Var: what to see and do

Canyon du verdon

A famous canyon with limestone walls. Above all see: the Point Sublime (400 m high), the Barre de l'Escalès (cliff), the Baume aux Bœufs tunnel cave, the St-Maurin waterfalls...

La Presqu'île de Giens

A geological curiosity unique in the world, the Giens peninsula is linked to the mainland by 2 arms of sand 5 km long, called tombolos.

Le Lac de Sainte Croix du Verdon

Lac de Sainte-Croix is the largest of the Verdon lakes.

Le Vallon et la Cascade des Carmes

The Heart of Nature of the Vallon des Carmes is a natural area of 31 hectares, a true oasis of greenery and coolness shaped by the water of the Fauvery in the heart of green Provence.

Plage Notre-Dame (Porquerolles)

White-sand beach on the island of Porquerolles, often cited among the most beautiful in the Mediterranean.

Plage de Pampelonne

The most famous beach of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, with four kilometres of fine sand.

Plaine des Maures

A 5,276-hectare national nature reserve north of the Maures massif, the main French refuge of Hermann's tortoise, the country's only native land tortoise.

la cascade de Sillans

Between Sillans-la-Cascade and Salernes lies the Sillans waterfall, 42 metres high. It is the highest waterfall in the Var.

le ravin du Mal Infernet

A site of wild beauty: there are several paths to reach Lac de l'Écureuil.

Abbaye du Thoronet

Aqualand Sainte-Maxime

Aqualand de Fréjus

Aqualand de Saint Cyr Sur Mer

Azur Park

Bargème

You enter the town by the Porte de Garde that opens in the ramparts, then you discover the little old streets, the vaults, the lanes lined with often flowered houses.

Bormes-les-Mimosas

A perched village of the Var between the Maures massif and the Mediterranean, famous for its mimosas and the Fort de Brégançon.

Cap Estérel

Château d'Entrecasteaux

Château de Bargème

Château de Hyères

Formerly a majestic castle, perched at 200 metres' altitude on the Castéou hill, overlooked the town of Hyères (Var-83). Today only a few ruins remain that do not let you grasp the importance of the site.

Château de La Colle Noire

Château de Montfort-sur-Argens

This château, whose façade is on the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments, is the only one the Templars owned in Provence.

Château de Pontevès

Château de Vins-sur-Caramy

Château du Castellas

Château féodal d'Ollioules

Cotignac

A village of the Provence Verte backed against a tufa cliff, among the Most Beautiful Villages of France.

Domaine du Rayol

The Domaine du Rayol – Jardin des Méditerranées is a botanical garden on the Corniche des Maures, in the commune of Le Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, in the French Var département.

Fort de Brégançon

Gassin

Built on the top of a hill more than two hundred metres high, Gassin is a delightful village that has kept all its charm and tranquillity, a few kilometres from the Var coast.

Gorges de Baudinard

Gorges du Blavet

Grès de St Anne d'Evenos

Hôtel des Arts

Jardin Zoologique Tropical

La Plage de l'Estagnol

Estagnol beach is one of the most beautiful white-sand beaches in the Mediterranean. Its fine sand, shaded pine grove and turquoise water make it a much-prized place on hot summer days.

La chute du Grand Baou

La faille de Saint-trou

Le Castellet

A medieval perched village of the Var, surrounded by ramparts, in the heart of the Bandol vineyard.

Le Saut du Capelan (Nartuby)

Le lac de Saint Cassien

Lac de Saint-Cassien is without doubt the most touristy site of the canton of Fayence.

Magic World

Musée National de la Marine

Created at the end of the First Empire and open to the public since 1814, the Toulon Maritime Museum has been housed since 1981 next to the arsenal's clock tower, one of the few historic sites of the town to have survived the Second World War.

Musée de la Gendarmerie et du Cinéma de Saint Tropez

Set up in the former gendarmerie of Saint-Tropez, made famous by the Gendarme film series with Louis de Funès shot there, this museum offers 2 routes, one devoted to the authentic history of this gendarmerie and the other to the history of cinema in Saint-Tropez.

Palais des Comtes de Provence

This 12th-century palace, former summer residence of the Counts of Provence (13th to 15th century), houses the museum of the Pays Brignolais, created in 1945 by André Jaubert.

Parc National de Port Cros

Port-Cros National Park, abbreviated PNPC, is a French national park in the Mediterranean Sea.

Parc Zoologique de Fréjus

Plage de Gigaro

A large sand beach bordered by pine groves and protected by the Conservatoire du littoral, near Cap Lardier.