From La Baule-Escoublac to Pornichet and Le Pouliguen — Belle Époque villas, ocean-facing apartments and architect-designed properties on one of the world's most beautiful bays.
Backed by its pine forest and open onto nearly nine kilometres of fine sand, the Bay of La Baule is among the few French seaside resorts to have kept, more than a century after its birth, the elegance that made its name.
Born in the late nineteenthe century out of a plan to hold back the dunes by planting a vast pine wood, La Baule was built as a garden city : broad tree-lined avenues, villas hidden in greenery, and a seafront conceived as a theatre opening onto the ocean. From that history the resort has kept a rare architectural heritage — Norman half-timbering, slate roofs, Belle Époque verandas and Art Deco lines.
The bay is shared between three towns of quite distinct character: La Baule and its great promenade, Pornichet and its harbour to the east, Le Pouliguen and its fishing-port soul to the west. One curve of sand, three ways of living it — and as many markets, which we know town by town.
Laid out in the 1920s as a garden suburb, the Pins quarter unrolls its shaded avenues between the wood and the beach. The Belle Époque and Art Deco villas hide behind the hedges, a few steps from the sand. It is the most sought-after address on the bay for anyone wanting a house of character, quiet and under the pines.
From the casino to the esplanade, the promenade lines up the finest buildings, their terraces embracing the whole curve of the bay. A seafront apartment in La Baule remains one of the most coveted properties on the Atlantic coast: an open horizon, light from morning to evening, and the sand a staircase away.
East of the bay, Pornichet combines the bustle of its marina with the calm of the Sainte-Marguerite quarter, where seafront villas stand above the dune. More discreet than its neighbour, the town appeals to families drawn to an authentic seaside way of life.
On the far side of the channel, Le Pouliguen has kept its soul as a fishing port : the lanes of the old town, the coves of the wild coast, the Penchâteau headland. Here one finds restored fishermen's houses as readily as villas overlooking the ocean, for buyers in search of authenticity.
On the Bay of La Baule, prestige takes three forms: the restored Belle Époque villa in the Pins, the corner apartment facing the ocean on the promenade, and the contemporary architect-designed villa, rarer, set within the pine wood. Our collection spans that whole range, from the high-end apartment to the multi-million-euro estate.
Every property we present receives an editorial treatment — considered photography, bespoke copywriting, distribution across the Christie's International Real Estate network and access to French and international buyers. It is that double command — close knowledge of the ground, a global showcase — that sets our approach apart.
One of the finest golf courses on the coast, a casino, thalassotherapy, the covered market, sailing and regattas in the bay, racing at the hippodrome: La Baule has always combined elegance with an easy way of living.
Three hours from Paris by TGV and under an hour from Nantes-Atlantique international airport, the bay remains an easy anchorage — for a main residence as much as for a second home of standing.
From the seafront apartment to the exceptional villa, discover the properties we currently have for sale on the bay.
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