Best bit: Cavalaire claims to be the Med’s second-best dive site, with 12 “good wrecks” in the bay. These include Le Rubis, a 1931 French sub scuttled with honours in 1958 for service to the ...

Our France expert presents 15 of his favourite seaside towns and villages to get excited about (the order is North-South, from the Channel to the Riviera). 1. Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais ...