Cuges les Pins
Last update on
Dec 20, 2024
Situated on route N8 between Aubagne (13km) and Le Beausset (16km).
Cuges les Pins, set at the foothills of the Ste. Baume mountains, is at an even distance between Marseilles and Toulon, a 20mn drive from the sea.
It is an exceptional site being the biggest crater in France, formed during the Tertiary Period.
Cuges is ensconced here in this depression of 5 kilometers long and 1,5 kilometers wide. To reach it one must take the Ange Pass or the Castellet Pass.
Building of the village began in 1507 and it has been through many restorations. Don't miss the oldest streets in town (Docteur Gastinel, Horloge, Victor Hugo, Blvd. Gambetta), or the fountains and the city gardens.
What to see
The 1869 church, 8 Oratories.
The 1824 clock. Chapel St. Antoine.
Every year there is a pilgrimage of St. Anthony af Padua on the l3th and 16th of June.
Things to do
OK Corral Amusement Park.
Horseback riding. Climbing. Hiking. Mountain biking.
Accommodation
Nearby towns and villages
Géménos (10 km), Carnoux en Provence (15 km) and Le Castellet (15 km).
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Main villages in the area:
- Aix en Provence
- Allauch
- Arles
- Aubagne
- Aureille
- Auriol
- Belcodène
- Bouc Bel Air
- Boulbon
- Cabriès
- Carnoux en Provence
- Carry le Rouet
- Cassis
- Ceyreste
- Châteaurenard
- Cornillon-Confoux
- Eygalières
- Eyguières
- Eyragues
- Fontvieille
- Fos sur Mer
- Gardanne
- Gémenos
- Grans
- Graveson
- Istres
- Jouques
- La Barben
- La Ciotat
- La Roque d'Anthéron
- Lambesc
- Le Paradou
- Le Tholonet
- Les Baux de Provence
- Les Saintes Maries de la Mer
- Marignane
- Marseille
- Martigues
- Maussane les Alpilles
- Meyreuil
- Mimet
- Miramas
- Mollégès
- Mouriès
- Noves
- Orgon
- Port Saint Louis du Rhône
- Puyloubier
- Rognes
- Rognonas
- Saint Andiol
- Saint Chamas
- Saint Marc Jaumegarde
- Saint Martin de Crau
- Saint Mitre les Remparts
- Saint Rémy de Provence
- Salon de Provence
- Sausset les Pins
- Tarascon
- Velaux
- Ventabren
