Region

"La Cigale" is an ideal starting point to visit the surrounding sites of interest and beaches.

ST.CYR SUR MER/ LES LECQUES (6 km/7 min. from La Cadière d'Azur)

is today well-known due to its beautiful, flat sand beach, particularly suitable for children. St Cyr sur Mer is proud on its statue of liberty. This miniature is an authentic reproduction of the New Yorker statue. Directly opposite the statue you can buy the best Pizza of the region at the ' Pizza tube '.

Bay of St.Cyr/Les Lecques

 LE CASTELLET (5 km/5 minutes)

From this middleage village one has a beautiful panorama on La Cadière d'Azur, the sea, vineyards and pinetree forests. The village is the place to go, if you want to buy regional handicraft products. Marcel Pagnol, inspired by the charm of this old provence village turned here the famous film "La femme you Boulanger".

BANDOL (9km/7min.)

Is well-known because of his internationally estimated Bandol wines and because of its harbour, which obtained the quality label station voile', that garanties a large variéty of water sports that can be practised all over the year. One can saunter in Bandol on the famous promenade, visit the ' island Bendor ' or its be culinarily spoiled in the excellent restaurants of the city. The authoress Katherine Mansfield lived long time in Bandol. In the evening you can spend your time at the bowling, discotheques or Bandol's play casino.

Bay of La Ciotat

SANARY-SUR-MER (12 km /11 minutes)

Sanary-sur-Mer is a charming bathing resort. The harbour with its rosa and white houses, palmtrees, small traditional fishing boats, is very attractive. In Sanary each day is market day (also on Sunday) market day. Here you find fresh fruit and vegetable, fish, meat, cheese, olives, flowers just at the sea. In the summer many open-air concerts take place in Sanary.

SIX FOURS-LES-PLAGES (18km/16min)

Just like the neighbouring places Six Fours is also a famous beach resort. From the Castle of Six Fours one has a beautiful panoramic view over the Rade of Toulon and the 'Cap Sicié '.

LA CIOTAT (21 km/16 min)

With its long sand beach and its promenade La Ciotat is a popular place to go. The 'route de Crête ' between La Ciotat and Cassis is a road leading up to 300 m offering a grandiose view over the sea and Cassis with its Calanques.

CALANQUES DE CASSIS (25 km/20min.)

The worldwide unique  'Calanques' is a site of intersest of first rank. This directly at the sea lying limestone massif extends over nearly 20 kilometers of length and four kilometers width between Marseille and Cassis. Its cliffs rising upto 400 meters heigth drop sometimes steeply into tourquois water. The massif counts twenty bays. The largest Calanques have names : Sormiou (the broadest bay), Devenson (the highest cliff), EN-Vau (the wildest bay) etc. Fauna and Flora of the Massif of theCalanques are unique and protected. From Cassis or Marseille one can walk along the Calanques.  From Bandol, La Ciotat or Cassis ferries are leaving regularily for trips into the Calanques.

TOULON (30 km, 20 min)

Do not miss to go to the market in Toulon, which takes place each morning (except on Monday) around the Cous Lafayette. Gilbert Bécoud even sang a song about it.

ILES D'OR, PORQUEROLLES, PORT CROS close to HYERES

It could look like this in paradies! The islands Porquerolles and Port Cros have a rich Flora and Fauna and are for nature lover a true treasure. The islands stand under nature protection and there are no cars .The very beautiful, fine sand beaches with their pintrees contribute to the unmistakable charm of Porquerolles, an island at seven kilometers of length and three kilometers width. Port Cros, is a national park to water and to country, which is unique in Europe. From the peninsula Giens close to Hyères or Toulon there are many shipping connections to the islands.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE (60 km/40 min.)

Aix is considered as one of the most elegant and most pleasant cities of France. The old town centre was taken up in the list of the world cultural monuments of the UNESCO. Aix is the homeland of Paul Cézanne. In Aix an international classical music festival takes place annually.

Further places to visit are undoubted:

ST. TROPEZ (90km /1 hour), the 'GRAND CANYON YOU VERDON' (120km/1h30), and the CAMARGUE (170km/2h).