One associates to France with Paris. With the culture and the arts. With the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre. But France is also a beach destination, you just have to know where the compass point to enjoy the coast.

For that, you’d better know what are the 10 best beaches in France, chosen not only for its beauty but also by other factors such as services, sport or style of holiday.

These are chosen:
1. The best beach in Corsica: Porto-Pollo.
2. The best beach in Brittany, Brittany.
3. Best beach for snorkeling French: L’Ile de Riou, Marseille.
4. The best naturist beach in France: Euronat, Côte d’Argent, Aquitaine.
5. The best French beach for water sports: Plage de l’Almanarre, Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur.
6. The best beach for campers and caravans: the Plage de Ménéham in Britain.
7. The best beach in France to see celebrities: Paloma Plage, on the French Riviera.
8. The best wild beach: Côte Sauvage, in Poitou-Charentes.
9. The best family beach: Argelès-Plage, Languedoc-Roussillon.
10. The best French beach for children: Beaulieu-sur-Mer on the French Riviera.