Le Mugel

Tiny with its three hectares, but vertiginous, proud above the Mediterranean, the Mugel is part of the classified site of Cape Canaille. Not far from the heart of La Ciotat, it harbors botanical rarities, due to the very special composition of its soil and its cliff. It is indeed a "poundingue": a curious natural assemblage of earth and pebbles.

It was in 1982 that the General Council became the owner of this enclave. It was necessary at all costs to protect this Edenic landscape. Wise...