Viewpoint – Mas des Crottes Saltworks loop from Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

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Viewpoint – Mas des Crottes Saltworks loop from Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

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Viewpoint – Mas des Crottes Saltworks loop from Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

02:04

34.1km

30m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 4.78 km for 378 m

Open: • 4:20 AM-2:00 AM (otherwise closed)

After 29.0 km for 378 m

Open: • 4:20 AM-2:00 AM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.05 km

Workers' Housing Estate

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It looks a bit gray, but it was an achievement in social housing at the end of the 19th century. Built for the many foreign workers, especially from Greece

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8.15 km

Viewpoint overlooking the Salin de Giraud

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A detour to the viewing point is worthwhile! From the slightly higher vantage point, you have a better view of the scale of the saltworks. In the sunlight, you can see the pools shimmering in various shades of pink.

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8.17 km

Viewpoint

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Hill you have a beautiful view over the salt flats.

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8.99 km

Salt mountain in the Salin de Giraud - the result of the work

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A place worth seeing, the sheer size of the salt mountain and the evaporation ponds of the Salin de Giraud are impressive.

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11.1 km

Salt Mountains of the Camargue

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you can visit on foot or by bike

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16.4 km

Grau de Piémanson

Lake

17.4 km

Gravel path to the Faraman lighthouse

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You will have to pass the bike over a barrier to access the path. A few kilometers further, it is the only two remaining planks of a dilapidated bridge that …

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26.3 km

Mas des Crottes Saltworks

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Magnificent road along the salt marshes and their salt mountains

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28.9 km

Le bac-transport pour aller vers Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

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Elke 15 min. Tout les 15 min.

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34.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.0 km

8.78 km

6.66 km

2.42 km

756 m

453 m

Surfaces

22.1 km

8.28 km

2.76 km

1.00 km

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 12 November

15°C

7°C

22 %

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Comments

April 29, 2025,Vom Ländle nach Mallorca: Salin de Giraud an den Flamingos vorbei ans Meer – ViaRhôna

From the campsite, I walk past the salt pans to the sea, and I also see the flamingos. How beautiful these animals are!
In the evening, I go into town to buy milk and cereal.

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