Plage de la Salis — Attraction in Grasse

Thousands have pushed the button of disappointment. Late September the fresh water showers were turned off by the city. Since then there has been many warm days with hundreds on the beach. I have been amused by this reoccurring event of beach goers trying to get a little fresh water to clean up or cool off, only to be disappointed. They accept the fact that it is off and go about their day. Then one minute later someone else comes by with same results. No one puts up a sign saying "off for the season" or finds a way to turn them back on.

I thought french were a vocal people but then I remembered french default to "no" or "that is impossible". So maybe all attempts to get the city to turn the water on have failed or everyone just exepts the reality, knowing the answer is "no" already.

At any rate, the city saves a few euros while thousands get to be disappointed and stay hot, salty and dirty. That is life on the beach...

The best beach in Antibes. it has clear and clean water, no high waves except on full moons. there is no slope ,Its planar and perfect place to swim, it has a sandy beach so you can relax on the beach. its completely free (its public beach), there are some private beaches in the starting of the beach, do not go to them(they are costly and nothing special). Saturdays and Sundays its very much crowded than the usual weekdays. if you like less crowd go after 5:30 pm in the evenings. The biggest problem is that this beach does not have a public toilets(in fact there are two but they are always closed and not maintained), so if you want to use toilets , use the ones near by restaurants.. sometimes it may be the costliest pee..you have done...

SAND INFO: I don’t normally review beaches but I did a lot of research on where we could find a soft sand beach after arriving in Nice and discovering that their beaches have large river stones. So I just want to save others the time. THIS is is the place. Salis Beach in Antibes has soft sand (not pebbles) and the fine, squishy soft sand at the waterline and in the water. Your other option is Cannes but since we are staying in Nice, Antibes was closer. I’ve included pictures of the sand where people lay out and at the water line.

A couple of other things. The water is VERY calm. Almost zero waves. And there are snack shacks all along the beach with tons of options - sandwiches, churros, smoothies, ice...