Calanque de Port-Pin
Port-Pin is a deep cove in the Cassis calanques, between Port-Miou and En-Vau, with a small sand beach and Aleppo pines leaning over it. The national park calls it the easternmost calanque of the Marseille massif; it is reached on foot from Port-Miou.
- 14°J
- 13°F
- 13°M
- 14°A
- 17°M
- 20°J
- 22°J
- 23°A
- 21°S
- 19°O
- 17°N
- 15°D
Expect the sea at about 23 °C in August and 13 °C in February, going by the 1991 to 2020 averages. The swimming season runs from June to October.
Getting in
- Access
- The Cassis tourist office gives 30 to 40 minutes on foot from Port-Miou on an easy, stony path. There are no toilets or drinking water on site and no lifeguard; Marseille lists Port-Pin as a bathing zone without lifeguards. From 1 June to 30 September the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture sets access to the Calanques massif day by day (order of 22 April 2025): green allows access, red bans it, and the map for the next day is published around 18:00.
- Parking
- The park says car parks are often full and recommends public transport. From Cassis, Les Gorguettes park-and-ride has a shuttle to Port-Miou.
- Public transport
- Free shuttle bus from Les Gorguettes park-and-ride to the Le Bestouan stop for the Calanques (Cassis tourist office), then Port-Miou and 30 to 40 minutes on foot. The park gives about 45 minutes on foot from Cassis town centre.
- Also here
- Coastal walk
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Free, public shore
- Official site
- calanques-parcnational.fr
About Calanque de Port-Pin
Port-Pin lies between En-Vau to the west and Port-Miou to the east, and the national park calls it the easternmost calanque of the Marseille massif. The Cassis tourist office says the name comes from the Aleppo pines on its heights, trees that survive in very dry soil even at the cliff edge. Raphaël Ponson, called the painter of the Calanques, painted it in the 19th century, and in the 1950s it had a guinguette that cars drove to, as the park's archive pictures show.