Le Faron

One of the most beautiful hikes in the Var.
This hike climbs Mont Faron via wide tracks and offers breathtaking views of the most beautiful harbour in Europe.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 12.86 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 486 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 478 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 580 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 157 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Toulon (83200|83100|83000)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.144606° / E 5.917447°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3346OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Parking at Fort Saint-Antoine on the road up to Mont Faron on the west side of Toulon.
Please note: park carefully at Fort Saint-Antoine as the road becomes one-way after this point.

(S/E) Take the paved road for 500 metres until you reach the first red and white barrier on the right.

(1) Take the track that descends towards the quarry (yellow signposts) and join the first trail on the left.

(2) Join the quarry terrace and walk almost to the end of it.

(3) Take the barely visible path that climbs up to the left. This climbs steeply to a low wall.

(4) Climb over the wall and take the middle track that climbs steadily up the valley.
Leave the path on your left and continue to the paved road.

(5) Take the ascending track on the left, then the track on the right, and follow it to the Cabane Saint-Vincent.

(6) Continue for about 100 metres after the hut and take the uphill track on the left. You will arrive at the fountain.

(7) Continue left, cross the road and climb the track towards the central barracks and the cistern.

(8) Turn right onto the track and go back and forth to the top of Faron.

(9) Go up the track, still heading towards the barracks.

(10) Go back and forth at the barracks and enjoy the beautiful view of northern Toulon, then take the track towards the zoo. Pass in front of the zoo and take the track towards the Memorial for about 100 metres.

(11) Turn right onto the ridge trail and follow it. Enjoy the view of western Toulon.

(12) Arrive at the Memorial car park.
Take the paved road on the right and pass the cable car station. Just after the station, take the path downhill to the left and continue along it, which runs alongside the road. Cross the road and descend the switchbacks.

(13) Walk to the antenna and back to enjoy the view.
Cross the road twice and arrive at a forest firebreak track.

(14) Turn right onto this track and walk back to the Ubac tower. Continue downhill and turn left onto the road to return to your vehicle after the reservoirs (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 157 m - Car park at Fort Saint-Antoine
  2. 1 : km 0.46 - alt. 200 m - Track marked in yellow
  3. 2 : km 0.69 - alt. 184 m - Quarry trail
  4. 3 : km 1.07 - alt. 191 m - On the left, a poorly marked path
  5. 4 : km 1.27 - alt. 245 m - Muret
  6. 5 : km 2.4 - alt. 328 m - Cable car
  7. 6 : km 4.07 - alt. 422 m - Saint-Vincent Cabin
  8. 7 : km 5.09 - alt. 514 m - Fountain
  9. 8 : km 5.32 - alt. 528 m - Faron summit junction
  10. 9 : km 6.76 - alt. 508 m - Cistern
  11. 10 : km 7.1 - alt. 542 m - Barracks crossroads
  12. 11 : km 7.81 - alt. 500 m - Ridge trail. Towards - Zoo du Mont Faron
  13. 12 : km 8.87 - alt. 497 m - Car park - Mémorial du Débarquement (Toulon)
  14. 13 : km 9.54 - alt. 443 m - Antenna junction
  15. 14 : km 11.19 - alt. 247 m - Firebreak track. Return to the - Tour de l'Ubac (Toulon)
  16. S/E : km 12.86 - alt. 157 m - Parking at Fort Saint-Antoine

Worth a visit

Extraordinary panorama of the most beautiful harbour in Europe.
Provence Landing Memorial.
Mont Faron Zoo and Wild Animal Park.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 74 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
Capucines26
Capucines26

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 13, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, easy walk with magnificent views over the harbour and the other side of Mont Faron. There are a few scree sections along the route, so make sure you wear sturdy shoes; you can also extend the walk to the Mont Faron fort by extending the circular route eastwards.

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bernard coulomb
bernard coulomb
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Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 03, 2026
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views of the region throughout the route. And for a little extra fun, descend directly from point 13 to the Hubac tower via a path, amid scree, well marked with blue markings. A nice end to a lovely walk.
No problems following the route or choosing a slight variation when you integrate the GPX track with MAPS.ME maps.

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antoine.reig
antoine.reig

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 19, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike with stunning views of Toulon harbour
Slight difficulty finding the right path between points 3 and 4
but it is well signposted.
Hike completed on 2 January 2026 in good weather
Thank you
Antoine

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pascalefaure
pascalefaure

25 August: closed due to fire risk

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Bouchet Charles
Bouchet Charles

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant route.
Precise directions and if we made a mistake, it was because we weren't looking at the GPS at the time.

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Gépa
Gépa

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 04, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant walk in the autumn sunshine, with lovely light in the undergrowth and a superb, almost permanent view of Toulon.

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Gilles Vernier
Gilles Vernier

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Nice hike with good weather, good temperature, beautiful viewpoints, diverse environments, with active hikers.
Compared with the Faron hike, I extended it to the East Viewpoint near the Croix Faron fort.

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ametyslais
ametyslais

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Superb hike in glorious weather, neither too hot nor too cold, very few people but a great meeting with an experienced hiker who pointed us in the direction of other hikes... The view is magnificent, and makes for great photos. A short stop at the refreshment bar for a well-deserved refreshment. We'll be doing this walk again in autumn...

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Chipie21
Chipie21

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice tour with superb panoramas of the Toulon region. We did it in early October under sunny skies and hardly met anyone. Thank you for this wonderful discovery.

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Perez Jacques
Perez Jacques

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 02, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

beautiful circuit

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Mitchou8321
Mitchou8321

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

nice route especially with the beautiful sunny day and within everyone's reach, little mix-up on the route after the low wall on the right path to take, After stepping over the low wall we found ourselves on the road in front of a barrier, we had to take the path on the left after this barrier, then take the path on the right after the hut, but the GPS track was good, in fact we "navigated" with the GPS in the uncertainty of the above-mentioned points, we made a small diversions via the path below the zoo to picnic on the tables provided for this purpose.

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Yannik5
Yannik5

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very easy to follow with the description (and the GPX track when in doubt) and a very nice route! done at the beginning of February.

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Carotline
Carotline

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 31, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We didn't take the right route at first... but the walk is well worth the diversions.

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Sssarah
Sssarah

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 15, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It was a superb walk, with beautiful scenery of both the Toulon harbour and the hinterland. But the route wasn't very well signposted, so we had to follow our route in real time on the app to be sure. At one point, we had to climb some rocks, which was the worst part. The rest is quite doable. So we did it in August, and we didn't come across anyone.

Be careful to park before the road becomes a one-way street, as the turn back down is long and spoils the view.

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Fanny38
Fanny38

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Great hike, thank you very much for this suggestion. We were lucky enough to do it in May, so we hardly met anyone! The route is splendid and the views extraordinary.
We looked for our way around a bit after the zoo, but we ended up finding the right route.

The only thing you need to remember is to park lower down than indicated in the description, otherwise you'll be obliged (like us, unfortunately) to drive all the way round Mont Faron, which takes an enormous amount of time (and you'll end up going back to places you've already visited on foot, which is frustrating!) The road is a one-way street, so it's impossible to go back down the same way we came.

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