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Porquerolles - Plage de Argent
Porquerolles - Plage de Argent

Europe, France, Var, Provence, Cote d'Azur, Méditerranée, Porquerolles, Northern coast, Trees, Plage d'Argent (uncut)

Porquerolles is the largest and most westerly of the three Îles d'Hyères and is is about 7 km (4.3 miles) long by 3 km (1.9 miles) wide, with five small ranges of hills. The south coast is mosty craggy, lined with cliffs. On the north coast are the port and the beaches of Notre Dame, La Courtade and Plage d'Argent.

Shown here is the Plage d'Argent, shot while we were touring the island on our rental VTTs (ATBs) which we were allowed to take with us on the ferry.

In 1912 Porquerolles was purchased in its entirety by Belgian François Fournier. He planted 500 acres of vineyards which produced a wine that was among the first to be classified as vin des Côtes de Provence. In 1971 the French state bought 80 percent of the island to preserve it from further development. Much of the island is part of the Port-Cros Parc National now.

Its specific setting and character has inspired many writers. For instance, it was s the setting for Georges Simenon's novels, Le Cercle des Mahé[ ("The Mahe Circle") (1946) and Mon Ami Maigret (My Friend Maigret) (1949) and for Valparaiso, a 1964 novel by Nicolas Freeling.
And let’s not forget André-Paul Duchâteau & Tibet (Gilbert Gascard) who placed an episode of their Ric Hochet (called Rik Ringers in Holland) bande desinée (comic strip) series in Porquerolles - Mystère à Porquerolles (1964).

More recently the island was featured in the ‘Dwars door de Middellanse Zee’ travel series of the VRT (Belgium) and aired in Holland by the VPRO.
(Main text source; Wiki, apart from the info about the Ric Hochet comic strip)

This is number 46 of the Cote d'Azur album here.


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Taken on: June 10, 2009
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Camera: Panasonic DMC-G1, f/10.0, 1/250 sec, 41mm (=82mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
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