Kayak along the Côte Vermeille and discover the beaches where smugglers transshipped their goods between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Start from Elmes beach and go up to the left along the coast.
Pass in front of Sana beach.
Note this proud and haughty rock tower called “Le Castell de Vellut” (velvet castle) which owes its name to the discovery by customs officers of a piece of Genoa velvet hidden by smugglers in an excavation in the rock.
Pass Tamarius Cove then Pistolines Cove and its whirlpools. Further on, just before Cape Ullastrell, Feluga Cove where the customs felucca “Le Linx” was set on fire with thorns in 1833.
Then Fourat Beach where fishermen's houses were built.
Next, arrive at the cove of Paulilles where the Nobel dynamite factory and the workers' village were located (on site). Currently, you can visit a museum, the Catalan boat workshop, an exhibition room and the "director's garden" with its exotic trees and flowers.
Arrival is on Bernardi beach.
Good to know: In case of headwind, leave from Paulilles.