Le Salin de Gruissan

Le Salin de Gruissan welcomes its visitors with a stunning display of pink lakes cast against a blue horizon. Each summer, salt is harvested here by hand using traditional methods. During our recent holiday in France it made for a fascinating visit for the whole family as we learned about these salt marshes and their surrounding ecosystems. The low-lying marshes of France’s Mediterranean coast have been producing salt since Roman times. In Gruissan, an old fishing village near Narbonne located between Provence and Spain, salt has been harvested for over 100 years.