PRESENTATION

Dear travelers,

Calanques cruises, from authentic small port of Cassis, situated in the geographical heart of the National Park of Calanques, give you the best departure to discover famous Calanques from Cassis to Marseille.

Boarding in our ships, each carrying no more than 75 passengers, are the best waterways to navigate in the heart of each Calanques. We can admire the transparency of its turquoise blue waters and the whiteness of its ripped cliffs.

The nearness of Calanques'massif allows to our travelers, exceptions cruises all the year.

Welcome on board!

A glimpse of geology!

Calanque is an old glaciated valley immersed by the sea.

140 million years ago, all the region of Cassis, Provence and even Alps place, were under the sea level. Calcareous sediments constituted essentially by fossilized marine bodies contributed to the formation of the calcareous rocks of our Calanques.

The completion of Provence and rise of the Alps took place approximately 30 million years ago in the same time as the digging of Mediterranean sea.

Massif of Calanques really established such as we know it today 3 milllion years ago.

After the Quaternary era, following reheating, the melting sea ices causes an increase of the sea level and provokes torrents, cold, corrosive and acid rains for calcareous rocks, the flow if which is going to stress the digging of Calanques.

It explains the formation in our Calanques, lots of caves and subterranean rivers but also of arcs, candles and needles which make all the originality and the beauty of our site.

The Mysterious River (Port-Miou)


Near the Calanque of Port-Miou, circulate a river in a cave.
The tunnel is long of more than 2200 meters, the diameter is about 20 meters, and falls until 178 meters deep under the sea level.
The water flow is about 7m³.
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The Cave of Cosquer

This submarine prehistoric cave situated in the Calanque of "Cap Morgiou", there are numerous paintings and engravings dated between 27000 to 19000 years.

The main entrance is situated in 37meters of depth with a long tunnel of 175 meters.
The access is closed to the public.
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