A go-sea bathing style

Palavas is well worth a nice wander to stretch your legs on dry land after a long session at sea. If you like, have a look, as you leave the harbour master’s office, at the old ships that are given pride of place in the harbour. There are often nice ones there.

In the morning, the canal is lively with fishmongers and it’s very pleasant to stroll along the quayside taking in the sea air. On the left bank, the old part of Palavas is well worth a wander in the small streets where petit bourgeois “go-sea-bathing” style houses, known as chalets, have earned an old-fashioned charm, over time.

Above these dreams of pre-war paid holidays, stands the old water tower, very cleverly transformed into a panoramic, rotating restaurant, as a kind of incongruous work of modern art.Palavas of the sixties is set out in a medieval tower on the outskirts of the town, in the Albert Dubout museum. A water shuttle service leaves from the canal.

Don’t miss it!

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