Le Lavandou Attractions
Le Lavandou lies at the foot of the Massif des Maures, about half-way between Toulon and St Tropez (40km/25mi east of Toulon), on a broad bay facing southeast.
This pretty former fishing village, now popular as a holiday resort, may owe its name to the large amount of lavender which grows in the surrounding area. Extensive areas of holiday homes and numerous high-rise buildings are prominent features of Le Lavandou. From the harbor, in the eastern part of which spacious mooring facilities for yachts have recently been established, ferries leave for the Iles de Hyères.
West of the harbor stretches the Rade de Bormes, a bay with fine sand, and along it runs the Boulevard-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny; from the boulevard there is a comprehensive view of the sea and the islands of Port-Cros and Levant (part of the group of the Hyères Islands). In the south the bay is enclosed by the wooded slopes of Cap Bénat. Far to the east Cap Lardier rises from the sea.
Road N559 running east from Le Lavandou gives access to sandy beaches, interspersed with rocky stretches.
This pretty former fishing village, now popular as a holiday resort, may owe its name to the large amount of lavender which grows in the surrounding area. Extensive areas of holiday homes and numerous high-rise buildings are prominent features of Le Lavandou. From the harbor, in the eastern part of which spacious mooring facilities for yachts have recently been established, ferries leave for the Iles de Hyères.
West of the harbor stretches the Rade de Bormes, a bay with fine sand, and along it runs the Boulevard-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny; from the boulevard there is a comprehensive view of the sea and the islands of Port-Cros and Levant (part of the group of the Hyères Islands). In the south the bay is enclosed by the wooded slopes of Cap Bénat. Far to the east Cap Lardier rises from the sea.
Road N559 running east from Le Lavandou gives access to sandy beaches, interspersed with rocky stretches.
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Cap Bénat
South of Le Lavandou the wooded Cap Bénat extends out into the sea. The road leading to it comes first to the resort of La Favière (yacht harbor, beach) before reaching the settlement of holiday homes at Cap Bénat. On the highest point, Les Fourches (205m/673ft), stands a castle and, on the extremity of the cape, a lighthouse.
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