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.

I love this beach! Many hours spent watching the tide come in over the sandbar. If you were to do a…read moretime lapse of Guidel plage you will see the surf guard change his locations throughout the day as the tide comes to shore. See surfers taking their first lessons in the shallow waters. Don't miss the navy execute water test missions further out. Dang it where are my binoculars?! This beach is perfect for the kids! Before the tide comes in there are shallow pools which the young ones can safely play in. A little secret: the water in these pocket pools of water tend to be a few degrees warmer. I'm assuming it has to do with the current. I'll let you marine biologist address that one. For the big kids head further out and wait for the waves. You could almost time the cycles. Plenty of sandbar to nap, pic-nic, build castles or people watch.

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.