Port-Saint-Louis on bike, the city surrounded by water

7 points of interest

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  Patrimony and history

  The Bonnardel company and warehouses

  Built by the General Navigation Company in the 1880s, the warehouses contain a dwelling, ship repair workshops, ironwork workshops, offices for the shipping companies and shops. Today of private access, the buildings are listed as historical monuments and are tangible proof of the city's boom with the construction of the Canal Saint-Louis.
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  Water and rivers

  The St. Louis canal

  The St. Louis canal is part of the complex network of canals from Marseille to the Rhone. It provides access to the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, from the Rhône, avoiding the open sea. It is 5km long. The crossing of sea and river vessels, from the Rhone to the sea is through this canal through a lock.
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  Water and rivers

  The dry ports of Navy Services and Port Napoléon

  Located between Corsica and the Balearic Islands, the mouth of the Rhone is an ideal point of embarkation.  The marina of Port-Saint-Louis is one of the six marinas of the city. It offers 340 places afloat including twenty for the crossing. Labelled "Port Propre" since May 2014 and holder of the Pavillon Bleu for the 10th consecutive year, the marina is part of an environmental approach, offering many services to users and promoting exchanges with yatchsmen specially around pleasant moments. The two dry ports offer a total of 3200 spaces available and over 200 anchorage rings for visitors.

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  Produits du terroir

  The Carteau mussel

  The Carteau mussel is produced in the cove of the same name. It is renowned on the European market for its quality and freshness. The Carteau mussel is bigger than its Breton kindred because it gets more sun and is not subject to tides. If you take the lift bridge to the beach of Carteau, you will be at the heart of the cove of Carteau: Mediterranean Mecca of shellfish production. You will see far away, the mussel beds, commonly called tables.
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  Water and rivers

  The beach and the cove of Carteau

  The cove of Carteau is the result of the many meanderings of the Rhone River. As a proof, you will find to the north, a sandbank called They de la Gracieuse. This sandbank was formed and then stretched in the early 20th century, constituting the bay called Anse de Carteau. Once on the beach, you can locate the mussel tables, enjoy the prowess of sportsmen practising water sports and angling on the edge of the sea wall that leads to the lighthouse. Please avoid trampling the dunes and the sea grass beds.
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  Produits du terroir

  The Ferrigno fish canning factory

  This family business of fishing in the Mediterranean for three generations is the only French fish cannery of the Mediterranean coast. A specialist in high-end sardines, Ferrigno offers to its French and foreign clientele fond of quality, authenticity and also originality, a wide range of seafood products, marketed under the brand "Lou Ferrignade". Guided tours are organized every year in July and August by the Tourist Office of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône.
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  Patrimony and history

  Mollusc farmhouses

  Mollusc farmhouses stand on either side of the inner harbour (basin located within a port) and goes onto the channel which connects the cove of Carteau to the land. This is where the fishermen unload the mussels. They place their harvest on the mat of the stripping machine that calibrates, cleans and separates molluscs.