Office de Tourisme de Saint Chamas

This fishing village is divided in two by a hill pierced by caves that were once used for dwellings. There are remains of mediaeval town walls in St-Chamas, including a 15th century gateway. The baroque church (1653) has an unusual front: in its centre is a niche containing a pieta (showing the Virgin and the dead Christ), a rare theme in external decoration. Visitors can get a fine bird’s-eye view by going up the steep path to the Plan de l’Horloge aqueduct that towers 23 metres above the...