Seven km long, 2.5km wide and covering 1 254ha, the largest and most most eastern of the Hyères Islands was named after this village. The northern coastline boasts numerous sandy beaches bordered by pines, heather and sweet myrtle. The southern coast..

The Jardins Olbius Riquier 6.5ha gardens show the exuberance of Mediterranean plantlife, both outdoors and in greenhouses: palm trees, cacti, banana trees, fig trees… a veritable tropical forest that is home to deer and monkeys. Waterbirds, meanwhile..

The former Quartier d’Orient was built as of 1850 for the "winter visitors", who inhabited handsome villas – less fantastical than those in the Quartier Godillot – such as Léon-Antoinette, Tholozan , La Favorite and Ker-André, dotted aroun..

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The old church of the Cordeliers convent, with a three-door façade surmounted by a rose window and cornice, illustrates the transition from Romanesque to Gothic style.

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The museum presents archaeological remains from prehistoric, Greek and Roman times, excavated at the Olbia site. Collections of Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture, natural history (minerals and fossils) and works by regional painters.

Once you have gone through the Porte Massillon , recognisable by its clock, you come across a street teeming with stalls, which leads to this square (where the market is held). Here stands the 12C St Blaise Tower , where temporary exhibitions are o..

A pretty terrace square from where you can admire the view over the town and peninsula. Porte St Paul opens onto a maze of steep little streets, ideal for wandering around. You will come across lovely houses with details such as the diagonal rib of t..

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The staircase and a Renaissance door lead into the narthex (nave and its ceiling from the Romanesque edifice). On the left is the Gothic nave with its Flamboyant chapels. Don’t miss the naïve plaques or, in December, the nativity scene.

Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles commissioned this decidedly modern winter villa from the Belgian architect, Mallet-Stevens . Finished ten years later, the villa became a meeting place for avant-garde artists: Giacometti, Cocteau, Picasso, Dali,..

This windswept castle perched high up in the town affords a vast panorama of the coast through the remaining wall sections and vestiges of crenellated turrets.

The park next to the Villa de Noailles, at the foot of the ruins, boasts a wealth of Mediterranean plantlife as well as a view of the Maures, the old town, Giens Peninsula and the Hyères Islands through openings in the wall.

A leafy maze, dotted with steps, terraces and benches, laid out in the estate of an old Clares convent. At the top is the tomb of Colonel Voutier, the former owner of the villa, who discovered the Venus di Milo . The villa houses the offices of the ..

Having made his fortune by equipping the Second Empire army with godillots (shoes), Alexis Godillot went on to remodel this quarter, designing villas for the "rich winter visitors" (many of them British): Maison St Hubert (70 ave des Îles..

This chapel dating from 1955 and decorated with sculptures by Lambert-Rucki is mainly worth visiting for its huge stained-glass windows of blue and green glass by Gabriel Loire . Lovely views from the coast (viewpoint indicator).

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A path leads away from a neo-Gothic chapel to the summit of the Maurettes Massif, known as the Fenouillet (291m). From here, there is a magnificent panorama of the Maures and the ports of Hyères and Toulon.

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