Hmmmm, I would suggest the smoking thing is dependent on the day and the crowd. We were there one weekday with our daughters and spent almost the entire day on the beach smoke free until shortly after lunch - perhaps 2:00 or there about - when a small group of lovely looking young French women arrived.

Turns out They were loud and smoking up a storm and the three of them consumed more wine in a couple of hours than our group did the entire day. They clearly wanted their presence felt and believe me, it was. We decided enough and chuckled a bit when we noticed the couple on the other side of them called their day to a close as well.

And yet, we’ve been there many times when , if anyone was smoking, we were totally unaware of it.