Bacarès in Vernier

The Lydia is very beautiful, but all its constructions around it are very ugly!!!! In fact, barcares is just intensive concreting!!! The coastline makes up for the ugly!!!

Lovely beach Not sure what the boat is used for?

Not the season. Not crowded on March 31

Closed and it was open, twice we went and had to leave without being able to visit the ship. This is not serious.

Very well preserved ship but missing a small explanatory sign

The oldest ocean liner in the world on display (1930). To have....

Love Lydia. The story of how it arrived to Le Bacares is fantastic.

Magnificent Christmas market at Lydia

To visit at least once in your life

A magnificent boat to absolutely visit

Beautiful monuments especially during festive periods

A sublime and unusual place with book fairs, musical entertainment and other events.

Very beautiful to see absolutely

Super beautiful to visit. And various stand proposals for all tastes

Very nice to ride on this boat during the Christmas market

Installation work for the Christmas market. You will have to come back when the market is open.

Famous boat from Port Barcares. Washed up on the beach. Christmas market in preparation around this wreck.

Abandoned boat. Restructuring is necessary

Unfortunately we missed the last visit on September 15…

We visited the Lydia, a must-see monument in Barcares, during heritage days. So it was free for us. The tourist office is also located on the “ground floor” and serves as the entrance to the liner. Then you directly have the store. This boat is a Monument with a rich and varied history, a permanent exhibition will enrich your mind and show you that such a building can have several lives before ending up in a museum. To be honest the two lower decks were poorly ventilated and it was hot... In September (the seasons change...). But the photos, pictographies, exhibits and summaries of the history of the Lydia (which changed its name several times) are well produced by - and above all - volunteers. We can drink in history, live it through photos and explanations, and even feel it in this boat. The orca we went there, there was an interesting exhibition on the Titanic, there also run by a volunteer, with objects on display that I had never seen, and a volunteer in uniform! Hats off sir! There was also a temporary exhibition of models of boats of all types, from the Belem to the latest aircraft carrier. It was good, hats off to the artists and volunteers again, but as a regular at the National Maritime Museum my feelings were mixed. But well done. Then you arrive, via the main staircase or two side passageways, to the upper decks. There are 3 of them. And this is really great, both for the view of the sea and to get you into the atmosphere of what these bridges must have been like when you took the time to read the signs 2 floors more down :-) You will have a view of the wheelhouse, the helm, the "men on watch" berths and you can even refresh yourself because there is a refreshment bar 😋 There is also a small lounge with a piano which overlooks the main fore-deck staircase. In short, if you go to Barcares, don't forget to visit the Lydia. It's worth it. During our visit, however, access was impossible for PRMs. Too bad but they will surely sort that out. Good visit !

Not so great…the beach was very dirty

The boat itself is a nice idea. However, when we visited in September, the surrounding area was a construction site, which detracted from the whole.

Interesting visit. I knew the town of Le Barcares, without ever visiting this liner... now it's done...

Superb visit to all the bridges during heritage days

you have to see it to believe it ❤️

Very informative and interesting visit during Heritage Days. Liner atmosphere from ancient times.

A magnificent place, to visit, very interesting....

Nice to wander around on this boat. Interesting to know its history.

Great Titanic exhibition. Loved the model boats and ships.

Very pleasant place, very beautiful boats to see

A very nice visit. An amazing place. To discover. And a very nice exhibition on Johnny Halliday

Very beautiful boat to visit. The small downside is that we had to come back 3 times before visiting it because at 10:30 a.m. they close the visits while its farm is at 12 p.m. and the hostess tells us we reopen at 2 p.m. so we come at 4:35 p.m. and the same lady tells us sorry the visits are over even though they close at 6 p.m. I tell her that she could have at least told us when we came in the morning and she answers me I'm not thinking about it while we have took a 20 minute drive for nothing and it was repeated twice so we had to come back for the third time in the morning when it opened.

Famous ship beached on the sand at Le Barcarès, worth visiting!!!

Paid entry to see an empty boat...too bad.

Nice boat, very well maintained but I didn't have time to visit it

Great, interesting story at 1000 places from popular legend...

Seen shortly after it silted up. Always so evocative of long-distance cruises!!!

Very nice visit to a legendary boat in the region.

Nothing in English. But otherwise it's fun, it's a Danish-built ship... At a minimum, there should be an English version

Lack of activity around the boat

Pay €7 for an empty boat, with places closed to the public, especially a closed cabin where you can only see through dirty windows!!!! Just an ideal visit to take panoramic souvenir photos and not of the boat! Very disappointed !!!!

To do once very well. Lady at reception who forgot to give us the time of the last visit which is at 4:30 p.m.

It’s interesting for history buffs.

Parking prohibited for motorhomes, I couldn't see it

I was finally able to set foot on this boat with its old-fashioned charm but so pleasant. The only downside is the fact that it is empty or almost empty. Setting up a bar, for example, would have been really pleasant. What is also curious is that it is the toilets which are the best equipped place on the ship, the rest being a little sloppy (placo on the walls and large empty volumes).

Very pretty to see the visit is a little expensive because the boat lacks period decoration

Recommend if you are passing through like me

It's more impressive on the outside than on the inside.

We simply loved this visit! Our only regret is that there was not more furniture from the period.

I have been coming to Barcarès for over 30 years. I remember visiting the Lydia about 20 years ago while collecting seashells. I was really a kid. What a joy to go back there, accompanied by my son! He enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s a shame that Johnny Hallyday’s exhibition takes up so much space! Besides, at the bottom, nothing indicates it. I would have appreciated being transported more to the time of the grounding, too much work has been done since. Fortunately the book is very detailed (I was able to understand what I visited afterwards). -A room by room plan is missing. It leaves room for the imagination. On a guided tour it must be really nice. -Maybe we should add audio 😀 Oops, I had trouble finding the exit 😅

It's very pretty and interesting I loved

A beautiful ship which is currently being renovated.

Very nice visit (paid) which allows you to discover the history of this boat, we would have liked to find more furniture from yesteryear (certain rooms are relatively empty) but one thing to review and the route of the visit at the end we do not it's more where you go to reach the exit or else we haven't seen

A very pleasant visit and beautiful boat

Too bad the visit is not commented on. Delivered to yourself. And no cabin visit, it's just getting on a big liner, that's all.

The explanations on the history of the boat are well displayed and argued, the photo exhibition on Johnny's concerts on this boat are well highlighted. Great discovery, we learned of the existence of this boat during a television show. A boat with a soul.

Very beautiful boat, the fireworks for the birthday were spectacular

The exhibition perfectly traces the history of this boat. And the price remains correct

Very good visit, the history of Lydia is very interesting. In addition, the creation of the port and its evolution was fascinating. I recommend this visit.

Le Lydia beach is large and the water is clean and clear.

7 euros for an empty boat. The few signs and objects are far from enough in such a large place! If you do not have the means to recreate the decorations of one or different eras, rehabilitate it into a real current place: cultural or leisure or catering. Because that’s sad. A place full of potential, which for the moment is only a very bland ghost of the Trente Glorieuses but presented as a flagship attraction of the department. It's a bit shameful... It reflects the image of the neighborhood: a seaside resort far from its golden age, a little decrepit with its large car parks without trees, a very pretty beach unfortunately littered with thousands of cigarette butts and unsightly buildings. Damage.

Too bad it hasn't been preserved like it was back then...

At one time the Lydia housed a restaurant, a retrospective of its history can be discovered in connection with a certain Mr Hallyday...

A very pretty liner. We loved the visit. It's a shame that the spaces are empty, that there isn't more period furniture than that. But we enjoyed the visit, the grand staircase, the piano... Still worth doing again with affordable prices and the tourist office on board and the small souvenir shop

A little disappointed... I didn't find much interest in this visit...

Tourist trap, high price for this visit.

Very beautiful place to see absolutely if you are in the area.

Great discovery of this museum which traces the origin and history of the liner. It's a shame that nothing is from the period inside except for a few objects and newspapers. The short film is interesting. Still worth doing if you're in the area.

Move along, nothing to see. The boat is empty, except for the ground floor because of the sale of souvenirs. The rest is especially for fans of Johnny Hallyday.. I gave 2 stars for the history, liner, casino etc, and for the fact that we can take photos. Liner, Ferris wheel, and Lydia's garden (nothing to see, very disappointed with the environment) fortunately the beach is great...

Be a cultural visit and do not take holiday vouchers for a family of 6, the price is too high knowing that not everything is accessible

An unexploited site! Beautiful boat from the outside... Inside: ticket reception by two nonchalant, not gracious people, incapable of communicating information on the entertainment program at Barcarès (Entertainment planned but location to be determined, it is written before entering the boat: tourist office!) Visit made but disappointed, empty rooms, no period furniture, little information on the life of Lydia, museum?? Great potential, not exploited Don’t take holiday vouchers!!!

Disappointed. There is nothing to see.

Pretty but not incredible either, the interior is empty, apart from the staircase nothing is from the period. No more cabins, no more room, no machine room… nothing, large empty spaces for exhibitions… too bad.

So, yes, we arrived and it was closed. But I wasn't expecting this setting at all... We found ourselves looking at a very beautiful liner sitting there at the edge of a huge, horrible parking lot with melted tarmac, full of cars. It's not highlighted at all, which is a shame. Honestly, I think we probably came at the wrong time. Too bad we weren't able to visit the interior. But the current rating is really for the exterior appearance and environment which doesn't really make you want...

The opening of Lydia this Sunday allowed us to visit it. We were quite happy to do it until we arrived at the ticket office... the seller was totally depressed, the visit was done in a Lydia left in its own juice, no maintenance, little about the past of the Lydia, we thought we would see a lot of period pieces but nothing. Papers on the floor, completely empty rooms... planks, iron bars lying in the middle of the passages... I don't know if we came at the wrong time but I found it to be a real waste. in relation to potential...

Closed even though a sign at the entrance says that the boat will be closed on Saturday for its birthday. We came on Thursday. And when I asked at reception to buy tickets because I didn't know, I was rebuffed quite coldly. Otherwise not bad from the outside

A must-visit place at Barcares beach. This is where the tourist office is located, and during the summer what is really good there are blood drives inside the boat. Well done.

Beautiful ship but closed to visitors, too bad.

I contacted the tourist office who told me that everything was accessible from today. but only the bottom is open once you arrive on site (they also indicate on their Facebook), once there you pay child rate because the top is closed, if you pay by card you have to go out and lots of people take advantage of this osassions for free entry because it has no security and no ticket which proves your entry, and inside nothing exceptional some chair table but nothing from the old boat and an exhibition of Johnny Hallyday with just panels, Well, I really don't recommend this visit, go on your way, it only lasted 10 minutes even though the 1:20 prescribed on the site and the ban on taking photos is prohibited.

Disappointing and without much to see except the views of the beach. There were no cabins to see, no bridge, nothing....

Small shop about the boat but nothing more.

Great to be able to see the Lydia up close. Today there is only the Tourist Office in part of Lydia. It's a shame that it is no longer operated as before (when there was a casino and a nightclub).

A beautiful liner installed on the beach but unfortunately not operated. It is a shame that no activity has been set up inside (bar, restaurant, casino, museum?). And there is no possibility of discovering it inside since it is not available for visits. At least this summer.

Came for the Déferlantes on Saturday, great place

I love this, for me, mythical place where many activities take place.

Surprising this liner washed up on the beach I hope that the maintenance continues and that it does not go to scrap.

Couldn't visit festival but impressive, worth the detour

Above all, don't go there for 10 days because of the festival, the view is completely ruined by all these barriers...really very disappointed by the visit!

Very original but very beautiful!

This ship houses a casino, but is now part of the atmosphere of two festivals. And the Ferris wheel right next to it. My favorite motifs.

None announced as open 50 minutes by car to arrive in front of a boat closed to the public for work 😡

Too bad, but normally it's closed. You can find the schedule of openings at the Tourist Office, but too bad, because it closed on Monday and, unluckily, it was Monday. We still had the opportunity to admire “the monster” from the outside. Impressive.

I was able to visit the Paquebot des Sables 🚢 “Le Lydia”, a true historical heritage of Barcarès!! Built in 1931 🇩🇰, it is the oldest liner in the world 🌍 which will have sailed for almost 50 years....! Since then it has been decommissioned and its artificial silting was carried out on June 11, 1967..!! Easy to access, the visit to all the bridges and passageways 🔃 up to the cockpit 🧭, was possible and free!!! ..…. I noted the small coffee bar ☕ open, located on the first deck!! ....... Tourist curiosity, it’s a great discovery ⚓

Great antiques fair inside, ideal setting!

Antiques fair. Very beautiful pieces on display

Magnificent liner that I was able to visit during the antiques fair. Too bad the spaces are empty... a reconstruction of the 1930s would be so interesting and attractive for tourism!

At the top antiques and broc at the top made good deals not being from the region we appreciated superb to see and see again at ➕️

Too bad this boat is not maintained!

I am very neutral about this place. The boat is very imposing and pretty to see. The only downside is the trash cans around the boat with rubbish everywhere. I think I came on the wrong day knowing that there was a concert behind that day.

Magnificent and at Christmas time it serves as a NOAH'S ARK....Superb