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.