La Ciotat has seven kilometers of the finest sandy beaches. The beaches all have a slightly different character. For example, there is a particularly child-friendly section where you can rent small boats and where there are play areas. The first non-smoking beach in France is also located in La Ciotat; it is the "Plage Lumière". Want more examples? There is the "Plage d'Arène Cros", a dog-free beach, and at the "Plage du Lioquet" visitors enjoy the best view far and wide. A good infrastructure with sanitary facilities, snack bars and small restaurants can be relied on everywhere. La Ciotat is, after all, in France - and there, as is well known, food is very important.

La Ciotat is a lively little town where the inhabitants like to live well. This is also conveyed to visitors and shapes the atmosphere, especially in the old town. There are various places where you can sit down in the morning with a café au lait, at noon with a refreshing orange juice and in the evening with a good glass of wine. There is always something to look at here, it never gets boring. In the surrounding streets there are plenty of small stores where you can buy fashion, art, delicacies and souvenirs. Of course, typical souvenirs from Provence are especially popular. Herbal mixtures, for example, spices, but also fabrics, soaps and oils.

Artists who capture the beauty of nature and the town in decorative paintings also find their willing buyers here. The times when the famous cubist Georges Braque sat here in front of his canvas are, of course, over. And I would also like to mention here the beginnings of cinematography. L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat was shot here in 1895 by the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière and first screened in public in January 1896.