The GR51 goes southwest past La Garde-Freinet , and other connecting trails, including the GR9, go out to the coast at Ste Maxime and the Golfe de St Tropez. 6-hour Loop Hike. Take the GR51 goes southeast from town, then follow it south for about two hours. Branch northwest off the main GR51, onto the GR51 variant, and follow it, curving north and then northwest back to town. The trail is generally on forestry roads, through low cork-oak forests and a mimosa forest.
Small streams run along side the trail on a couple of different parts of the loop.
Les Issambres was created in 1930. In the Baie de Bougnon, between Les Issambres and Sainte Maxime, there's a Plage des Elephants , which makes us wonder about the origin of the name.