Toulon

Its funny that we live so close to Toulon yet we have never visited so with a dodgy weather forecast on Sunday we decided the time was right to disregard the hilarious description in our guide book.. "Toulon provokes the reaction a tramp might get in St-Tropez: its seedy rought cut demeanour doesn't fit in with the glittering Cote D'Azur" .. and make our own minds up!

We drove via Carquerainne and Le Pradet then followed the signs for Le Mourillon. Everything was looking good and this is clearly where the moneyed folk live. Big beautiful beaches and winding roads lined with Palm Trees and towering gates into Villas that rock stars would be proud of.

Then we got to Toulon. We had lunch, nothing fancy, very straightforward, a walk around the old town, a walk on the Rade (or Port) to have a look at the, ferries, speedboats and the aircraft carrier just sitting there..

Then we 'got out of dodge'. The description unfortunately is pretty much bang on.

On the way home we completed our exploration of the beaches around Le Pradet. It's hard to see how this little cove called 'Pin de Galle'..

Can look like this..

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The summer view is definitely more appealing.