Phare de la Gacholle

A marvellous lanscape

28 km round trip in the middle of the wild nature and along the sea. You can hire bikes in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. 2 renting shops . A bicycle ride easy as always flat.

Wildlife, wide skies and water

We were staying in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer at the campsite. We had our bikes and dog with us so we decided to go for a ride along the coast trail to the lighthouse. It was a sunny but windy day in la...

Quite a hike.

Fairly flat but little shade. 26km round trip from Saintes-Maries de la Mer. Great sampling of the Carmargue but take plenty of water and be careful on hot sunny days. We walked but there were plenty ...

Take a ride there

From Saintes Marie de la Mere you can have a great bike tour here. It is about 10 km and you'll be astonished by the view on the seaside on the sea and on the flamingos. We did not visit the phare.

An hour round trip from the weir - bring binocs!.

There is only so much to do at the lighthouse, and it isn't much. It was October, cold, raw, windy and essentially empty. I parked at the small lot by the weir then spent a few minutes searching for ...