortable movement along the shore, it is recommended to wear protective slippers.
Arromanches-les-Bains Beach is located next to Cannes. The beach is popular with lovers of history and beautiful scenery. It welcomes over 100,000 people every year. Still, there's always free space on its territory.
Barneville-Carteret Beach is characterized by warm winds and nice waves. This makes it popular with swimmers, surfers and fans of other water sports. Families with children, elderly tourists, apologists of relaxation and walks in ancient cities also spend their holidays here.
Baie d'Ecalgrain Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Normandy. It's famous for its hilly terrain, majestic rocks, perfect cleanliness. Baie d'Ecalgrain has the following advantages:
This is the city beach of a major port in the north of France. People with imagination, imaginative natures can fall in love with this place - just a superficial look is definitely not enough to appreciate all the charm of this capital of impressionism and its beach.
Juno Beach is a large beach covered with golden sand. Parents love it for its smooth increase in depth, soft bottom and clean water. Sportsmen appreciate the local waves and warm wind. Aesthetes are attracted by the wide shore and scenery of French cities.
Deauville is a resort in Lower Normandy in northwestern France. A small, but very respectable city, with a population of about 4 thousand. The beach received the “royal” title, since from the very beginning (1862) it has been a resting place for the powers that be. Now most of the local villas and mansions are the property of the rich, who come here mainly in the summer.
Central Beach in Cabourg has a well-developed infrastructure: there're toilets, cabins for changing, trash cans, cobbled promenades. Guests of the beach are treated to the best dishes of French sea cuisine. Aside from expensive restaurants, tourists can visit food courts, cafeterias and various diners.
Only 150 years ago, Pourville was an unknown fishing village. But thanks to the beautiful beach, crystal clear water and natural beauties it attracted the attention of investors. As a result they began to build guesthouses, private houses and tourist facilities here. Little by little, the tiny village has turned into a world center of tourism, where stars, cultural figures and millionaires spend their holidays.
As the tourists, who were here, write in reviews, it is not just big, it is huge! And this is not an exaggeration - the coastline of Trouville is really impressive: it occupies almost 1 km, which is a luxury for a European fashionable resort. Moreover, Deauville is located next to Trouville, which actually merge into one city. Only a small strait separates them. It is possible to stay in one of them, and rest - in both at once. On this occasion, the witty French even came up with a proverb: “Wife to Deauville, mistress to Trouville.” Some note, that Deauville is more luxurious, to which in defense of Trouville we say, that it was here, where the first beach in Normandy was equipped. And now more about it.
Ouistreham is a sandy beach located 15km north of the city of Caen. It's distinguished by its perfect cleanliness and smooth increase in depth. In 1944 “Normandy landings” took place on its territory. In the course of fierce battles, the allies broke through the German line of defense and opened a second front. There's not much here today to remind us of a great battle. Shooting and countless explosions have been replaced by children's laughter and enthusiastic smiles.
Houlgate Beach is a huge sandy beach, easily accommodating several thousand tourists. It attracts tourists with its perfect cleanliness, beautiful landscapes and interesting history.
Fecamp Beach is an 800-meter shingly beach, located 40 km northeast of Le Havre. At Fecamp, slight breeze and good waves reigns, there is a sharp increase of depth. To move around the beach and comfortable swimming, it is recommended to wear protective slippers.
The marvelous corner on the Alabaster coastline of the English Channel, where precipitous cliffs formed a natural archs, for many centuries inspire artists to create masterpieces. Among them - even Eugene Boden and Claude Monet. If you want to touch the beautiful, feel refreshment of mind and body, where France ends, go to Etretat!
Omaha (Omaha Beach) is a place, mainly known for the events of the Second World War. A very wide beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer and Vierville-sur-Mer, cities of the province of Calvados in Lower Normandy. The nature here is very diverse: sandy, shingly beaches, snow-white cliffs, river valleys, overgrown with forests.