Mont Faron Explained

Mont Faron
Elevation M:584
Location:Var, France
Map:France
Label Position:left
Coordinates:43.1494°N 5.9511°W
Easiest Route:road or cable car

Mont Faron is a mountain overlooking the city and roadstead of Toulon, France. It is 584m high. At its peak is a memorial dedicated to the 1944 Allied landings in Provence (Operation Dragoon), and to the liberation of Toulon.

The top can be reached either by a cable car from Toulon, or by a steep and narrow road which ascends from the west side and descends on the east side. The road is one of the most challenging stages of the annual Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen bicycle races. From 1952 to 1970, there was a Mont Faron hill climb time trial race.[1]

Near the summit there is a zoo which covers an area of 1.5 hectares.

Hill climb

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le Mont-Faron "chrono" (Fra) - Ex.. French. Mémoire du cyclisme. 27 September 2017.