The Channel coastline offers a wide variety of landscapes. The landscapes of the northern coast of Brittany, the most rugged, are reflected in the coasts with evocative names: côte de Jade, côte d'Emeraude, côte de Granite Rose or côte sauvage. Further north, in the south of the Pas-de-Calais and in Normandy, where you will find the famous resort of Deauville, you will find the Côte Fleurie with its vast fine sandy beaches.
The North Sea coasts alternate between rocky shores, salt marshes and mud flats in the estuaries and the long beaches of the Pas-de-Calais and the North, bordered by dunes. Here you will find wide open spaces, like nowhere else in France.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage beach
Touquet-Paris-Plage, a chic seaside resort on the Côte d'Opale on the English Channel, has 11 km of fine sand and wild dunes as far as the eye can see.
Enjoy a picturesque family atmosphere with 761 colourful cabins lining the beach and many seaside activities. At high tide, enjoy shallow water, reassuring for families and at low tide, go for long walks and, why not, go sand yachting!
Enjoy this beach during your camping holiday in Le Touquet.
The cove of Saint-Guirec, in Ploumanac'h, in the Côtes-d'Armor
Located in Ploumanac'h, a village of Perros-Guirec elected favourite village of the French in 2015, the beach of Saint-Guirec is undoubtedly the most beautiful of the Pink Granite Coast. It is famous for its transparent waters and its pink granite rocks. Enjoy a day at the beach of Saint-Guirec to admire the great site of the pink granite chaos: emblematic rocks of titanic dimensions give way to fanciful and impressive landscape compositions. You can get there from the customs path, which runs along the beach.
During your camping holiday in Perros-Guirec, be sure to visit this beach
The beach of Wissant, on the Opal Coast
The beach of the Dune d'Amont in Wissant, which is located between the Cap Blanc-Nez and the Cap Gris-Nez, on the Opal Coast, is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in the Pas-de-Calais. It is ideal for families, with its shallow water swimming, as well as for sportsmen, who will take advantage of the strong winds to practice sand yachting or kitesurfing. Huge at low tide, this beach is bordered by huge dunes, from which you can see the English coast in good weather.
Choose your campsite in Wissant and spend the day at the Dune d'Amont beach
The beach at Étretat, Normandy
Without doubt the most beautiful pearl of the Côte d'Albâtre, the pebble beach of Étretat, in Seine-Maritime, is framed by the Falaise Aval and the Falaise Amont, world-famous and immortalized by famous painters, Monet in particular. In this grandiose setting, there are no sand castles, but the activities are varied: swimming, sailing, paddle, surfing, fishing, diving... the choice is yours!
Discover this beach during your camping holiday in Etretat
The Touesse beach in Saint-Coulomb
La Touesse beach is located on the Emerald Coast, between Saint-Malo and Cancale. Magnificent and wild, it offers a green setting, fine golden sand overlooking a turquoise blue sea. A real paradise!
It is protected by dunes, themselves sheltered by umbrella pines. Its neighbour, Rozven beach, inspired the French author Colette who had a house there.
Choose a campsite in Saint-Coulomb to discover this beach
Surtainville beach, on the west coast of the Cotentin
Surtainville beach is a magnificent beach of fine sand bordered by dunes. Facing the neighbouring Channel Islands, this beach also offers a pleasant climate, suitable for fishing, sailing and of course swimming! Surtainville beach is well known to water sports enthusiasts and has some of the best waves in Normandy. It is a popular surfing spot, where sand yachting is also practiced.
Choose a campsite in Surtainville to discover this beach.
Beach of Zuydcoote, a few kilometres from Belgium
The small seaside resort of Zuydcoote in the north of France has a very long white sandy beach. Its dunes are home to an authentic and picturesque village, a little away from the beach. The latter is appreciated by tourists for its wild and preserved side, without being too busy in high season. There are no buildings or shops here, making it ideal for lovers of nature, wide open spaces and calm. You will also find fans of kitesurfing and sand yachting here.
Enjoy this beach during your camping holiday in Zuydcoote.
Do you like camping by the sea?
In France, 2130 campsites were located by the sea in 2022, some of them close to beautiful beaches.
However, there is something even better than choosing a campsite by the sea: choose a campsite with direct access to the beach on the English Channel, for more comfort and safety for your family. Choose your destination:
- Campsite with direct access to the beach in Brittany, in the Côtes d'Armor
- Campsite with direct access to the beach in Brittany, Finistère
- Camping direct access to the beach in Normandy