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Le Mourillon, Toulon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Le Mourillon is a former fishing village east of Toulon, holding Fort Saint Louis, the Plages du Mourillon and a small port on the Rade.
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Where to stay in Le Mourillon
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Fort Saint Louis and the beaches set the choice. Le Mourillon puts a run of sheltered sandy bays, the port-abri Saint-Louis and the Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon within one quarter, which makes it the seaward alternative to sleeping in the middle of Toulon. Naval families use it.
Stade Mayol and the wider run of city errands pull the other way, so a stay out here trades the centre for the shore.
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Plages du Mourillon
The sheltered sandy bays Toulon laid out front this side of the quarter, and the Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon occupies a waterfront house close to the fort.Find hotels in Plages du Mourillona berth at the port de plaisance Saint-Louis du MourillonPort Saint-Louis
The port-abri Saint-Louis lies just west of Fort Saint Louis, the 16th-century work Vauban rebuilt, and pleasure boats have almost wholly replaced its fishing.Find hotels in Port Saint-Louismatch nights at Stade Mayol rather than mornings on the sandToulon
Toulon itself holds the wider choice of rooms, for a trip built on the city instead of on the Plages du Mourillon.Find hotels in ToulonHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Toulon
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Museums & Galleries
1- Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon
Churches & Religious Sites
3- Église Saint-François-de-Paule de Toulon Heritage
- Église Saint-Jean-Bosco de Toulon
- église Saint-Flavien de Toulon
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Toulon (Samian Ware Discovery Site)
Nature & Outdoors
1- Plages du Mourillon
Stadiums & Sports
3- Stade Mayol
- Mourillon fitness
- aviron Toulonnais
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About Le Mourillon
What are the main landmarks in Le Mourillon?
Fort Saint Louis is the anchor. The 16th-century work, rebuilt by Vauban, stands just east of the port-abri Saint-Louis, and the Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon occupies a house on the waterfront close by. The bays are municipal work.
Toulon laid out the Plages du Mourillon as a line of sheltered sand, and the quarter also carries Stade Mayol, the Église Saint-François-de-Paule de Toulon and the église Saint-Flavien de Toulon.
What is the history of Le Mourillon?
Fishing boats worked here before the navy did. Le Mourillon grew from a village on the water into quarters for officers of the French fleet, and part of the naval dockyard of Toulon was set down on the same ground. Vauban rebuilt the fort.
Fort Saint Louis is a 16th-century fort, and in the 1970s the city added the Plages du Mourillon, a run of sheltered sandy bays laid along the shore. Pleasure boating, which joined the local fishing in the early 20th century, had almost wholly replaced it by the century's end.
Where is Le Mourillon?
East of Toulon, Le Mourillon meets the water near the entrance to the Rade, with the Plages du Mourillon and the port de plaisance Saint-Louis du Mourillon along its shore.
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What is the best area to stay in Le Mourillon?
Plages du Mourillon: beach days a short walk from Fort Saint Louis. Port Saint-Louis: a berth at the port de plaisance Saint-Louis du Mourillon. Toulon: match nights at Stade Mayol rather than mornings on the sand.
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Updated October 2026