To remind people of French swimming pool rule

It’s a case of what happens on the beach stays on the beach. Men and women are not required to wear tops on the beach. But on the promenade and in towns tops are required.

What?

He needs to see a doctor or learn how to wipe his bum.

Don’t forget that there is a new law in some French towns that men must wear tops when wandering round in public
(I don’t know about women)

Apart from a few (usually pensioners for some reason) who go for old style true ‘Speedos’ the overwhelming majority of men and boys opt for something like this style. Like tight fitting short boxers. They are always deemed acceptable. As everyone is wearing them it isn’t a big deal. Banning modest & uv protecting choices is more of an issue.

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You’re not allowed to wear swim dresses either. I had a fairly average one from m & s and was asked to leave the pool.
i bought a long floaty tankini top-as long as the swim dress was, a pair of fitted swim shorts -and for some reason that was ok. This has been in multiple pools in France. Madness!

My husband and son wore longer jammer style Lycra swim shorts when we were in France last year. My son actually preferred them to the board style shorts and I agree they’re more hygienic. We did see people in baggy swim shorts in the hotel pool, despite the rules.

Looking at booking a Dutch Center Parcs for this year and the rules seemed to be that you could wear full coverage swimwear as long as it was tight fitting and of swimsuit material.

Why are you you warning us about men having to leave the pool? I that's what most of us on here would love to happen. Shh! Stop telling them! 😀

Thanks for reminder of how weird the French can be.

It really depends on the operator. I was at a Dutch owned campsite in France last year. There were a number of Muslim women were playing in the pool with their kids in modest clothing. No one was bothered & there weren’t restrictions. However it isn’t the norm. Some sites go as far as banning UV swim tops or limit them to young kids. You have to go to the website & see what they say. However, if there are no details I would assume standard tight fitting swimwear is required in France. On 90% of campsites we have visited it is & I have seen people challenged.

I stayed at a French campsite with lots of pools last year. I asked them in advance about this and they said there was no rule. So probably worth getting in touch and finding out if you really need to know what to bring!

Have a word with your DH @PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting! Unless he has a health condition or bowel disorder, I’d find that unacceptable and very off-putting.

Yep, we fell foul of this a couple of years ago. First stop was a trip to supermarche who were making a killing from selling budgie smugglers at hugely inflated prices to idiot Brits like us. DH enjoyed strutting around in his, younger DS couldn’t give a hoot, but teenage DS was a bit embarrassed to start with. He soon realised that no one was looking at him and enjoyed the pool.

On a separate trip, I was told off for wearing shorts and T shirt next to the outdoor pool. I wasn’t swimming and had taken my shoes off, but apparently it was still a no go 🤷‍♀️

Your husband needs to up his hygiene skills. No adult should be walking around in soiled underwear. That’s disgusting! 🤮

You can buy anti- uv swimsuits in many colours other than black.

Oh good Lord.

We have been to France numerous times and stayed on dozens of campsites. We know this rule well and yet my DH forgets to pack his budgie smugglers every single time and has to buy some at the campsite shop 🙄 We’re on a French campsite right now and yes, he had to buy yet another pair yesterday.

Sometimes the rules differ between hotel pools/holiday park pools and municipal pools.

You don’t. My son has holidayed twice with his partner in Italy, never had to wear a swimming hat.

I lived in France as a child/teenager and indoor pools require you to wear a proper swimsuit and a swimming cap which I think makes perfect sense.

I really wish we had the same rules here.

Swimming caps are often required too for both men and women.

Yes, definitely the case in Iceland and Denmark.

On hats, I keep the horrible swimming cap I had to buy when I went to a spa in Spain in my suitcase in case I have to use it again.

We got caught out with this. We only had loose swim shorts for 5yr old DS and were told off poolside. Miles from anywhere so we took him back in a (clean) pair of black briefs and the pool attendant let him in. 10 mins later DS managed to get a mouth full of pool water and threw up everywhere. I was mortified and went to ask for a bucket and mop and expected to be banned from the campsite given hygiene rules. The pool attendant barely batted an eyelid and took his squeegee thing and just flicked it all towards the grass. Made the hygiene aspect of proper swimming trunks feel a bit unbelievable tbh

We have a Lido in town and you are asked to shower first. They did publish the stars on how much cleaner the water if people do this.

Yeah.... @PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting hasn't he learnt to wipe his ass?!

You have bigger issues than what to wear to go swimming.