BEACHES AND CREEKS
Read moreFour beautiful beaches are accessible on foot from the centre of the village: Arène beach, Corton beach, Grand Mer beach on pier, and finally the smallest, a little way away, the Bestouan beach. The calanques massif is famous all over the world. Classified, its vulnerability imposes a strict regulations that often prohibit access in summer except on foot or by boat. The easiest way to visit, summer and winter, the main ones among them - the most beautiful is En-Vau - is to go aboard one of the boats for a guided tour: tickets to be taken at the small yellow kiosk on the boules game place on the port. Information: Les Bateliers de Cassis at 04 42 01 90 83. One of the jewels between Marseille and Cassis is undoubtedly the Cosquer cave. Located in cap Morgiou, this site is unique in the world. Therefore, this underwater cave houses dozens of works painted and engraved about 27 000 and 19 000 years ago. Discovered in 1985 by a cassidian diver, it took years to mention the colourful paintings covering its walls: horses, seabirds, deer, wild cats, bison have remained in an exceptional state. Protected and for security reasons, it can't be visited. You can console yourself by buying books and photos in the village shops, or by taking a virtual tour on the website www.culture.gouv.fr
MONT VENTOUX
This majestic pyramid is surveyed every year by hundreds of cyclists who ...Read more
THE GORGES DU VERDON
Visit the immense gorges that separate the Pre-Alps of Castellane from the ...Read more
THE VERDON REGIONAL NATURE PARK
Read moreLa Bastide de Valx is the flagship of the park, as it provides you with numerous books and information sheets. With its 1,000 km of hiking trails (including the famous Blanc-Martel trail), the landscape of the Verdon Regional Nature Park opens up like a picture book in a tormented relief, and tells 250 million years of geological history. The Verdon River, the backbone of the territory, has shaped its identity. The deep cuts of the Grand Canyon rub shoulders with the fullness of the Sainte-Croix and Esparron lakes and the vast lavender plateaus of the Pays de Valensole as well as the hills of the Haut-Var. Five artificial reservoirs, the lakes of Castillon, Chaudane, Sainte-Croix, Quinson and Esparron de Verdon, contribute to the beauty of this land. Visit its beautiful website, an almost inexhaustible source of information and images of splendid landscapes that will give you, no doubt, the desire to go there to admire these unique territories and so rich naturally, with your own eyes! And for the lovers of preserved nature, let's remember that they will be able to observe or to be next to a third of the French flora, so much its floristic wealth is unique. And the richness of its fauna is not in rest. The Great Bustard, the Griffon Vulture, the Ocellated Lizard (the largest in Europe) and 22 species of bats (out of the 32 listed in France) are an example of the animal diversity present.
CASTLE HILL
Castle Hill, a must-see walk to discover the history and spectacular views ...Read more
COSQUER MÉDITERRANÉE
The Cosquer Cave, a treasure of humanity sunken for thousands of years, is ...Read more
GROTTO SAINTE-MARIE-MADELEINE
Read moreThe cave, 950 metres above the Sainte-Baume massif, would have welcomed the disciple of Christ for the last thirty years of his life. It is therefore both a cave and a place of worship.
Many statues of Marie-Madeleine are logically inside, one of which is Carrara marble, the work of the famous sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. A staircase leads to a source, named «Source of Saint-Sidoine», from the name of the blind young, healed from his blindness by Christ.
ILES OF THE LERINS
These islands constituted a regular and important stage of the main sea ...Read more
CAPE DRAMONT
This promontory offers magnificent views of the Estérel massif, the ...Read more
LAUZANIER PATH
So that the first activity practiced in the Alps, hiking in a beautiful ...Read more
GEOPARK WALKING MUSEUM
This geopark unites the shores of Lake Sainte-Croix with the snowy peaks of ...Read more
GORGES DE LA NESQUE
Gorges de la Nesque, one of the most beautiful hydrogeological ...Read more
PROVENÇAL COLORADO
The Colorado de Rustrel, a natural wonder sculpted by ancient ochre ...Read more
MASSIF DE L'ESTEREL
This 32,000-hectare massif stands out for its red color, due to rhyolite, a ...Read more
THE BEACHES OF MOURILLON
The Mourillon beaches, an ideal location near the city of Toulon, offering ...Read more
PERFUMER FRAGONARD - HISTORIC FACTORY
Guided tour of a historic perfume factory with a collection of objects ...Read more
FRIULI ISLANDS AND BEACHES
Magnificent islands offering unspoilt nature, coves and beaches with clear, ...Read more
SUGITON INLET
Calanque de Sugiton of the Puget massif with two creeks, free online ...Read more
THE SORGUE
The Sorgue, a 1ʳᵉ category river with crystal-clear waters, the kingdom ...Read more
RAMPAL LATOUR SOAP FACTORY
This factory manufactures authentic Marseille soap, as well as many other ...Read more