NEW!
A guided tour for all the family to discover the historic and hydraulic heart of the Pesquiers salt works, the tympanum, restored and inaugurated in 2024, the only French representative of these hydraulic machines.
Located in the industrial heart of the Pesquiers salt marshes, these buildings, now restored, are a rare testimony to the salt-making past. The Tympanum is the hydraulic hub of the salt works, a sort of noria powered by a steam engine. At a time when the site had no electricity, this ‘hydraulic machine’ was built to the north of the Pesquiers salt works.
Come and discover the history of salt in addition to visiting the museum area explaining how the Tympanum works.
Meeting point: Departure from the northern footbridge of the discovery footpath.
Route des Marais roundabout and the beach racecourse/ Port de Hyères.
