La Grande Motte has long and unfairly embodied the massive concreteization of the coastline and symbolized the clichés of popular tourism.
However, the initial ambitions were quite different: the "Florida of tomorrow" represented the new eldorado of millions of vacationers for whom the holidays became a real institution and in a framework designed with 70% of green spaces, giving pride of place to fashion. gentle, to the slow pace of the sun's course.