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Les Embiez

Embiez: Nature island by excellence

Les Embiez kayak - Laetitia Scuiller EnezGreen
Les Embiez kayak – Laetitia Scuiller EnezGreen

With its untamed coastline dotted with small beaches and inlets, its salt marshes, vineyard and pine forests, Embiez Island is a true “natural museum” of biodiversity in the Mediterranean. This small 280-acre island is very popular among tourists. Despite its proximity to the Var coastline, it has managed to preserve the wealth of its ecosystems. This miracle bears the mark of Paul Ricard, who created the famous pastis and was a generous lover of the sea, and who became the owner of the island in 1958.

Embiez Island has been developed “in harmony with nature” in order to transform it into an “ideal place to relax and enjoy a holiday”

Thanks to his intuitive vision of responsible tourism, Paul Ricard has developed Embiez Island“in agreement with nature” in order to transform it into an “ideal place to relax and enjoy a holiday, with all it takes to be happy.”

His wish is still respected nowadays by his successors, who want to make Embiez a model of sustainable island living. The island is now classified as a bird refuge by the French Bird Protection Society and its entire periphery forms part of the Natura 2000 network. Cars are banned on the island and the port of St-Pierre, which has been awarded certification as a clean harbour, was built at the location of former salt works, thus limiting its impact on the Mediterranean Sea.

The Paul Ricard Institute of Oceanography was created to fight sea pollution and has been focusing over the last 50 years on improving the quality of coastal waters and preserving emblematic Mediterranean species while sensitising more than 50,000 visitors every year.