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ℹ️ Trolib - Calanque de Port Pin and its guinguette (1950)

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Location: Cassis, Marseille, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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1. Plage de Port-Pin – View of Calanque d'En-Vau loop from Cassis

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2. Plage de Port-Pin – View of Calanque d'En-Vau loop from Cassis

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3. Plage de Port-Pin – View of Calanque d'En-Vau loop from Cassis

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Trolib Officiel

April 21, 2024

🌲 Port-Pin: a fragile jewel to be preserved!

🙏 Please take the right steps to preserve this treasure and ensure everyone's peace and quiet!

Between Port-Miou and En-Vau, the cove of Port-Pin captivates with its beauty and easy access.

⛵ From the fishing port to a movie set
In the past, fishermen (the "pescadous") would dock here and relax under the pine trees – hence its name.

🎡 In the 1960s and 1970s, the cove was home to a very popular open-air café. People even drove down there! Relics from that era are still visible at the end of the beach.

🎬 In 1970, it appeared on screen in Borsalino, starring Delon and Belmondo, in the middle of a Marseille reckoning.

🥾 The Blue Trail and its Lookouts
From Port-Pin, a blue-marked trail runs along the cliffs towards En-Vau.
🌄 It leads to magnificent viewpoints overlooking the sea and the pine trees, perfect for a contemplative break. Developed in 2007, it pays homage to the spirit of the place.

🛡️ A Forgotten Military Past
During World War II, Port-Pin was a strategic area of the German defensive wall (the Südwall).
A battery is still visible above the beach. At the time, the cove was guarded, ready to repel a landing.

🌿 Port-Pin is a natural treasure to be discovered... and preserved.

"In the evening, after the setting sun has transformed the horizon into a line of fire, the sea into a desert of sand, and one by one the stars have come to watch over us, we will return home enriched with memories that cannot be bought: smelling the salt as before, experiencing the fullness of our living flesh, tanned by the sea winds and baked in the sun, well subjected to the play of our muscles, while our minds still wander there—so close, yet so far—in this world apart between Marseille and Cassis."
Gaston Rébuffat

Sources: calanques-parcnational.fr/fr/calanque-de-port-pin

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Martin

May 24, 2024

Obligatory passage to visit the creeks from Cassis. It is a former stone quarry which now serves as a marina. A nice appetizer.

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Location: Cassis, Marseille, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

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ℹ️ Trolib - Calanque de Port Pin and its guinguette (1950)

1. Plage de Port-Pin – View of Calanque d'En-Vau loop from Cassis

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