a beach club on the ramparts of the intramuros(walled city) of Saint-Malo where you can rent kayaks…read more& hobie-cats. and best of all, swim in the seawater pool(at high tide, the pool is entirely submerged by the sea except for the diving platform). definitely a safe and popular alternative to the open sea. there's also a bar for drinks, burgers & frites(shoes/shirts not required).

From the owner: De la plage de l'Ecluse à Saint-Enogat La station s'enorgueillit de quatre plages. La plus grande,…read morela plage de Longchamp, bordée par la digue, est la plus venteuse et donc propice toute l'année à la planche à voile. La Grand Plage est la mieux protégée et donc plus familiale. La Fosse Aux Vaults ou Fourberie et la plage de Port Blanc proche de Saint-Enogat sont plus discrètes et moins fréquentées.

This French beach is where the allied troops arrived in 1944 to liberate Europe. It has been…read morerebuilt and is now a lively tourist area, but there are many reminders of the price that was paid by all the Allied Force Troops to create this much enjoyed freedom!

It was striking to set foot on Omaha Beach, and Omaha Beach was where the most horrendous American…read morelosses were suffered during the D-Day landings. The beach was quite flat and wide when we saw it at mid-tide, but at low tide when the troops landed, the width of the beach would have been an astounding 450 yards. It's no wonder the casualty rate of the first two landing waves was 90% as the GI's were sitting ducks under the heavy German machine gun fire. But a low tide landing was the plan so that the barricades and mines could be visible, so it was a tradeoff of two evils. Physically visiting this site gives you these insights and that was enlightening, but setting foot here on this once bloody beach where the course of world history hung in the balance was quite special and humbling.