Cap Taillat
Cap Taillat is a wooded rocky headland tied to the shore by a narrow sand tombolo, with the Baie de Briande on one side and the Baie de Bonporteau on the other. The Conservatoire du littoral bought it in 1987, when Club Med planned a port and 400 bungalows there, and it is reached only by the coastal path.
WhatBeach, RamatuelleFrench Riviera
WhenJune to October17° in Nov
Getting there On foot Car
CostPublic shoreFree
AccessProtected site; the massif closes on top fire-risk days, June to September
- 14°J
- 13°F
- 13°M
- 15°A
- 17°M
- 21°J
- 23°J
- 24°A
- 22°S
- 19°O
- 17°N
- 15°D
Expect the sea at about 24 °C in August and 13 °C in February, going by the 1991 to 2020 averages. The swimming season runs from June to October.
Getting in
- Access
- Reached only on foot by the yellow-marked coastal path. The park gives 1 h 30 return from avenue Cartaya and 2 h 15 return from L'Escalet, and advises against the rocky, exposed first stretch from L'Escalet with young children. The tourist office lists the L'Escalet route as 5.5 km and 140 minutes with 113 m of climb, sports shoes recommended, and warns the passage at the trailhead can be submerged in heavy seas. Protected site owned by the Conservatoire du littoral. Dogs on a lead (tourist office). From June to September the Var prefecture sets access to the forest massifs day by day (order of 19 June 2018 as amended); on the top levels access is banned.
- Parking
- Pay-and-display car park at Plage de l'Escalet, or the parking spaces at the end of avenue Cartaya near Pointe du Canadel (park).
- Also here
- Coastal walk
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Free, public shore
- Official site
- cotedazurfrance.fr