CARTERET

For more than 150 years the coastal resort of Barneville-Carteret has been a magnet to tourists. In its heyday the beau monde of Paris and the discerning members of Edwardian British society flocked to its endless white sand beaches and clear blue sea warmed by the gulf stream. Today Barneville-Carteret is popular with visitors from Europe and the UK and an especially favoured stopover for yachtsmen both French and British. Barneville-Carteret’s position directly opposite the Channel Islands gives it a unique flavour among French ports, decidedly French, but closer to the British Isles even than Dover. The area’s close connection with the