Revellers at this year’s Paris Plages, which opened on the weekend, will get to choose from the many usual amusements that draw tens of thousands to two locations in the capital each summer along with ...

The beautiful beach at Talmond-St-Hilaire, on France's Vendée coast, is known as Plage du Veillon and is popular with walkers and families. Amid the abundance of big and lovely Vendée beaches, the ...

People enjoy the annual Paris Plages city beach event along the banks of the Bassin de la Villette in Paris, France, July 11, 2022. The Paris Plages city beach event is held from July 9 to Aug. 21 ...

The Désert des Agriates on Corsica's northwestern shoulder is a rocky expanse of sun-scorched maquis fringed by some of the Mediterranean's most beautiful beaches. The Plage de Saleccia, a half-mile ...

Banks of the Seine river Paris Plage on the quays in 2013. © Sylvain Sonnet/Hemis/Corbis A woman enjoys the sun next to the Pont Neuf bridge at Paris Plage in 2013 ...

Hôtel de la Plage, Biarritz, emerges as an oceanside haven in the southern French town’s tranquil neighbourhood of Port-Vieux, bathed by Bay of Biscay waters. Aptly named to reflect its location, the ...