Another epic hike. In this part of France there seems to be mountains everywhere, so a simple hike turns into an epic hike. The hikes we have been on have had the most amazing views, and when you are done there is a real sense of accomplishment. In a posting from last week we showed a few pictures of the calanques from a boat tour out of Cassis. Well this hike took us into visit one of those calanques, Sugiton. A calanque is just an inlet and there are many along the shore from Marseille to Cassis. Sugiton is one of the most popular, because it is easy to hike to and the swimming is fine. It is also in the backyard of the Luminy Campus of the Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Sciences bringing many young hking and sunbathing by the calanque shore. Along the hike in, there is an a awesome panoramic lookout (belvedere) which allows you to take in the incredible beauty of the coast line. We did go for a swim once we made it down to the shoreline (the last several hundred metres of the hike are a bit precipitous) but the water was freezing (bone numbingly) cold, yet oddly refreshing. When Cindy dove in the water for the second time a young man said "Madame, vous avez une bonne attitude".
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| Going out to the belvedere (43°12'59.9"N, 5°26'43.0"E) |
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| At the belvedere (43°12'50.4"N, 5°26'52.6"E) |
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| Calanque Morgiou from the belvedere, west of Sugiton (43°12'50.4"N, 5°26'52.6"E) |
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| Kayakers at Calanque Pierre Tombé, east of Sugiton (43°12'31.0"N, 5°27'23.4"E) |
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| MerCindy at Sugiton (43°12'43.2"N, 5°27'14.7"E) |
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