Port-Grimaud
No historically interesting sites to be found at Port Grimaud, except perhaps for its 20th century architectural success. Port Grimaud was constructed before the frantic protection of the coast was put in place, in 1966. The architect François Spoery contemplated the construction of a marshy zone halfway between Saint Tropez and Fréjus.
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And why not a lacustrian village? After much granite and concrete, Port Grimaud was born.
This modern and colourful "little Venice", with its seven kilometres of canals bordered by twelve kilometres of quays, attracts thousands of tourists each year. Many cute bridges and little squares can be found almost everywhere. Miraculously, the buildings have not at all aged in a bad way. This gives Port Grimaud its distinctive character. In the streets, many bars with sunny terraces and a few shops and especially no cars are found here. The village is entirely pedestrian. The cars are to be parked at the car parks at the entrance of the village. The village is visited on foot or by boat. |
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