Nice beach in western France

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:40:08 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:

> Can anybody recommend a nice beach south of Bretagne and north of
> Bordeaux? We are currently in Tours (Loire valley) and would like to
> relax for a few days on a beach. We'd like to avoid the north of France
> because of the unstable weather (and the mediterranean coast as well due
> to the extreme heat).

Sable d'Olonne will fit the bill. Nice beaches, good seafood restaurants.
Not too expensive.

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:54:02 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:

> In article <1lk3o0r2kqnbj.vopi2abdscyp$.dlg@40tude.net>, Irwell says...
>
>> Sable d'Olonne will fit the bill. Nice beaches, good seafood restaurants.
>> Not too expensive.
>
> We arrived in Les Sables d'Olonne yesterday (Aug. 7th). It's an orgy of
> skyscrapers around the beach, overcrowded to the extreme. Permanent
> traffic jams on the streets. You get the impression that the whole of
> France converges here in these days.
>
> We were unable to find accomodation there (we arrived without a booking,
> thinking of getting accomodation through the local tourist office). By
> the way, accomodation in the Sables is about 50% more expensive than
> elsewhere in France.
>
> By coincidence we found a room in Bretignolles sur Mer, the next small
> town to the north along the coast (we keyed in Bretignolles sur Mer in
> the Magellan GPS navigation system and looked for hotels in the area -
> the Magellan GPS navigation system has a directory of hotels and other
> points of interest).
>
> In Bretignolles there is a nice, very long beach and the place is much
> more quiet than Les Sables and by far less overrun and crowded. It's the
> peaceful place where to relax for a few days we were looking for.
> Bretignolles is a peaceful village along the sand dunes, while Les
> Sables feels like the centre of Paris (it's a very busy place).

Glad to hear it all worked out for you at Bretignolles.
We stayed at La Chaume, opposite side of the river from
Sables proper, it was also off season and very quiet,
had an apartment for two weeks. The Vendee has a whole is a very
intersting part of France,

Irwell wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:54:02 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:
>
> > In article <1lk3o0r2kqnbj.vopi2abdscyp$.dlg@40tude.net>, Irwell says...
> >
> >> Sable d'Olonne will fit the bill. Nice beaches, good seafood
restaurants.
> >> Not too expensive.
> >
> > We arrived in Les Sables d'Olonne yesterday (Aug. 7th). It's an orgy of
> > skyscrapers around the beach, overcrowded to the extreme. Permanent
> > traffic jams on the streets. You get the impression that the whole of
> > France converges here in these days.
> >
> > We were unable to find accomodation there (we arrived without a booking,
> > thinking of getting accomodation through the local tourist office). By
> > the way, accomodation in the Sables is about 50% more expensive than
> > elsewhere in France.
> >
> > By coincidence we found a room in Bretignolles sur Mer, the next small
> > town to the north along the coast (we keyed in Bretignolles sur Mer in
> > the Magellan GPS navigation system and looked for hotels in the area -
> > the Magellan GPS navigation system has a directory of hotels and other
> > points of interest).
> >
> > In Bretignolles there is a nice, very long beach and the place is much
> > more quiet than Les Sables and by far less overrun and crowded. It's the
> > peaceful place where to relax for a few days we were looking for.
> > Bretignolles is a peaceful village along the sand dunes, while Les
> > Sables feels like the centre of Paris (it's a very busy place).
>
> Glad to hear it all worked out for you at Bretignolles.
> We stayed at La Chaume, opposite side of the river from
> Sables proper, it was also off season and very quiet,
> had an apartment for two weeks. The Vendee has a whole is a very
> intersting part of France,


Mixi and scRunge are the only two Frenchmen who cannot afford an annual
August holiday...

:-)


--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking