Surfing in Brittany, stay in a Brittany villa on the beach

Surfing in Brittany, stay in a Brittany villa on the beach near one of Brittany’s top surfing spots at La Torche and get the best out of your family surfing holiday in France.

Brittany is located in the north west of France and has miles and miles of beautiful, varied coastline which makes it interesting for all sorts of water sports, walking, horse riding and cycling.

One of the best spots for surfing in Brittany is La Torche, in the Finistere area of Brittany, on the southern Brittany coast. The surf at La Torche is fantastic and there is a cool surfer scene at the La Torche beach focused around a chilled out café and surf board hire shop on the dunes, it is the headquarters of Breton surfing. La Torche is also a great beach for walks and horse riding, there is a riding stable nearby or you can just relax on the beach, let the children play with a bucket and spade and enjoy the surfing action.

The rip at La Torche is good whatever the tide. For La Torche surf reports try magicseaweed.com/La-Torche-Surf-Report/72/ The other surf beach of particular note in Brittany is La Guidel which is at its best with a South West swell which offers lefts and rights from the reef break which pound the exposed beach.