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34250Palavas-Les-Flots, France
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Palavas-les-Flots is a Mediterranean village with narrow streets, bordered by 7 km of sandy beaches and wild ponds.

Bordered by 7 km of fine sandy beach on one side, by wild ponds on the other, Palavas-les-Flots draws its history and identity from the men who gave it its raison d'être: the fishermen. It was in 1743 that the construction of the Ballestras redoubt, a fortified tower decorated with a cannon erected in the middle of the eastern pond, made it possible to create this fishing village with its typically Mediterranean narrow streets. A few fishermen's huts were built around this fort and were at the origin of the creation of the commune in 1850. This date marks the beginning of the fishing village, and its coastline became the beach of election of the Montpellier bourgeoisie. A small train, immortalized by the draftsman Albert Dubout, is put into service in 1872 and greatly facilitates the tourist life of the resort: a Grand Hotel Casino and a multitude of "chalets" are hastily built on the seafront. Classified as a seaside and climatic resort in 1924, Palavas adapts to the clientele of paid holidays and then to mass tourism in the early fifties. In 1997, the town created a new marina while maintaining its fishing activity along the quays of Grau. As for the jousts on the canal, they are part of the local folklore. The town entered the 3rd millennium with the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean, resulting from the rehabilitation of the old water tower. It houses the tourist office, the congress centre, with a promenade bridge and a panoramic revolving restaurant. Unique in France, this lighthouse bears its name well and offers an exceptional panorama of the region from a height of over sixty metres.

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Si on cherche une petite station balnéaire, il faut choisir Palavas. De longues plages, un joli petit port, des résidences de vacances relativement basses (qui ne gâchent pas complètement le paysage). A découvrir.

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