Route des crêtes, Cassis.

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Route des Crêtes

Cassis


The 'Road of Crests' offers heart-stopping panoramas as it traverses the 13 winding kilometres of stunning coastal and upland scenery between Cassis and La Ciotat. Enter from the D559 near Cassis, or the junction with av Marcel Camusso in La Ciotat.

Entry to the road will be closed in bad weather (it's very exposed, and cars have been blown over the 300m-high cliff).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cassis attractions

1. Cap Canaille

0.89 MILES

Looming, rock-pitted and scrubby Cap Canaille (394m) forms the natural southern border to Cassis' harbour. From the top, captivating views unfold across…

2. En-Vau, Port-Pin & Port-Miou

2.92 MILES

To the east of the Parc National des Calanques, the stone-sculptured coast brings you to three remote calanques: En-Vau, Port-Pin and Port-Miou. A steep…

3. Parc National des Calanques

5.6 MILES

The calanques (coves) of the coast surrounding Marseille became France's 10th national park in 2012, preserving their astonishing beauty and harbouring an…

4. Calanque de Morgiou

6.25 MILES

Rocky, pine-covered Cap Morgiou plunges to meet the Med at the eponymous Calanque de Morgiou – a pretty little port bobbing with fishing boats and sheer…

5. Calanque de Sormiou

7.25 MILES

The largest calanque hit headlines in 1991 when diver Henri Cosquer from Cassis swam through a 150m-long passage 36m underwater and into a cave, only to…

6. Musée d’Art Contemporain

9.74 MILES

Creations of Marseille-born sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–98) jostle for space with works by Christo, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nice New…

7. La Cité Radieuse

9.84 MILES

Visionary modernist architect Le Corbusier redefined urban living in 1952 with the completion of this vertical 337-apartment tower, popularly known as La…

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