The Parc du Mugel in La Ciotat

Come to visit the beautiful Parc du Mugel in La Ciotat !

The "Parc du Mugel" is a municipal park and botanical garden in La Ciotat. It is now listed among the Notable Gardens of France.

The park of twelve hectares, is located on the edge of the "Calanque" of La Ciotat, a rocky inlet of the Mediterranean.

It is at the bottom of a massive rock, “The Eagle’s Beak”, 155 meters high, which shelters the site from the wind, while the Mediterranean warms it in the winter, and keeps the temperature down in the summer.

The “Parc du Mugel” contains various kinds of vegetation like the tropical garden which contains thirty different species of palm trees, as well as mimosa, bougainvillea, bamboo, banana and other tropical plants. It also features a garden of aromatic plants. And a garden of lavender is planted just below the main house.