The beaches of France allowed to dogs

The sand, the pebbles, the waves, the sun, yes! But never without your faithful companion! Discover the beaches of France allowed to dogs.

The beach, the sea clutches, the sweet sound of the clapotis of the waves... All this sounds like a synonym to let go taken, holidays and recharge. However, when one wishes to embark his best friend on four legs on the sandbanks, the mission can become full. Indeed, many beaches are prohibited to dogs and, without bad word games, the amount of fine is often salted...

So to know where to go to the beach with your faithful companion, trust our guide. We have listed the beaches of France allowed to dogs. There is only one to choose your area and, of course, take a look at the specific conditions of the beach. Indeed, some can admit dogs on well-defined areas, only on a leash or at certain times.

1. ♪ Occitania

Hosted and flooded by the sun, this beautiful South region even beats some heat records. A trip to Occitania requires a few refreshing baths in the Mediterranean. This falls well, because it offers more than two hundred kilometers of preserved beaches.

Its coastline expresses the vows of farniente mordus, water sports and swimming. Dude Grau-du-Roi to the Spanish border , the landscapes are incredibly varied. And of course, some sublime beaches will welcome your faithful companion.

Here are 13 beaches of Occitania allowed to your dog:

In theHérault :

• Balaruc-les-Bains ;
• La Grande-Motte ;
• Carnon.

In theAude :

• Leucate;
• Narbonne-Plage;
• Port-La-Nouvelle.

In Pyrénées Orientales :

• Argelès-sur-Mer ;
• Canet-en-Roussillon;
• Elne;
• Torreilles;
• Collioure ;
• Saint-Cyprien.

2. ♪ Brittany

With more than a thousand kilometers of coastline, Brittany can proudly count among the most beautiful beaches in our country. Here it is their character that strikes and seduces. This emblematic region advances in the Atlantic and offers seaside resorts with caps, cliffs and granite tips.

Bingo! Some are beautiful and well opened to your dog. The latter can only be enjoyed on the shores as enchanting and fractured, alternately massive, dunes and pines. Here are 20 Breton beaches allowed to your dog:

In Côtes d’Armor :

• Hillion;
• Lanmodez;
• Plevenon;
• Pleumeur-Bodou;
• Saint-Quay;
• Harmful;
• Trébeurden;
• Trégastel.

In the Finistère :

• Cléder;
• Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau ;
• Lanildut;
• Locquirec;
• Ploudalmézeau ;
• Plougoulm;
• Roscoff;
• Santec.

♪ Ile-et-Vilaine :

• Hirel.

In the Morbihan:

• Ile-aux-Moines;
• Ile d’Arz;
• Quiberon.

3. ♪ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

On the ground of the sun, sing the cicadas, veer the effluves of lavender and orange blossom, fold the olive trees and fig trees under the mistral. Then there's the sea.

In Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the large beaches of golden grains, the small calanques with translucent waters, the rocks planted in the dazzling limestone, the fragrant pines: all agrees and rivals with beauty. Ideal for sunbathing, swimming, exploring the funds, some heavenly places are even open to dogs.

Here are 29 beaches of Provence allowed to your dog :

In Alpes-Maritimes :

• Beaulieu-sur-Mer ;
• Cagnes-sur-Mer ;
• Cap-d’Ail;
• Iles de Lérins ;
• Menton ;
• Nice ;
• Roquebrune-Cap-Martin;
• Saint-Laurent-du-Var;
• Villefranche-sur-Mer;
• Villeneuve-Loubet.

In Bouches-du-Rhône :

• Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ;
• Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône;
• La Ciotat ;
• Cassis ;
• Ile de Frioul;
• Green Island;
• La Rove.

In the Var :

• Bandol;
• Bormes-les-Mimosas;
• The Londe-les-Maures;
• The Issambres;
• Ramatuelle ;
• Saint-Aygult;
• Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer;
• Fréjus;
• Lavandou;
• Sainte-Maxime ;
• Saint-Raphaël;
• Toulon.

4. ♪ Corse

How can we not make a crochet by the island of Beauty? Among the beaches quoted in our rankings, these offer totally unsuccessful paradise airs on earth. These fragments enchanted in the Grande Bleue both by the beauty of their landscape and by the vitality and authenticity that emerge from it.

These island jewels lend themselves to all the seaside pleasures with, always on the backdrop, a fabulous hinterland and a crown of beautiful picturesque villages. Discover a wide range of almost Polynesian fine sandy beaches with your everything.

Here are 26 Corsican beaches allowed to your dog:

♪ Corse-du-Sud :

• Conca;
• Osani;
• Porto-Vecchio ;
• Propriano.

♪ Haute-Corse :

• Aléria;
• Algajola;
• Borgo;
• Cervione;
• Ersa;
• Galeria;
• Ghisonaccia;
• Ile-Rousse;
• Linguizzetta;
• Lucciana;
• Macinaggio ;
• Monticello;
• Morsiglia;
• Palasca;
• Pietracorbara;
• Saint-Florent;
• San-Giuliano;
• Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda;
• Sisco;
• Solaro;
• Sorbo-Ocagnano;
• Ventiseri.

5. ♪ New Aquitaine

The large seaside spaces of New Aquitaine leave compelling memories. Indeed, the Atlantic Coast is full of unforgettable and striking views of serenity. Here, the environments are preserved and perclusive of a rich historical and architectural heritage. On the huge beaches, sportsmen, romantics, families or holidaymakers are in search of tranquility.

The water preserves all its lagoon colours, dunar crowns or pine forests. Above all, you can come with your best four-legged friend.

Here are 26 beaches of New Aquitaine allowed to your dog:

♪ Charente-Maritime :

• Meschers-sur-Gironde ;
• The Tremblade;
• Yves ;
• Marsilly ;
• The Bré-les-Bains;
• Port-des-Barques;
• Saint-Froult ;
• Bourcefranc-Le-Chapus;
• Doors-in-Re;
• Saint-Clément-des-Baleines.

♪ Gironde :

• Hoist;
• Lacanau;
• The Verdon-sur-Mer;
• Naujac-sur-Mer;
• Soulac-sur-Mer;
• Vendays-Montalivet.

In Landes :

• Biscarrosse;
• Labenne ;
• Lit-et-Mixe;
• Messanges;
• Mimizan;
• Moliets-et-Maa;
• Ondres ;
• Undertones;
• Tarnos;
• Vielle-Saint-Girons.

In Pyrénées Atlantiques :

• Anglet.

6. ♪ Normandy

Normandy offers beaches full of history and unique atmospheres. They alternate between long stretches of sands, soft rounded pebbles, steep rocks, large tides and chic stations. From wild years to family beaches, to the cribs and paradisiacal archipelagos: the Norman coast has everything. This ocean jewel has one more thing: a huge number of beaches allowed to dogs.

Here are 35 Norman beaches allowed to dogs :

In the Calvados:

• Cabourg;
• Cricqueboeuf;
• Graye-sur-Mer;
• Houlgate;
• Longues-sur-Mer;
• Luc-sur-Mer;
• Yesstreham;
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer;
• Saint-Côme-de-Fresné ;
• Vierville-sur-Mer;
• Villers-sur-Mer.

In the Channel :

• Audouville-la-Hubert ;
• Claims;
• Gouville-sur-Mer;
• Les Moitiers-d’Allonne ;
• Pirou;
• Quineville;
• Ravenoville;
• Saint-Martin-de-Varreville;
• Saint-Pair-sur-Mer;
• Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

In Seine-Maritime:

• Belleville-sur-Mer;
• Criel-sur-Mer;
• Dieppe;
• The Tilleul;
• The Treport;
• Octeville-sur-Mer;
• Quiberville;
• Saint-Léonard ;
• Saint-Martin-en-Campagne ;
• Saint-Valery-en-Caux;
• Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer ;
• Varengeville-sur-Mer;
• Vattetot-sur-Mer;
• Veulettes-sur-Mer.

7. In Hauts-de-France

The Hauts-de-France has a sparkling coastline, almost two hundred kilometres long, with remarkable and wild spaces. It brings you from dunes to cliffs drawn to chalk. It carries you in blonde expanses with a loss of sight or in dunar massifs with pine trees.

Sometimes it makes you gently turn back to civilization, with its small colorful fishermen huts planted in the sand. There is no chance that some of these coasters are accessible to dogs.

Here are 24 northern beaches allowed to your dog:

In the Somme :

• Cayeux-sur-Mer;
• Fort-Mahon-Plage;
• Quend-Plage-les-Pins ;
• St-Valéry-sur-Somme ;
• Woignarue.

In the North:

• Bray-Dunes;
• Dunkerque;
• Leffrinckoucke;
• Gravelines.

In the Pas-de-Calais :

• Audinghen;
• Berck;
• Trucks;
• Equihen;
• Stairs;
• Hardelot;
• The Portel;
• Le Touquet-Paris-Plage ;
• Marck;
• Merlimont;
• Oye-Plage;
• Stella-Plage;
• Tardinghen;
• Wimerous;
• Wise.

8. In Pays de la Loire

If the Pays de Loire evokes Renaissance castles and Puy du Fou , they also sound like a wave call.

There, beaches change mood, shades and colors. They offer a dazzling, constantly renewed show, ideal for a kyrielle of nautical activities. Its iodized air runs through a coastline of nearly four hundred and fifty kilometers and alternate fishing ports, family resorts, wild coves, surf spots and long quiet beaches.

Here are 13 beaches of the Pays de Loire authorized to your dog:

♪ Loire Atlantique :

• La Baule ;
• The Moutiers-en-Rez ;
• Pornichet ;
• Saint-Michel Chef.

♪ Vendée :

• Brétignolles-sur-Mer;
• Jard-sur-Mer;
• The Aiguillon-sur-Mer;
• La Barre-de-Monts ;
• La Faute-sur-Mer ;
• The Tranche-sur-Mer;
• Notre-Dame-de-Monts;
• Olonne-sur-Mer;
• Saint-Jean-de-Monts.

All you need to do is to wrap your bags and announce the good news to your faithful companion: you go for a long walk!