Hyeres: L'Almanarre: Hyères - Almanarre
Hyères stretches across the coastal plain between the Massif des Maures and the Mediterranean in Provence, a position that has long connected the town with the sea and its offshore islands. The Giens Peninsula is joined to the mainland by two sandbars, enclosing saltmarshes and sheltered water around the Almanarre coast. Across the Bay of Hyères lie the Îles d’Hyères, including Porquerolles and Port-Cros; the latter gives its name to a national park created in 1963. On the mainland, the archaeological site of Olbia preserves remains of a Greek settlement founded in the 4th century BC, evidence of this coast’s early maritime links.
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Built around a medieval hilltop fortification, Hyères grew into a Mediterranean town on the Côte d’Azur. Its commune reaches the coast and includes the Giens Peninsula and the Îles d’Hyères, with Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Île du Levant lying offshore in the Mediterranean Sea. The old centre climbs towards the ruins of the Château d’Hyères, while the 1920s Villa Noailles, designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens, is a major modernist landmark and cultural venue. Coastal salt marshes at Les Salins d’Hyères add an important wetland landscape to the area. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Hyères and the Var coast.
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