Plage de la Pointe Rouge
Sandy cove built over a fishermen's careening ground, now Marseille's largest beach and marina.
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This guide to Plage de la Pointe Rouge in Marseille opens with fishermen hauling a hull up the shore to scrape and tar it, long before anyone laid down a towel. It covers how the red point got its name, the fishing families' cabanons of the 1700s, and the first sailing regattas in 1846. Best heard on the sand, looking along the coast toward Montredon.
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