HERITAGE A LIVING REGION A BREATH OF THE BLOGGERS FRESH AIR CHOICE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OUT WITH GETAWAYS NICO & FRED BOUZIGUES • BALARUC-LE-VIEUX • BALARUC-LES-BAINS • FRONTIGNAN GIGEAN • LOUPIAN • MARSEILLAN • MÈZE • MIREVAL • MONTBAZIN POUSSAN • SÈTE • VIC-LA-GARDIOLE • VILLEVEYRAC sete-archipel-de-thau.com cxvbgj cxvbgj H SEA V WIT IEW RS S | TA P.6 S HE T R E D N Contents U T R E C N O C A A region P.6 THE EVENTS YOU CAN’T MISS Let's share some great experiences. P.10 YOU DIDN’T JUST COME HERE BY CHANCE Together, Sète and the Thau Archipelago constitute the dream destination for travellers in search of unspoilt landscapes and a unique heritage. It’s a destination full of character. BONUS: YOUR HOLIDAY MAP P.20 IMPOSSIBLE TO SIT STILL 6 .1 A plate of oysters in Bouzigues, a concert at Valmagne Abbey, P | G hike to Vic-la-Gardiole, trying out water sports in Mèze... RI D The best of the archipelago. TR OL IP O AN UT TO SEA ON 8 | P.1 P.26 AP M AL N IO G HEADS UP E R No need to turn on your TV to admire the most beautiful N IO landscapes in films and series. You’re on the set! Flashback to T A some iconic shoots. M R O F N I I L P.30 A C I T C THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT IT ONLINE A R Bloggers, instagrammers, influencers... They came to P visit us and share their experiences BONUS:THE TOP 10 SPOTS FOR INSTAGRAMMING SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO 3 cxvbgj cxvbgj Enjoy the experience Memories P.44 P.58 P.60 P.62 P.64 TAKE THE TIME NO AGE LIMIT YUMMY! SHOPPING WHEN ARE YOU TO BREATHE Young and old: ideas for having A well kept secret, the tielle In your suitcase, COMING BACK? authentic memories, Everyone has their own idea of happiness : fun together. de Sète is listed in the pantheon Great reasons to come if nothing else! a drink with friends, a bike ride through the of French gastronomy back again countryside, a romantic dinner with views of and inspires a great passion. the lagoon... Just let yourself go. BITE I P.60 STY TH TA AU , A A E R ÈT C S H E IP D E E L L A L G IE O T | E P H . 3 T 0 A Z T H E N E M E X O P S E T R B I E E A N U C T E IF : G UL ET 6 W TI P.5 AL NG S | KS | P.46 BACK TO BASIC 8 YOU ? | P.50 5 P.4 RE P.6 T | H A | E C 20 K EA 0 R B 2 A N M H I A IC U , H O Y Y A W D : E Z E Y I U S R , E Q E V T E È S À E L A C S E H E Y , G E O R G E S , W H E N A RE Y OU CO 4 MING BACK ? P.6 4 SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO 5 cxvbgj cxvbgj cxvbgj cxvbgj Let’s share SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES And make the most of the beautiful weather to enjoy traditional, unmissable heritage events ! JULY AND AUGUST, EVERY 15 - 16 MARS 3 - 9 JUNE 20 - 21 JUNE 28, 29 AND 30 JUNE SUNDAY 30 JUNE 28 JUNE - 6 JULY JULY AND AUGUST THURSDAY EVENING FROM TOWN URBAN DO YOU WANT GOOSEBUMPS FILL YOUR WILD ! HOLY A TOUR OF TO TOWN CULTURE A PHOTO OF NETS ! EMMUSCADES FLAVOURS nd ME ? The 22 International The Worldwide Festival Every year, the Leaving their mark on the Festival of Crime Novels Accompanying the echoes around Sète port, There’s nothing like a Marseillan, Loupian, Oursinade, a large walls of the town, they ImageSingulières is takes place in Frontignan fishermen on this sublime with a crazy, eclectic good film and a glass of Montbazin, Frontignan, openair café, attracts enhance Sète’s Musée the event which has this summer with 40 new torchlight procession, electro programme. wine to unwind! Bouzigues, Mèze, Mireval, visitors who come to taste à Ciel Ouvert, or Open ensured Sète’s position and established authors we feel a sense of The party begins in the The concept, you see, Balaruc-les-Bains, Sète... what the Thau Basin has to Air Museum, (MACO) all in the very select world of the genre, communion which cafés in the morning, is to enjoy an open air One date = one town, to offer : sea urchins, oysters, year round, creating an of photography. Devoted from all over the world, spreads throughout the and continues on one cinema while sipping a taste wines and regional mussels, tielles and artistic and picturesque to a documentary style, who will debate and crowd, around the Vieux of the town’s beaches glass of wine in one of produce! Les Estivales other local food and wine walk scattered with works this festival celebrates discuss this year's theme: Port and the Marine in the afternoon. In the the Frontignan vineyards. de Thau, takes place each specialities. of art. But the highlight the diversity of looks and addictions. district in Sète or in evening, the venue is the But before your even take Thursday, with a warm of the K-Live Festival reveals what words can’t. Mèze and Bouzigues, to Théâtre de la Mer for wild your seat, you can feast atmosphere, perfect for is early June, when Previews, exhibitions, celebrate the feast of nocturnal celebrations. on a dish of mussels. The trying tielles, shellfish, urban art, visual art and concerts, workshops, the Great Pardon of show starts at sunset. cakes, ice-cream... You contemporary music artists in residence... St. Peter. will be spoiled for choice, converge in the streets of so come back next week. the town centre and in the La Fête de l’anguille,or famous Théâtre de la Mer. eel festival, is also worth a visit, in Marseillan, 5 October. 6 SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO 7 cxvbgj cxvbgj cxvbgj ... and lots more besides For the complete calendar of events, exhibitions and cultural outings in Sète and the Thau archipelago, visit sete-archipel-de-thau.com 12 - 20 JULY AND 20 6 - 10 JULY JULY - 6 AUGUST 15 - 23 JULY 19 - 27 JULY 10 - 11 AUGUST 22 - 27 AUGUST SHALL WE GO JAZZ À SÈTE THE REGIONAL A LITTLE BIT BREAK OUT OF THE PATRON’S AND SEE A AND FIEST’A FLAVOUR OF POETRY YOUR SHELL DAY FILM? SÈTE Each summer, we enjoy The Festival de One of the great summer This is the biggest event The Sun’Sète festival The big names in meeting up at the poésie Voix Vives de events in Bouzigues, of the year and it sets worth noting brings together renowned contemporary jazz Festival de Thau, for a Méditerranée poetry Meze and Marseillan, the the rhythm for life in 7 - 13 APRIL 2020 filmmakers and actors, perform fabulous outdoor combination of music and festival is a delightful Fête de l’huître Oyster Sète. Let's face it, there’s as well as providing the concerts, to celebrate local produce in a magical cultural event that brings Festival is a reminder a delirious atmosphere opportunity to watch the diversity of a musical setting, the Etang de Thau together poets from all that these three pearls at the Saint-Louis COLOURFUL SAILS or rewatch magnificent genre that has no lagoon. Mainly in Mèze over the Mediterranean. on the Etang de Thau festivities, that we see works of the 7th art on boundaries. Fans of world and Bouzigues A hymn to tolerance, we lagoon hold an important in the street shows, Escale à Sète and marvel at this one of the several large music should take note of are introduced to poetic position in oyster workshops, cycle race, exceptional event, which, every two screens scattered around the excellent programme art through reading and production in the lagoon, wine bars and the famous the town. Not to be at another festival, Fiest'A listening to texts. Sète’s and even in France. jousting tournaments! years, brings together some of the most missed: a film lounger in Sète, which is held this streets, squares, gardens 20,000 people flock to And it all takes place beautiful boats in the world. the evening, feet in the year from 20 July to and heritage sites are enjoy the celebrations under the benevolent You will even have the opportunity to go sand... 6 August in the villages used by the poets to share (tastings, entertainment, eye of Louis, the patron on board some of them! on the Thau Archipelago their art with the public. shows...) which end with a saint of the town, who is Internationally renowned, and the Théâtre de la mer sublime fireworks display. celebrated this year for the event is also a great excuse to in Sète. the 277th time since the discover more about the creation of the port, on 29 Thau Archipelago’s priceless maritime July 1666... heritage. 8 SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO SÈTE THAU ARCHIPELAGO 9 cxvbgj cxvbgj Sète A POINT A PEAK AN ARCHIPELAGO It's from here that everything leaves or everything starts, depending on whether you choose to take the natural course of the Canal du Midi or wind it up against the current, true to the spirit of the people here, that some say are as individual as their ‘island’.