Baie de Briande

Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.

History

The is a prehistoric dolmen located 300m inland.
Allies of [World War II|Allied forces] landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.
Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty [Chitty Bang Bang].