Citadelle Saint-Elme

Seafood a few meters from the water on the quay, in a restaurant Germaine Brau opened in 1938 that has stayed a local institution.

A covered medieval street from the 13th century, and a fishermen's chapel on the port decorated by Jean Cocteau.

The biggest beach in town, with water sports and a lifeguard post in summer.

The hotel's own sandy beach with water sports, and 18 of the rooms in the Villa l'Orangerie, some opening onto the gardens.

Nine themed gardens wrap around the villa, among them a Japanese garden, a stone garden, an exotic garden and a rose garden.

Built where early humans camped 400,000 years ago, with some of the oldest hearths known, a footprint, a milk tooth and a prehistoric floor cast you can touch.