Callelongue Cove
As Massalia would say, "it is so beautiful, it is so blue". In Callelongue, we want to go for a long time. It is one of our most beautiful Calanque! The Callelongue cove is the first in the national park of the Calanques de Marseille.
CALLELONGUE CALANQUE AND ITS SMALL FISHING PORT
This is the first calanque in the Marseilleveyre massif. It is located at the end of the 8th arrondissement of Marseille, after the port of Pointe Rouge and the village of Les Goudes. For the people of Marseille, this is already the "end of the world". Its name comes from the Provençal "Cala lònga," which means "Long Cove." It marks the beginning of the Calanques National Park. This dead end was once the site of a chemical factory, which has now been replaced by a small fishing port. The fishermen's cabins are picturesque and add to the charm of this calanque, which unfortunately does not have a beach.
To swim, you will need to access the sea via the rocks. A restaurant, very popular with the locals, will welcome you to taste dishes made from freshly caught fish. Callelongue is considered the entrance to the "wild" part of the Calanques massif. It is the starting point for paths leading to other calanques that are less easily accessible. Accessing the calanque is quite easy with its nearby parking lot and bus number 20 that serves the village. To prepare for your hike, you will find a drinking water fountain in the village to ensure you have enough water with you for your hikes, especially in the summer when it can be very hot. Here, life and time seem to have stopped to make way for calm and silence between rocks and sea. The perfect place to admire a superb sunset with the Marseille islands in the background. Sublime! It is also a very beautiful place for diving.
Did you know that in the 1960s, a "telecaphe," a kind of hybrid between a cable car and a diving bell, was set up between Les Goudes and the Calanque de Callelongue? It allowed for the discovery of the underwater world via a hermetically sealed cabin that could hold up to 6 people. This device only lasted a year due to the high costs involved. You can still see today the remnants of the mechanical devices that allowed the cabins to move.
