Entering the old town
This is the Côte d’Azur’s first resort town. The old town sits atop a hillside, about four km from the sea.
Place Massillon
Eye-catching shop
The town is very compact with lots of narrow streets and old houses painted in typical Provençal pastels with contrasting doors and shutters.
12th-century Tower of Saint-Blaise
Hill flanked by pastel houses
A shop-lined street
Famous residents included Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived at the Grand Hotel in 1883-4, and Edith Wharton, who wintered here from 1919–37.
A popular local product
Narrow main street
2 Responses to Hyères, France