Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.[1]
The Dolmen de la Briandedolmen located 300 m inland.[2]
is a prehistoricAllied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.[3]
Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
43°10′N 6°38′E / 43.167°N 6.633°E / 43.167; 6.633