Best Beaches with Free Parking in France

We rank the 37 beaches with free parking in France. Palombaggia (France) comes first with 4.8 / 5, followed by Plage de Roccapina, Plage Notre-Dame, Porquerolles.

The sea reaches about 21 degrees C in season, and most of these beaches are at their best from June to September. 36 of the 37 have easy access, and 10 are hidden gems.

Save on Pinterest

1Palombaggia

Corsica, France · 4.8 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Red granite boulders, parasol pines and soft pale sand — Corsica's most photographed shoreline.

2Plage de Roccapina

Sartene, Corsica · 4.7 / 5 · Moderate access · about 23 °C

A wide sandy bay in south-west Corsica, watched over by the Genoese tower and the granite Lion of Roccapina.

3Plage Notre-Dame, Porquerolles

Porquerolles Island, Var, Provence · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Plage Notre-Dame is a long crescent of white sand on the south-east of Porquerolles, a car-free island off the Var coast, with pine and eucalyptus trees behind and green-turquoise water.

4Rondinara Beach

Bonifacio, Corsica, France · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A horseshoe-shaped bay of pale sand and shallow, turquoise water on the south-east coast of Corsica, backed by low scrub and quiet hills.

5Cupabia Beach, Corsica

Cupabia, Serra-di-Ferro, Corsica · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Cupabia is a long, pale beach in the Gulf of Valinco in south-west Corsica, with a Genoese watchtower close by and maquis-covered hills behind.

6Plage des Dames, Noirmoutier

Noirmoutier-en-l Ile, Vendee · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 20 °C

Plage des Dames is a long beach of fine sand on the island of Noirmoutier, backed by an oak and pine wood and rows of colourful wooden beach huts.

7Algajola Beach, Corsica

Algajola, Balagne, Corsica · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Algajola is a small walled town in the Balagne on the north-west coast of Corsica, with a Genoese citadel beside a long beach of pale sand.

8Plage des Blancs-Sablons, Le Conquet

Les Blancs-Sablons, Le Conquet, Brittany · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 17 °C

Les Blancs-Sablons is a wide beach of pale sand near Le Conquet at the western tip of Brittany, with dunes behind and the open Atlantic in front.

9Capo di Feno Beach

Capo di Feno, Ajaccio, Corsica · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Capo di Feno is a long sandy beach on the wild coast west of Ajaccio in Corsica.

10Cargese Beach (Peru), Corsica

Peru, Cargese, Corse-du-Sud · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Peru is a small sandy bay below the village of Cargese on the west coast of Corsica, with clear water and green maquis hills around it.

11Plage de Carnac

Carnac, Brittany · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

Carnac-Plage is a sheltered sandy beach in southern Brittany, with colourful beach huts and calm water at high tide.

12Plage de la Garoupe

Antibes, French Riviera · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 22 °C

Plage de la Garoupe is a sheltered crescent of sand on the cape of Antibes, with calm clear water and a green backdrop of pines.

13Plage de Tahiti

Ramatuelle, Var, Provence · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

The northern end of the long Pampelonne bay near Ramatuelle on the French Riviera, with fine sand and a line of beach restaurants.

14Plage des Sables Blancs, Concarneau

Concarneau, Brittany · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

Plage des Sables Blancs is a sheltered beach of pale sand beside the harbour town of Concarneau in southern Brittany.

15Saint-Cast Beach, Brittany

Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Cotes-d Armor · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

La Grande Plage of Saint-Cast-le-Guildo is a wide beach of fine sand on the north coast of Brittany, with a long promenade and pastel villas behind.

16Bidart Beach

Bidart, Basque Coast, Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 20 °C

The central beach of Bidart, one of the village beaches on the Basque coast between Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

17Hossegor Lake Beach

Hossegor, Landes · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 21 °C

A calm sandy beach on the lake of Hossegor, ringed by pines and villas, offering a gentler alternative to the surf on the nearby ocean beaches.

18Ile-Rousse Beach, Corsica

L Ile-Rousse, Balagne, Corsica · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Ile-Rousse is a lively seaside town in the Balagne on the north coast of Corsica, with a long town beach of sand and fine gravel and a small red-rock islet linked to the shore by a causeway.

19Plage de Biscarrosse

Biscarrosse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 20 °C

Biscarrosse-Plage is a wide beach of fine sand on the Atlantic coast, backed by tall dunes and pine forest.

20Plage de Cavalaire

Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Var · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 21 °C

The main beach of Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a long arc of fine sand with a gentle slope into the water.

21Plage de Gruissan, Occitanie

Gruissan, Aude, Occitanie · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 22 °C

Gruissan Plage is a long beach of fine sand on the Mediterranean coast of Aude, known for its colourful wooden stilt houses behind the shore.

22Plage de la Grande Conche

Royan, Charente-Maritime · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

The Grande Conche is the main beach of Royan, a wide curve of fine sand backed by a promenade and 1950s architecture.

23Plage de Saint-Aygulf, Frejus

Saint-Aygulf, Var · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Saint-Aygulf is a long, family-friendly sand beach near Frejus, with clear shallow water and a backdrop of pines and the red Esterel hills.

24Plage de Sainte-Maxime

Sainte-Maxime, Var · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 22 °C

The main beach of Sainte-Maxime is a long stretch of fine sand on the gulf of Saint-Tropez, with calm shallow water and a view across the bay to the old town of Saint-Tropez.

25Plage de Sana, Banyuls-sur-Mer

Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Banyuls-sur-Mer is a seaside town on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border, where terraced vineyards fall steeply to the sea.

26Plage de Trestraou, Perros-Guirec

Perros-Guirec, Brittany · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

Trestraou is the main beach of Perros-Guirec, a wide curve of fine sand on the Pink Granite Coast, with a sea-front promenade and a view of the offshore islands.

27Plage du Kelenn, Carantec

Carantec, Finistere, Brittany · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

Plage du Kelenn is a sheltered sand beach in Carantec, on a bay of small islands near Roscoff.

28Pornic Beach, Loire-Atlantique

Pornic, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 19 °C

Pornic is a small harbour town on the Atlantic coast south of the Loire estuary, with a medieval castle above the port and a small sandy beach beside the harbour.

29La Capte Beach, Hyeres

La Capte, Hyeres, Var · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

La Capte is a long beach of fine sand on the Giens peninsula near Hyeres, with pine trees behind and calm, shallow water.

30Omaha Beach

Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 17 °C

A long, flat, sandy shoreline in Normandy, best known as one of the D-Day landing beaches of 1944.

31Plage de La Ciotat, Provence

La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

La Ciotat is a Mediterranean harbour town between Marseille and Toulon, with a long beach of sand and a gentle slope into the sea.

32Plage de La Grande-Motte

La Grande-Motte, Occitanie · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

La Grande-Motte is a modern seaside town with a very long beach of fine sand, backed by fenced dunes and the pyramid-shaped apartment blocks of its 1960s architecture.

33Plage de Mimizan

Mimizan, Landes · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 19 °C

Mimizan has a wide Atlantic beach of fine sand backed by high dunes and pine forest.

34Plage de Ouistreham, Normandy

Ouistreham, Calvados, Normandy · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 17 °C

Ouistreham is a seaside town at the mouth of the Orne river, with a long beach of fine sand and a seafront promenade.

35Plage du Verger, Cancale

Cancale, Brittany · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 17 °C

Plage du Verger is a wide beach of fine sand at Cancale in Brittany, on the shore of the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.

36Utah Beach, Normandy

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 18 °C

Utah Beach is a wide, flat beach on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, one of the D-Day landing beaches.

37Plage des Minimes, La Rochelle

Les Minimes, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime · 4.1 / 5 · Easy access · about 20 °C

The Plage des Minimes is a sandy beach beside the large marina of La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast.

Quick comparison

How we picked these beaches

Included when our practical info reports free parking at or near the beach, then ranked by editorial score. Lots can fill early in summer. See how we rate beaches for the full method.

Frequently asked questions

More lists

• Best Beaches in France in May
• Best Beaches in France in June
• Best Beaches in France in July
• Best Beaches with Sunbeds in France
• Unspoiled Beaches Without Sunbeds in France
• Best Sandy Beaches in France
• Best Pebble Beaches in France
• Best Family Beaches in France

All beaches in France · Beach finder · Map of all beaches · All lists