Plage de la Pointé Rouge

This guide to Plage de la Pointé Rouge traces how Marseille's biggest sandy beach began as a working shoreline, where fishing families built simple cabanons in the seventeen hundreds and the rust-colored cliffs gave the point its name. You'll hear how a careening ground here let boats be dragged ashore, scraped clean, and sealed with hot tar, and how a modest shelter jetty went up between nineteen oh five and nineteen thirty. Look for the old careening patch still tucked beside today's marina, a working corner surrounded by leisure boats.