Plage de l'Espiguette
Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard · France
A vast wild dune beach on the Camargue coast, clothing-optional and a gay hotspot in the south of France for decades.
- Status
- Tolerated
- Crowd
- Gay-popular
- Country
- France
- City
- Montpellier
- Water
- Sea
- Best time
- May to September
- Confidence
- High
Find it
43.4860° N, 4.1500° EThe gay end
Walk east from the main car park along the dunes; the naturist stretch starts after a kilometre and the boys are further on.
Crowd A nude beach for everyone with a gay end everyone knows about. Walk in the direction the guide says and you will find the boys.
Getting there
Drive to the Espiguette car park (paid) and walk. No shade, no bars, bring everything.
The rules
Tolerated. Not designated, but nude bathing has been the custom for years and is left alone. Rules and patrols can change, so read the signs when you arrive.
No photos of anyone, sunscreen everywhere, cover up the moment you leave the nude stretch, and go home with the light. It is a beach: sunbathe, swim, talk, flirt. Anything more belongs somewhere private.
Questions people ask
Is Plage de l'Espiguette a gay beach?
It has a gay end. Walk east from the main car park along the dunes; the naturist stretch starts after a kilometre and the boys are further on. A vast wild dune beach on the Camargue coast, clothing-optional and a gay hotspot in the south of France for decades.
Is it legal to be nude at Plage de l'Espiguette?
Tolerated rather than designated. Not designated, but nude bathing has been the custom for years and is left alone. Rules and patrols can change, so read the signs when you arrive.
How do I get to Plage de l'Espiguette?
Drive to the Espiguette car park (paid) and walk. No shade, no bars, bring everything. Best time: May to September.
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Method
Status says what the law and the locals allow; crowd says who is on the sand. Both come from gay-travel guides, the national naturist federations and members who were just there, scored on sources, recency, crowd, legal footing and safety. How we rank. Pins mark the beach; the gay end is described above. Last reviewed September 2026.