A study reveals the most affordable beaches in France where to enjoy a good ice cream. Tied at the top of the ranking, these two beaches are located in two regions that are totally opposite to each other.
European travel booking platform Omio has analyzed ice cream, bottled water, beer prices, weather data and public ratings for 75 of Europe’s most popular beaches. THE rankingwhich includes ten beaches in France, does not place France among the cheapest beaches in Europe but has made it possible to distinguish those where the price of ice cream, a basic necessity on the beaches in summer, is the most economic.
At the top of the list, a beach in Brittany and the other in Corsica
There Great Sillon Beachthe largest sandy beach in the town of Saint-Malo in Brittany, as well as the Palombaggia beach of the town of Porto-Vecchio in Corse-du-Sud, were elected best beaches for the price of ice cream according to the Omio ranking, for €2.50 the price of a scoop of ice cream per unit. The Grande Plage du Sillon in Saint Malo remains, overall, the cheapest beach in the French ranking if we also analyze the price of beer (€1.88) and snacks (€13.50). Visitors to Palombaggia Beach in Corsica, on the other hand, must spend an average of €25 to satisfy their hunger at midday and €2 for beer.
- tied for Grande Plage du Sillon in Saint Malo and Plage de Palombaggia in Corsica: €2.50 per ice cream
- Narbonne beach: €2.80
- Miramar beach in Biarritz: €3.00
- Gollandières beach on the Ile de Ré: €3.10
- Pampelonne beach in Saint Tropez: €3.50
- Promenade des Anglais in Nice: €3.50
- Prado beach in Marseille: €3.60
- Croisette beach in Cannes: €3.80
- Mourillon beaches in Toulon: €4.70
If the European average for a scoop of ice cream is €2.28, the prices of ice cream on French beaches are therefore more expensive, starting from €2.50 at Grande Plage du Sillon and Plage de Palombaggia in Corsica and reaching €4.70 at the Plages du Mourillon in Toulon, which hold the prize for the most expensive ice cream in Europe, again according to the ranking of travel experts.
French beaches only come 51st in the international ranking
The Grande Plage du Sillon in Saint-Malo may rank first among French beaches, but it is only 51st in the international ranking of the 75 most beautiful and most affordable beaches in Europe, according to Omio. French beaches are generally less affordable than their Spanish or Italian neighbors in terms of beachside snacks.
And in the world, the prize for cheap ice cream goes to…
Turkey ! Indeed, in Omio’s European ranking, the top three beaches with the cheapest ice cream are all in Turkey. In first place comes the Cleopatra beach in Alanya on the Turkish Riviera, with approximately 0.12 € the price of ice creamfollowed by Amasra beach on the Black Sea coast with around €0.28 the price of ice cream, then Yahsi beach in Bodrum with around €0.49 the price of ice cream.
You can find ice cream for one euro or less on 6 other beaches of the 75 studied: Side Halk Beach in Side (Turkey), Plaża Jastarnia in Hel (Poland), Golden Sands in Varna (Bulgaria), Agadir Beach in Agadir (Morocco ), Playa de Ses Illetes in Formentera (Spain) and Durrës Beach in Tirana (Albania).