Plage de Notre-Dame

Ile de Porquerolles, Hyeres · 🇫🇷 France

Often called France's most beautiful beach, a turquoise arc backed by umbrella pines on car-free Porquerolles.

Sea temperature

~24°C in the warm season

Water

Clear turquoise shallows

Sand

Fine pale golden sand

Swimming

Calm, shallow and gentle

Best time to visit

June-September

Setting

Umbrella-pine forest inside a protected national park on a car-free island

Beach type

Tropical & turquoise

Region

Europe

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Photo: Bourrichon - fr:Bourrichon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source