Giens holiday villa: Giens (Hyères)

Sailing and windsurfing: This villa is particularly suitable as a base for sailing, motor boating or windsurfing: a private landing stage is available, a gate allows to haul a boat into the garden, and there is storage room for equipment. The Giens bay is a famous windsurfing spot (European championships etc.). It is safe, as strong winds usually blow towards the beach. The beautiful islands of Porquerolles, Port-Cros (national park) and Le Levant are nearby.

Children: The villa is specially equipped for young children (cot with bed linen, binding cushion, pot, safety gates at indoor and outdoor stairs, small tables and chairs, high chair). The shore in front is safe for young children, who like to play on the small shallow beach. Teenagers will make the best out of the activities offered by the sea (windsurfing, snorkelling, paddling, going to the beaches). In the holiday season, there are many opportunities for going out, either nearby at the small port of La Madrague, on the beach 3km away, or at the yachting port of Hyères (8 km).

Shore: In front of the villa, the sea is shallow for about 50 metres from the shore, forming channels, pools and hills with a depth varying between 0.5 and 3 metres. Except near the landing stage, it is grown with 'posidonies', a locally protected variety of sea grass (snorkelling area). A sandy patch in front of the sea gate forms a small beach, which is fine and safe for young children. Although it is not a conventional beach, grown-ups can swim off from it. The water near the shore remains clean thanks to water level variations caused by the wind, and tends to be warmer than in the open sea. There are small beaches on the South coast of the peninsula (500 metres away by foot, going 30 m uphill and then down), and large beaches 1500 m away both East (the long beach which links the peninsula to the continent) and West (after La Madrague).

Other Activities: motorboating

Learn more about this holiday rental at the owner's website:

• Our homepage of La Clef de Saint Pierre

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