Bon Secours Beach is accessible via the ramparts and the fortified town. This sandy beach is very popular, particularly thanks to its seawater swimming pool equipped with a diving board and its sailing school.
It offers a magnificent view of the Bay of Saint-Malo and Dinard. Opposite, in the foreground, you can see the islet of Grand Bé where Chateaubriand is buried, and in the background the islet of Petit Bé with its 17th century fort, built by Vauban and his engineer Garangeau. Grand Bé and Petit Bé are accessible at tide depending on the times and coefficients.
A little history about the Bon Secours swimming pool...
Its history dates back to the 1930s. During the interwar period, seaside activities were booming. The beaches were always full. At that time, three bathing establishments shared Bon Secours Beach. In the center was the office of the "Bains René", managed by René Lesaunier. This director was very concerned about the comfort of his customers, and was overflowing with ideas. He was the first to install showers connected to the city network so that bathers could rinse themselves. He also had the idea of attaching sunshades to his deckchairs. But his ideas were quickly taken up by his competitors.
The "Bains René" were very popular with customers. Their only problem: the periods of high tides when the sea retreated too far, and during which his regulars went to swim in the Dinard swimming pool.
René Lesaunier had the idea of building a seawater swimming pool, thus allowing his customers to swim 24 hours a day. The swimming pool was built during the year 1937. René Lesaunier did not fail to specify that the water in his pool was renewed twice a day, at each tide; unlike Dinard which was only open at high tide...
Ideal for swimming, it is a family beach. It has a lifeguard station in the summer.
Animals are prohibited from April to September.
It offers a magnificent view of the Bay of Saint-Malo and Dinard. Opposite, in the foreground, you can see the islet of Grand Bé where Chateaubriand is buried, and in the background the islet of Petit Bé with its 17th century fort, built by Vauban and his engineer Garangeau. Grand Bé and Petit Bé are accessible at tide depending on the times and coefficients.
A little history about the Bon Secours swimming pool...
Its history dates back to the 1930s. During the interwar period, seaside activities were booming. The beaches were always full. At that time, three bathing establishments shared Bon Secours Beach. In the center was the office of the "Bains René", managed by René Lesaunier. This director was very concerned about the comfort of his customers, and was overflowing with ideas. He was the first to install showers connected to the city network so that bathers could rinse themselves. He also had the idea of attaching sunshades to his deckchairs. But his ideas were quickly taken up by his competitors.
The "Bains René" were very popular with customers. Their only problem: the periods of high tides when the sea retreated too far, and during which his regulars went to swim in the Dinard swimming pool.
René Lesaunier had the idea of building a seawater swimming pool, thus allowing his customers to swim 24 hours a day. The swimming pool was built during the year 1937. René Lesaunier did not fail to specify that the water in his pool was renewed twice a day, at each tide; unlike Dinard which was only open at high tide...
Ideal for swimming, it is a family beach. It has a lifeguard station in the summer.
Animals are prohibited from April to September.
