Calanque de Sugiton
Sugiton is two small coves under steep cliffs, each with a tiny beach, reached on foot from the Luminy campus past a lookout at 245 m. Heavy visitor numbers have eroded the site, and in peak summer the park only lets in visitors with a free booking.
WhatCalanque, MarseilleCalanques
WhenJune to October17° in Nov
Getting there Bus On foot45 min walk-in
CostPublic shoreFree
AccessFree booking needed on peak summer dates; massif closed on red fire-risk days, June to September
- 14°J
- 13°F
- 13°M
- 14°A
- 16°M
- 19°J
- 21°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
- From Luminy the park gives about 30 minutes to the lookout and 45 to the calanque, by the steep path cut into the rock or the old fire track. Bookings open at 09:00 three days ahead and close at 18:00 the day before. The park says rockfalls are common and loose stones are cleared regularly above Pierres Tombées. 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.
- Public transport
- RTM bus B1 or 521 to Luminy - PN des Calanques, then about 45 minutes on foot through the Luminy pine forest.
- Also here
- Coastal walk
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Free, public shore
- Official site
- calanques-parcnational.fr