We decided to tackle the Calanques again, having only walked the Petit Prince trail, there are two beaches, Port-Pin named because of the Aleppo pines that grow directly out of the rock face, and En-Vau. From Cassis, we walked along by Port Miou with limestone rocks towering above and boats moored below. The track is just visible sloping upwards in the photo below
Here's a view of the peninsular we walked round when we did the Petit Prince walking trail, that was a one booter of difficulty, described as 'peaceful' in the guide.
Today's walk is a two booter, 'athletic'!! The photo below shows the route down to the first beach
It's incredibly steep and very challenging, there were lots of people going up and down who obviously love the thrill of this sort of terrain. When you get down, there's a tiny beach, described as 'intimate', in the guide book.
We decided to walk on, and were surprised by how challenging the walking uphill was, but the views were spectacular, you did need to stick carefully to the path
This is the Calanque d'En-Vau coming into view, you might be able to see a steep drop
this is a clearer view
the sides are very steep, a bit like a fjord
we had to make a decision about whether to make the steep descent to the En-Vau beach, it's a three booter described as 'difficult'. There were people running down the rocky slope that eventually led to the beach, and we decided against making the descent. It was possible from one point on the cliff to see the beach, there were quite a lot of people down there.
Below I managed to capture the turquoise colour of the water
Here's Cap Canaille from the Calanques
and another glorious sunset
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