Place Puget

The Place Puget, in Toulon

The Place Puget is a charming Provençal square of Toulon, animated with terraces and adorned with a fountain covered with greenery. The Toulon audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this true place of life, in the heart of the town, typical of the southern art of living.

The Provençal square and its leafy fountain

Typical of the Provençal squares, welcoming and warm, the Place Puget is a true place of life of Toulon. Offering numerous terraces of bars and restaurants shaded by the trees, it invites to strolling and relaxation, in the convivial spirit of the South. But its jewel is its great fountain, at its end: an old fountain entirely covered with moss and vegetation, which earned it its nickname of leafy fountain or Fountain of the Three Dolphins. Over time, the limestone of the water and the humidity have made grow on the stone a true adornment of greenery, transforming the fountain into an astonishing vegetal rock from which the water gushes, in the shade of the hackberry trees. This natural phenomenon and this picturesque decor make of it one of the most charming and most photographed fountains of the town. The Place Puget, with its good-natured atmosphere and its green setting, embodies all the Toulon art of living. A Provençal square and a picturesque fountain, the Place Puget is a fine stop of the discovery of Toulon.

What to see

Here you enjoy the charming Provençal square of Toulon, animated with shaded terraces of bars and restaurants, whose jewel is the great old fountain entirely covered with moss and vegetation, nicknamed the leafy fountain, an astonishing vegetal rock from which the water gushes, in a good-natured atmosphere typical of the South. The Place Puget embodies the art of living of Toulon. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Place Puget lies in the heart of the old town of Toulon, reachable on foot. It is a freely accessible public space; the bars and restaurants have their own hours. The square is particularly pleasant in fine weather, in the shade of its terraces.

What is the leafy fountain of the Place Puget in Toulon?

It is an old fountain entirely covered with moss and vegetation, which earned it its nickname of leafy fountain: over time, the limestone of the water and the humidity have made grow on the stone an adornment of greenery, transforming the fountain into an astonishing vegetal rock, one of the most charming of the town.

Where is the Place Puget in Toulon?

In the heart of the old town of Toulon, in France.