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Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside<\/a>. Particularly when the specific stretch of seaside in question has just been crowned the most picturesque in its country<\/strong>. \u2018Tis very nearly the season for sun, sea and sandcastles, folks \u2013 and so it\u2019s time to start getting some summery shenanigans in the diary. And a picture-perfect plage that\u2019s just been named the most beautiful in France<\/strong> seems like a pretty great place to start. Especially when it\u2019s been revealed that it takes less time to get there from London<\/a> than it does to get to Cornwall. Yes, really\u2026<\/p>\n In preparation for the sunny season, ferry and cruise operator, DFDS<\/a>, has been doing some research to uncover the finest French beaches<\/a>. They analysed over 5000 Google reviews<\/strong> for beaches in France, searching for positive keywords like \u2018clear water\u2019, \u2018picturesque\u2019, and \u2018tranquil\u2019 and giving each beach a \u2018sentiment score\u2019 to locate the best ones of all. And the spot that came out as the king of the (sand)castle is a mere hop, skip, and ferry ride<\/strong> from the capital city.<\/p>\n Cap Blanc-Nez beach, Calais Nabbing the top spot as the most picturesque beach in France is Cap Blanc-Nez in Calais<\/strong>. Scoring a rather impressive score of 90.2, the sandy spot on the Calais coast managed to surpass the beloved likes of Nice and St Tropez<\/strong> to bag first place, offering a more peaceful alternative for sea-seekers.<\/p>\n Cap Blanc-Nez was praised for its towering cliffs, sprawling stretch of sand, and breathtakingly blue waters. Just a stone\u2019s throw from the UK, on a clear day you can actually see the White Cliffs of Dover<\/strong> from across the channel. So, next time you\u2019re in the mood for a day-out at the seaside<\/strong>; why not forget the likes of Cornwall or even Kent, and just head straight to Calais<\/strong> instead?<\/p>\n Getting to Cap Blanc-Nez beach from London <\/p>\n Believe it or not, you can reach the serene shores of Cap Blanc-Nez<\/strong> from the capital city in just over three hours by car. Non-drivers would need to hop on a train from London to Dover Priory<\/strong>, head to the Port of Dover, jump on the ferry (which takes less than 2 hours), and then Cap Blanc-Nez is a short journey from Calais<\/strong>. Easy peasy, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: James Nature Pics, Shutterstock Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside. Particularly when the specific…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,10762,14299,10763],"class_list":{"0":"post-155193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-international-trip","12":"tag-summer","13":"tag-trip-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114620301579892425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_1832178418-min.jpg\"\/)
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