Mont Faron, Limestone mountain summit in Toulon, France.

Mont Faron is a limestone summit of the Toulon mountains reaching 584 metres, with a bare grey rock crest and a slender antenna on its highest point. Dense green vegetation covers the slopes below the crags. A narrow paved road curves across the mountain's flank between rocky outcrops, climbing from the west and descending to the east.

The summit's Tour Beaumont, built in 1845 to watch the northern gorges, now houses the Memorial to the Allied Landings of 15 August 1944 (Operation Dragoon). The flat top also holds the Provence landing memorial and the Mont Faron zoo, founded for breeding felines.

The name Faron derives from the Provençal Faro, linked to the medieval farot, a watchtower where villagers kept permanent watch over the coast and signalled with fires of wet straw. The summit road is a climb in the Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen races, and from 1952 to 1970 a hill climb time trial was held here.

You can reach the peak by cable car from Toulon or drive a one-way road that climbs from the west and descends from the east. Wear sturdy shoes if you plan to walk sections of the winding route, and watch for vehicles on the narrow road.

The zoo near the summit covers 1.5 hectares and specialises in breeding felines. It shares the flattened top with the Mémorial du débarquement en Provence, opened for Operation Dragoon of 15 August 1944. Visitors reach both by cable car from Toulon or by the one-way road, climbing from the west and descending east.