Phare du cap Camarat, Maritime beacon in Ramatuelle, France

The Phare du cap Camarat is a square masonry tower rising from the centre of a square base building, built between 1829 and 1832 south of the Saint-Tropez cape in Ramatuelle. The base is painted yellow ochre with white corner quoins and a white stone base course, and a dark shuttered window sits centred on the front wall beneath a low red tile roof edge. The white tower has grey stone quoins along its corners and is topped by a dark circular gallery, a glazed lantern and a black railing carrying a small antenna mast; a thin pole stands to the left of the building.

The lighthouse was built between 1829 and 1832 on the south side of the Saint-Tropez cape, in Ramatuelle. It is a square masonry tower rising from a square building, managed by the Service des phares et balises and remotely controlled from the Porquerolles station. Its light source stands 129.80 metres above sea level, the second highest in France.

The lighthouse is telecontrolled from the Porquerolles station by the Service des phares et balises, so no keeper works on site. Next to it stands the Camarat semaphore of the French Navy, which houses the ASN (Digital Selective Calling) transmitter, part of the global maritime distress and safety system.

The lighthouse is visible from the coastal road and can be viewed from a distance. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes since the paths to the shore are rocky and sometimes slippery.

The lighthouse is telecontrolled from the Porquerolles station, not staffed on site. Its light source stands 129.80 metres above sea level, making it the second-highest in France by that measure. Nearby, the Camarat semaphore of the French Navy houses a Digital Selective Calling (DSC) relay for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.