In 1963 the future Port Camargue was nothing more than barren land. This landscape of dunes and marshes would become the heart of an enormous project led by Jean Balladur, the urban architect behind La Grande Motte. It was an ambitious construction project which turned almost 240 hectares of marshland into a town built around marinas, where people were circulated as much by water as by land.
A future aquatic town
In 1967, the mousquito control programme began and one year later the sea wall was built. From 1969 the water basins were dug, the quays and bridges built and construction work began on the marinas. It took ten years to build the port which, today, is the largest leisure port in Europe and an aquatic town which is perfectly placed between the protected site of the Espiguette and the Grau du Roi fishing port.
A fishing port with traditional charm, marinas…
Stroll along the fishing port’s lively quays, the streets in the town’s historic heart and the marinas of Port Camargue. Follow this by heading in the direction of Espiguette natural site where kilometres of dunes await you.
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