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Many of the villages along the Provençal coast have been
built up to the point where they have all but lost thier original charm,
but Cassis is still much the same little fishing port that attracted artists
such as Dufy, Signac and Derain.
This is a place in which to relax at a waterside café, watching
the fishermen or street performers, while enjoying a plate of seafood and
a bottle of the local dry white wine for which Cassis is famous.
From Marseilles to Cassis, the costline forms narrow inlets, the Calanques, their jagged white cliffs reflected in dazzling turquoise water.
Wildlife abounds here with countless seabirds, foxes, stone martens, bats, large snakes and lizards. The flora is no less impressive, with more than 900 plant species , of which 50 are classified as rare.
The Envau and Sormiou Calanques are especially lovely.
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