Discover Olbia (free visit or guided tour) during your holidays in Hyeres.
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The Greeks install their initial settlement by the sea in front of
the present-day Almanarre beach. They call it “The Blessed Olbia”.
In the 4th century B.C., it is a military and commercial outpost on
the maritime route to Marseille (Massilia). Animal skins, corrals,
oils, wine and especially salt are traded there. In the 2nd century
A.D. the Romans establish the nearby galley halt of Pomponiana.
The Roman town quickly expands and becomes an important spaequipped town spreading until...