Cassis France and the Calanques National Park. The most breathtaking views of the French Riviera?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Come tour Cassis France and Calanques National Park in France. Beautiful Cassis is an overlooked fishing village cupped between Europe’s highest cliff Cap Canaille and the Calanques National Park, a rugged coastline of a hidden inlets with steep walls for breathtaking hikes and boat tours.
We’ll start with a popular hike to Calanque d’En-Vau with stops at Calanque de Port-Miou and Calanque de Port-Pin. This is a stunning day hike that takes you along the rim of the limestone Calanques. From their heights you can see as far as the islands of Marseille, a large port city to the west.
Then we’ll explore one of the best villages in France, the cute fishing village of Cassis. We visit on market day, which is the open-air farmers and fish market that happens twice a week. A fun warren of alley ways and stairs opens to a marina with Chateau Cassis looking down over the beautiful fishing village. The castle grew from a 5th century roman watch tower and has been privately owned since 1986. Cassis has three small, pretty beaches, too.
After that, we return to the towering Calanques by boat ride. National Park of the Calanques created twenty years ago to protect 20km of world heritage quality natural limestone formations. Calanque is a French word that describes a narrow, steep-walled inlet in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast. The limestone cliffs soar at some points as high as 400 meters or 1200 feet which makes the area a popular rock climbing spot. Tango the dog, comes along as captain of our boat.
Next we stop in at a local winery, Clos Sainte-Magdeleine. The region is known for award-winning white wines. Protected by their own appellation (AOC), Cassis wines are typically light in color and endowed with aromas of citrus fruit, blossom and honey. We loved their rose. The winery sits on a gorgeous plateau beside the terra cotta cliffs of Cap Canaille and over the turquoise water.
Last we tour the dizzying viewpoints of Cap Canaille along the Crete road. Cap Canaille is the highest seaside cliff in Europe and glows orange under the sun. Corniche des Crêtes, a serrated road, winds along the crest of the cliff and connects Cassis to La Ciotat.
With its position between Aix in Provence and San Tropez, Cassis blends the pretty village feel of Provence with shimmering turquoise water of the Cote d’ Azur. Yet being between the two it often gets overlooked in usual top ten best places to visit lists. Don’t make that mistake! The extra punch of breathtaking vistas from cliffs on both sides makes Cassis and the Calanques a must see.
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We thoroughly enjoyed our weeklong stay in Cassis. The Calanques and Cap Canaille are spectacular, the fishing village of Cassis and nearby Sanary-sur-Mer are super cute and not overcrowded with tourists. Definitely worth a visit. It can get very windy though!
very nice movie
Absolutely STUNNING! That crystal clear water WOW! Another great video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Loving your videos! very well produced and you're both so photogenic and have wonderful personalities!
Thank you, glad to hear that. Thank you for watching!
My husband and I went on the same holiday a year ago. We stayed in the Château it was amazing!!!
So cool! Thank you for watching!
Splendid !
Thank you for watching! Such an awesome place.
Wonderful !!
Many thanks!!
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Looks a marvelous place to explore! I would need my trekking poles on some of those trails 😬.
I should have had poles, did do a mini-ankle twist! Thanks for watching!
And good trekking shoes
Wonderful! Excellent videos! Thank you! I just have to mention that we were there 20 yrs ago this July, toting four children (ages 5-11), a young nanny and two couples, carrying huge bags of food, wine, water bottles, and towels, when the boat pulled up to the CLIFF to drop us off - to climb to the top - then walk down to the beach!! I truly thought I was having a heart attack! A total meltdown (petrified of heights)! All the kids tease me about it still! I actually swam back to the boat alone for the pick-up!! 😆. Forwarding your video to our travel friends to reminisce!
Wow, you are brave and you guys made it! That sounds like quite an adventure, especially with the little kids. Sometimes those experiences turn into the best travel stories! Thank you for watching.
how long does it take to walk from the parking place to the car??😢
Great white wines from that area.
Which one's your favorite? Thank you for watching!
@@happygoluckytravel I was there over 20 years ago and must confess that I don't remember except that the wine was dry and delicious.They had it in Marseille. It was either pastise or this white wine there. I took the train from Marseille and that was a mistake as the small station is far from town. Should've taken the bus!
Thank you to share this amazing experience,please how much time did you spend to do it?Im planning to make a tour on september.
Enjoy your trip! We recommend slow travel, staying here a couple weeks and enjoying the ambiance and seeing things by boat and on foot, and doing some excursions to nearby villages. However, you can see the three Calanques in this video in one day hiking. And if you have a car, you can also spend another day at the beautiful Calanque in our what to do near Marseille video. And a third day going on the cliff top drive you saw here and to La Ciotot (also in that Marseille video). So, at least three days. Thank you for watching!
Well, that area is not in the « french riviera ». The french riviera or côte d’Azur in french begins from Hyeres to the italian border
Thank you for the lovely video! Can I ask what time of year you were there?
Thank you for watching! We were there in February. If you go in the summer check beforehand in case the park is closed as they sometimes do for fire danger.
Thanks so much for informative video. I will be much better prepared for hiking these trails in a few days. By chance did you rent a car and drive from Marseilles? If so can you share parking experience in Cassis that will help me when I drive there 1st time?
Thank you for watching! We stayed in Cassis and didn't drive from Marseilles. The best parking advice we can think of is to arrive early, by 10 am, especially in the summer. Before you drive all the way there, check with the Parc National Des Calanques website and make sure the trails are open as they occasionally close due to fire danger in the summer/hot weather. Enjoy your hike!