The village of La Croix-Valmer (3500 inhabitants) is built up against the Maures cliff road in the Cavalaire-sur-Mer bay halfway between Lavandou and Saint-Tropez. In 1893, a stone cross was erected at the very place where tradition recorded a divine apparition.With its 7 natural sandy beaches, stretching over 6 km of coastline, the Croix Valmer is renowned for the quality of its bathing waters. It has a large protected natural park with beautiful walks in the woods and along the coast, as the so-called "Sentier des douaniers" of the beach of Gigaro to Cap Lardier and its exceptional landscapes. The origin of the name "Croix-Valmer" is attributed to the Emperor Constantine who went to the Croix Valmer Gigaro to fight his brother-in-law Maxentius in 312 AD, after his vision of a cross in the sky marked with the sign "in hoc twelfth vinces". In 1893, a stone cross was erected on the same site where tradition fixed the apparition. Dependent on Gassin, the village of La Croix-Valmer became an independent commune in 1934. Ancestral passage, the presence of man is revealed by many prehistoric tools, the cistus of Cape Taillat (Dolmen of Briande) or the Roman farm of Pardigon (3rd century BC). In 1945, the beaches were a strategic place for the landing in Provence. Remarkable monuments: Maison des Pères du Saint-Esprit, Sylvabelle, Villa Andalousie, Villa Louise, Villa Alléluia (1909)... linked to the memory of the great families of Croix-Valmer.