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| Fishing boats at the harbor. |
This is an absolutely charming village on the Mediterranean coast, near Toulon in the Var department. Unlike other places on the French Riviera, it is inhabited all year round. The community is made of
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| A street in the old village |
about 16,000 people. It is a fishing harbor to which a marina has been added. The old village, with its winding narrow streets and its colorful houses, is quite picturesque and extremely well-kept. Sanary-sur-Mer is one of the sunniest places in southern France.
This is where Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) used to live. But it also became the refuge of many writers in the first half of the 20thcentury. This is where Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) wrote Brave New World in 1932. But with the rise of Nazism in the 1930s, many German writers lived here: Bertold Brecht, Thomas Mann, Ludwig Marcuse, Joseph Roth, Stefan Zweig.
The City Hall facing the harbor is worth noticing, while the interior of the old church is surprisingly stunning. There are many cafés and restaurants in town and the promenade that separates the large parking-lot from town makes a pleasant walk.
Christian Sorand
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| The church steeple |
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| Church interior |
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| Sanary-sur-Mer City Hall |
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| Street leading to a square |
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| A lovely small town square |
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| Old fountain on square |
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| Downtown typical street |
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| The Theater |
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| Another town street |
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| The City Hall Clock |
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| Sanary-sur-Mer harbor view |
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