The Provençal harbor town of La Ciotat is bordered by the mighty seascapes of the Calanques National Park.
The town also has a more calm side, where there is a string of welcoming sandy beaches. And for an idea of how Provençal La Ciotat is, they even wrote the rules on the iconic game of pétanque here. And that's not the only pride of the town, as this is a summer home for the pioneers in the movie Lumière Brothers. They filmed one of their first films at La Ciotat and the theater where they screened it still shows movies to this day. Discover the best to do at La Ciotat.
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1. Calanque de Figuerolles
Just around Cap deigle and in the national park is this narrow cave that cuts deep into the coast. There is a small rocky beach at the end and the sparkling transparent water will call you to swim.
If you’re with young ones they’ll be able to paddle in safety here, as the beach shelves low and the sea is smoothed by a large rock at the mouth of the creek. This being a Calanque, the walls are high and rugged, and here they’re formed of a strange puddingstone.
On the beach, you will have a constant view of the bizarre Rocher du Capucin emerging from the west.
2. Île Verte
There is a shuttle from the port of La Ciotat, to the island within the boundaries of the national park. Taking the ferry will take 15 minutes and drop you off at an unpopular beauty spot, Calanque Saint-Pierre, where there's a beach served by a restaurant.
Many visitors cannot pass through this paradise place. But if you want to see more there’s a sinuous trail around the coast bringing you to two other beaches as well as Calanques that plummet to the sea.
At the highest point of the island is Fort Saint-Pierre, here since the 1600s but strengthened by the Germans in the Second World War.
3. Old Port
The old port of La Ciotat, close to most people, the concept of coastal Provençe: Water boats with private yachts and fishing boats, and under the shaded houses on the docks are rows of cafes and restaurant.
In the evening, there's a fun and cheerful atmosphere, and you can stroll around a bar on the Quai Ganteaume to see the sun setting behind the Cap of Stone. In the east, you can continue along the harbor wall until you reach Mole Bérouard, the 19th-century lighthouse and the last fragment of La Ciotat.
4. Parc du Mugel
This botanic park begins at the port and is dominated by the enormous rock at Cap d’Aigle, powering up to 155 meters. There is a dual attraction to this place, as for the first time, you have a lovely garden arranged with cacti, roses, a palm plantation, and an orange.
And then, there is a nature reserve, making small creeks of the coast here and the forest and witches migrating to the huge rock in the south. You can ramble through the forest with chestnuts, Aleppo pines, holm and cork oaks, carob and laurel trees and stop at the belvedere to survey the Île Verte.
5. La Ciotat’s Beaches
The Calanques are great for their supernatural rocks and shimmering seas, but on other days you may be in the mood for soft sand and a few more luxuries. Artificial beaches start just north of the harbor and arc around the bay in a series of small horseshoes protected by breakwaters.
Each one has its own purpose: There’s a beach where smoking is banned (Plage Lumière), one where people can bring animals and one equipped for wheelchairs. And at everyone, the sea is irresistibly clear and shallow.
Behind there’s a long promenade under stone pines with bar and restaurant seating at close intervals.
6. Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Garde
In the summer, you can venture into the national park to visit this 17th-century chapel, sit on the water and watch the heart through La Ciotat Bay.
The chapel was built in 1610 and its altar features a magnificent gilded oak sculpture of Notre-Dame de la Garde from 1630. Sailors will come to pray before leaving and leaving. votes, and then, they will enlarge the huge rock behind to check the horizon and conditions before departure.
This terrain is engraved with 80 steps, and in the evening you can climb and sit watching the sunset.
7. Musée Ciotaden
In the former town hall is the town’s museum, which has 15 rooms and 1,500 objects, so you can investigate many threads of La Ciotat’s story.
The most intriguing exhibits come from the turn of the century when Lumière Brothers filmed one of their first films at the train station in La Ciotat in 1895. A little later, around 1910, the game Pétanque was invented in this town and is now commonplace all over France, especially in the south.
You can go further back and see the artifacts left by ancient mariners and learn about the Genoese families that settled here in the 15th century.
8. Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption
La Ciotat's largest church, bringing some gravitas to the riverbank at Quai Ganteaume. It was beautiful at night when the tall walls were lit and reflected in the water. The church was built at the start of the 17th century and has a restrained Romanesque revival style, without much embellishment.
The stone for the facade, including the intricately carved southern gate, comes from ancient quarries at La Couronne near Marseille. Inside inspects the choir furniture, carved from walnut wood in 1649, and the high marble altar, carved by a marble mason in Marseille in the 1700s.
9. L’Eden Théâtre
The world's oldest operating movie theater reopened in 2013 after a long refurbishment. That film showed a steam train pulling into La Ciotat’s station and is claimed to have sent some viewers running from the hall in terror.
The cinema is closed up during the day, so the best way to see the interior is to do what people have been doing for 120 years here and watch a movie!
10. Chapelle des Pénitents Bleus
La Ciotat is scattered with little chapels, and the last on this list is one of the most handsome buildings in the town. It was erected in 1626 in the Baroque style at a time when anti-revolutionary sentiments were increasing in France after the Religious War.
The Roman community will come to worship at the chapel, and there are a few things to keep your attention on, such as the gutters above the windows, octagonal bells and beautiful wall sculptures. Today, the chapel is a stately gallery for local artists.
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