Flic en Flac Public Beach

What sets it apart

Flic en Flac is one of the four major public beaches whose leisure amenities are being gradually upgraded, along with Mont Choisy, Belle Mare and La Prairie. It houses a public beach service office, three separate toilet blocks and two parking areas. It is also one of the four beaches where sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared.

The mood

Three toilet blocks are spaced along the beach: the first facing the Manisa hotel, the second near the former Mer de Chine restaurant, the third near the beach service office, to which visitors are directed when either of the other two closes for repairs. Two parking areas complete them, one beside the office, the other facing Phoenix Beach. On busy public holidays a duty ambulance attached to Victoria Hospital is stationed here and also covers Wolmar.

Highlights

• Five sections, public since 1940, 1984, 1998, 2015 and 2021
• 18.7 hectares and 3.1 kilometres of shoreline in all
• Three toilet blocks
• Two parking areas: near the beach service office and facing Phoenix Beach
• Public beach service office on site
• Duty ambulance on public holidays, attached to Victoria Hospital, also covering Wolmar
• One of the four major beaches whose leisure amenities are being gradually upgraded
• Floating beach wheelchair days, facing the Manisa hotel

Good to know

• The three toilet blocks close in turn for repairs: head then for the one by the beach service office.
• This is the emergency point for the west on public holidays, and it also covers Wolmar.
• Sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared: it is not yet in service.
• The floating beach wheelchair days are held facing the Manisa hotel, with associations and by registration: this is not a walk-up service.

Getting there

The beach lies on the west coast, in the Rivière Noire district; its five sections follow one another from the jetty, in the north, down to Wolmar, in the south. The landmarks are the Manisa hotel, the Ocean restaurant, the former Mer de Chine restaurant, Phoenix Beach, the jetty and the beach service office.