Pointe des Guettes

An exceptional view of the Bay and an orientation table to help you read the panorama.

At low tide, the mussel beds can be discovered on the eastern side of the peninsula. Since the 1960s, Hillion has been home to several mussel breeding concessions on bouchots. The Bay, with its powerful tidal amplitudes and high tidal range (up to 13 m between low and high tide!), is ideal for growing mussels, ready to be eaten from June to October.

Beyond the parks, the Tra Hillion turret is an offshore beacon located at the limit of the highest tides. It was built in 1874 by the Phares et Balises (lighthouses and beacons) on the rock of the same name, to signal the danger of this rock and the surrounding reefs.