Cavalaire-sur-Mer Voyage Tips and guide

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Cavalaire-sur-Mer is a seaside town in Var on the Mediterranean coast of France. In addition to its 4 km of fine sandy beaches, the town has a nautical resort offering diving, sailing, jet skiing, maritime excursions.

• 43.1730426.5332821 Tourist Office, ☏ +33 4 94 01 92 10, [email protected]. mid June — mid September: 09:00–19:00; off season: Monday – Saturday 09:00–12:30, 09:00–12:30. (updated Mar 2025)

Map of Cavalaire-sur-Mer

• Saint-Laurent Church and its contemporary stained glass windows by JA Ducatez, visual artist, master glassmaker
• 43.17196.529721 Pardigon Roman Villa. Roman site. The villa was a huge wine-growing estate that traded from Italy to Spain; about 50 people lived there; the following were found there: a private port, a craft area, a pottery, a tile maker; and also: vases, pitchers, bowls, lamps, dishes of all kinds, perfume bottles, mosaic tiles in 2 colours, glassware, lead and ceramic pipes, about sixty Roman coins , and above all a magnificent woman's head in Carrara marble which must have served as a mascaron which is now in the office of the mayor of La Croix Valmer.  
• Pardigon Chapel. Formerly private funeral chapel, built in 1882 for Aimable Pardigon, former mayor of Gassin, by his widow. The chapel, which once adjoined the vast Pardigon family home, is now owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral. It is being restored with the support of the Fondation du patrimoine. The walls of the building are made of serpentinite, the roof of slate. The walls are decorated with murals (very damaged) simulating stonework and draperies.
• The Pointu boats in the port, still in operation, are typical Provençal fishing boats.
• The fountain on Rue du Port.
• The Foncin House and its Mediterranean garden
• House called Villa My plai
• Underwater heritage: there are a dozen wrecks in the bay of Cavalaire
• 43.2002026.5133912 Oppidum of Montjean. An archaeological site from the Ligurian period established between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. It seems that the site was abandoned in the 4th century CE.  
• Intercommunal cemetery of Cavalaire-sur-Mer and La Croix-Valmer
• Memorials:Monument commemorating the landing and liberation of Cavalaire
• Monument to the dead of the war of 1914-1918

The former “Train des Pignes” station, has beenconverted into a space for exhibitions and artistic expression.

Tourist accommodation is varied: hotels, camping, and holiday residences.

• Le Lavandou
• Saint-Tropez