Mont Faron is a mountain overlooking the city and roadstead of Toulon, France. It is 584m high. At its peak is a memorial dedicated to the 1944 Allied landings in Provence (Operation Dragoon), and to the liberation of Toulon.
The top can be reached either by a cable car from Toulon, or by a steep and narrow road which ascends from the west side and descends on the east side. The road is one of the most challenging stages of the annual Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen bicycle races. From 1952 to 1970, there was a Mont Faron hill climb time trial race.
Near the summit there is a zoo which covers an area of 1.5 hectares.
Hill climb
+Mont Faron hill climb top three places by year Year First Second Third 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 No race 1970
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Photos Le Revest Faron Zoo Faron cablecar site Site on the memorial Vidéo Toulon - view from Mont Faron The "montée du Faron", pedestrian route on Easter Sunday. Photos Tourist site on Faron Fire on Mont Faron