Magnan / Fabron

West of the centre, where the Promenade keeps going past the airport-bound traffic, Magnan and Fabron are workaday residential districts that most visitors only glimpse from the tram or the seafront road. The pull here is practical and local: quieter beaches without the crowds, mid-century apartment blocks with sea views, and unpretentious neighbourhood eating rather than destination dining. It is a useful base if you want the coast at calmer prices and don't mind being a tram ride from the action. There is little to sightsee, but the western beaches at sunset reward the detour.