napoul

Updated: May 16, 2025

At Cannes there is neither harbour nor roadstead, but only a small bay or cove, appropriately called Gulfe de la Napoul; and it is indeed worthy of its name, being a miniature Bay of Naples, but without its Vesuvius. It is, however, so shallow that the coasting vessels that use it are obliged to anchor at some distance from the shore, exposed to the full action of the swell.

W. Cope Devereux - Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo: Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily: with a Short Account of Malta

At the feet of this height lie the two isles of Lerins, set in the blue waters of the bay; on the east the eye ranges over the porphyry hills of Napoul to the huge masses of the Estrelles; landwards a tumbled country with bright villas dotted over it rises gently to the Alps.

John Richard Greene - Stray Studies from England and Italy