Walking Through Grimaud
Grimaud brings together a medieval hill village, vineyards, plain sectors and a direct opening towards the shoreline as far as Port Grimaud.
Grimaud is more than a hill village. The commune runs from the edge of the Maures hills down to the gulf and changes scale as soon as you leave the old lanes for the plain, the beaches and the canals.
The old village and the castle
The walk naturally begins in the historic core. Narrow streets, tall houses, religious buildings and the climb to the castle all recall the medieval role of the site. From the ruins, the view over the gulf immediately explains the strategic value of the village.
A commune reaching the sea
Around the old village, the landscape opens out. Hamlets, woods and vineyards accompany the descent towards the plain, then come the beaches and Port Grimaud, a recent urban form organised around canals. This sequence explains the real variety of the commune.
How to organise the visit
The clearest route is to start early in the old village, climb to the castle and then widen the walk towards the vineyards, Beauvallon or Port Grimaud depending on the time available. This prevents Grimaud from being reduced to one postcard image.
After Grimaud, you can head towards Sainte-Maxime to read the opposite bank of the gulf, or return to our page on the villages of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
