Gigaro Beach, Mediterranean beach in La Croix-Valmer, France

Gigaro Beach is a long strip of light beige and tan sand curving along the Mediterranean in La Croix-Valmer. A dense band of green trees and shrubs runs the full length behind the sand, with small light-walled, reddish-brown-roofed buildings scattered among the vegetation directly behind the beach. The sand is mostly open, with only a few small objects near the tree line.

Gigaro Beach lies at the foot of the Maures massif in La Croix-Valmer, a commune created in 1934 when it was separated from Gassin. The surrounding coast was long marshland and farmland before seaside tourism developed in the 20th century. The beach takes its name from the Gigaro stream that reaches the sea here.

Gigaro Beach lies in La Croix-Valmer, on the stretch of Var coast between Le Lavandou and Saint-Tropez. The beach's name is that of the hamlet behind the sand, where light-walled houses with reddish-brown roofs sit among the trees. Bathers reach the sand from this small resort settlement rather than from the village centre.

Gigaro Beach lies along the coast of La Croix-Valmer, reached by a road that runs behind the sand past the trees and red-roofed buildings. The beach is a long strip of light sand, so walking from one end to the other takes time; the water edge is open and the landward side is shaded by vegetation.

The beach lies at the foot of the Massif des Maures, whose slopes above La Croix-Valmer are covered in cork oak and chestnut trees. The wooded band behind the sand in the photograph belongs to this massif, which runs down to the coast at Gigaro.