Plage naturiste officielle - FKK zone

An official naturist zone

On Plage des Combots, in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, the town has marked out a clearly identified FKK zone, right by the old blockhouses. It stretches between beach marker n°15 and the boundary with the town of Les Mathes, giving quite a long stretch to lay down your towel without feeling stuck to your neighbours.

The sand there is fine, as on the rest of the Saint-Palais coastline, and the beach keeps that secure, well kept feel typical of the supervised beaches along the Charente coast.

Who you'll find there

The crowd mixes several profiles: regular naturists year round, families who show up in numbers over summer, and a gay-friendly section that's known and respected on site. This diversity creates a rather relaxed atmosphere, far from the exclusively community-only zones found elsewhere on the Atlantic coast.

Feedback from regulars points exactly to this: a clearly marked zone, where everyone finds their place without any mix-up with the neighbouring textile beach.

Access and parking

The Combots car park sits right nearby, around the kilometre 27 mark (yellow post landmark), which makes getting there a lot simpler. No need to walk for miles from the centre of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer: the road leads almost right up to the sand.

This easy access, combined with the car park just steps away, largely explains why this beach keeps popping up in the recommendations of visitors looking for a practical naturist spot on this stretch of coast.

Who it's for

This zone suits a couple discovering naturism just as well as a seasoned family or people looking for a recognised gay-friendly setting. The mix of these crowds, with no reported tension, makes it a fairly versatile address on this coastline.