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Went to one of the naturist beaches on the Cote Sauvage this July. The coast line boasts about 5Km of naturist beaches here. The one we visited was not far from Palmyre.
Directions from Royan: take the D25 signposted Palmyre for Royan, stay on D25 and go through Palmyre (the road runs roughly NW). It then turns North just after you seen the sign for the lighthouse "Phare de la Coubre". Carry on for a couple of kilometres and as soon as you see a turning on your right onto the D268 you take a left turn on a tarmac narrow road to the beach.
This beach road leads to a free parking site that can take a few hundred cars. When you leave you the car park continue in the same direction, the road is shaped like a big 'U' and will bring you back to the D25. To get to the beach you need to walk about 400 metres past a cafe on your right which consists of two massive mobile trailers. On reaching the beach turn RIGHT and walk about 200 metres north before entering the naturist area. Just before reaching the beach there is a footpath over the dunes which you could take which would be easier than walking up the beach. I wasn't sure of the dune protection rules so we used the beach.
As you enter the beach (textile) you'll find lots of notices about safety and naturism. There is a manned lifeguard station there (Mid July - Mid Sept). We turned right at this building and walked north up the beach until we found fellow naturists. The beach appeared to be couples and family orientated. It was very well populated. If my French is good enough, naturism is not allowed in the dunes.
On the day we were there the sea was fresh and the safety flags were up. The sea is rough and some parts of the beach sloped down very suddenly. The sand is fine but not too fine that it is easily blown by the wind. ( A curse we found being sand blasted on some beaches on windy days). The beach looks regularly cleaned as there were lots of tractor marks in the sand.
We enjoyed the few hours we were there but as the temperatures were over 40 C in the shade we went back to the swimming pool in our gite as the sand became unbearably hot.
Hope this helps anyone going that way.
Valleyboy
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