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Paul Ricard was a visionary entrepreneur, a builder, a patron of the arts, and also an artist.
He built up this island with his own plans and created a true hamlet with its shops, workshops, harbour and bar - where jazz filled the air a few years ago.
In this truly theatre decor, celebrities such as Dali, Fernandel, Raimu, Josephine Baker, Luis Mariano, Paul Belmondo, Melina Mercouri, Gagarine, Jacques Dutronc came to join the biggest parties of Var jet-set during the sixties.
Nowadays, in this many-celebrated « Jardin des Arts », visitors can have a swim or explore its underwater universe…before going to the opening of a gallery exhibition. They might admire the work of the artists or play tennis on the courts. They can also attend one of the regular congresses held on the island.
When the evening fell, when last orange rays of the twilight are fading, Bendor becomes more romantic…the stone of the eternal “Isola del Bandoris” turns from a yellow ochre of the evening to an alabaster white in the moonlight.
- Ile de Bendor
- 3 hotels (Le Delos***, Le Palais, Les Petites Villas)
- 5 restaurants (Le Delos, La Terrasse, Le Delos Plage, Le Soukana Plage and Restaurant Le Grand Large)
- La Marina, the smallest port on the Cote d’Azur:
- Museum of Wines and spitituous liquors (EUVS)
- Museum of Ricard Advertising Objects
- Souvenir shops
- Artists’ workshops
- Exhibitions and Art Gallery
- Sports activities: tennis, swimming pool, water sports, hiking…
N.B : No picnic on the island, please. Thank you.
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