Port-Grimaud, France

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and lagoon settlement, with its maze of channels. When the resort was translated from the drawing board to reality in 1966, great importance was laid on creating a townscape typical of the region.

The resort is free of traffic; there are parking lots outside the town for holidaymakers and visitors. As well as motorboats plying regular routes, there are four-seater electric boats for self-drive hire on the canals.

By the canals, on which there are many fine sailing ships and cabin cruisers, there are boutiques, shops and restaurants; the market is held in the main square. Many of the apartment houses have their own mooring-places outside their front doors. Facing the sea stands the ecumenical Church of St François d'Assisi, designed according to Romanesque models; a coin-operated turnstile gives access to the tower from which there is an exceptional panorama of the little town, the lagoons and the mountainous hinterland.