Welcome in BANDOL
Bandol made its true great strides when the king Henri IV granted to the lord of Boyer the fort of Bandol located on the peninsula of La Motte. The family of Boyer made fructified this heritage and separated in 1715 from La Cadière, setting up Bandol in stronghold. The city grows quickly; its wine became famous and was exported, developing the industry of cooperage and the port. At the XIXème century, thanks to the new railway line of the littoral, the first sun lovings went down in station of Bandol.
TO SEE / TO DO With its sentinels villages, such La Cadière d' Azur perched at the edge of its cliff, or The Castellet, medieval village of XIIème century encircled of ramparts, clutched with a timbered piton, the back-country of Bandol is one of most typical of Provence. This sunny countryside created the richness of the city. It is it which produces the thousand and one grass perfumes, of fruits and of vegetables which float along the markets and give its savour to the kitchen of Provence. This sunny soil carries, staged between scrubland and pine forest on terraces called "restanques", celebrates it vineyard of Bandol. Powerful, velvety reds and expenses of taste; rosy with the fruity character, finely racés; fine and vigorous white. Its wines make known Bandol on the largest gastronomical tables of the world. Tourist sites and routes In the medium of the port, vault built in 1746, devoted in 1749 by the bishop of Marseille, the church of Bandol remains a dependence of the Cadière parish until 1751, year when it is set up in parish church by the Belsunce Lord, bishop of Marseille. Bendor Island : Front side to Bandol, in a crossing of 7 mn, the island is the property of the industrialist Paul Ricard since 1950. Frequent connections to go return Zoo : Mediterranean and tropical plants, a lot of animals among which one will notice an important collection of birds. Excursion of St Cyr to Bandol : Formerly used by the smugglers to thwart the mischievousness of the customs officers, the path of the littoral is a space borrowed for a long time by a multitude of users from the various and varied aspirations (hikers, fishermen, Sunday strollers...). Forest of Sicié Cape. Ballade of Ste Anne at the old village of Evenos (14km to go return) Sport Tennis, Bicycle touring, VTT, Horsemanship, Sea Kayak, Excursion, deep-sea Diving, Parapente, Veil, Slide Sports.
			On the way of Port of Alon (StCyr - Bandol)
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