Baie de Briande

Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Saint-Tropez.

The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.

[1] The Dolmen de la Briande [fr] is a prehistoric dolmen located 300 m inland.

[2] Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.

[3] Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.