Vineyard coast · lagoons
Côte Vermeille & western Golfe du Lion
Vineyards above rocky coves give way to lagoon shores, fishing huts and oyster farms. Collioure, Gruissan and Sète bring three different waterfronts into view.
Collioure, Côte Vermeille
From the Pyrenees to the Italian border
Mediterranean France
Rocky coves, lagoon shores and island harbours.
From the vineyard coves of Côte Vermeille to the lagoons of Languedoc and Camargue, then east through Marseille’s Calanques, the Îles d’Or and the Riviera.
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Delta · working ports · coves
Camargue, Fos & Côte Bleue
Fishing towns and salt lagoons lead through the Rhône delta and the working Golfe de Fos to the small harbours of the Côte Bleue.
Le Grau-du-Roi
Photo: Benjamin Smith
Frioul · Calanques · Cassis
Marseille to La Ciotat
Marseille’s lively quays face the pale islands of Frioul. White limestone inlets lead towards Cassis, then the ochre cliffs and shipbuilding waterfront of La Ciotat.
Cassis harbour
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST
Naval roadstead · island paths
Toulon, Hyères & the Îles d’Or
Toulon’s naval roadstead and Giens’ salt lagoon lead to Porquerolles by bicycle, Port-Cros on foot, and Héliopolis on Le Levant.
Notre-Dame beach, Porquerolles
Photo: A. Delesse (Prométhée)
Wooded capes · red cliffs
Var coast, Saint-Tropez & Estérel
Wooded Maures and protected capes meet Saint-Tropez’s maritime town. Beyond the Gulf lie Roman Fréjus, Agay’s bay and the red cliffs of the Estérel.
Cavalaire bay
Photo: Starus
Island woods · art · city harbours
Cannes, Lérins & the eastern Riviera
Wooded islands off Cannes, fortified Antibes, Nice and Villefranche, then Monaco and Menton: city harbours, art and a coastal railway linking the shore.
Sainte-Marguerite, Lérins
Photo: Guillaume Paumier (Guillom)
Port Napoléon: logistics & storage
Across the border, across the water
The rocky coast continues west into Catalonia. Offshore, Corsica belongs to a separate island region with its own guides.