Frejus is on the main rail line for service between Paris, Lyon, the Riviera and Italy. Fréjus is  a "Train-Auto Accompagné" station, for travelling with your car between the Riviera and Paris.  Frejus has an excellent bus service with other towns in the area. For example, Bus: St Raphaêl, Fréjus, Draguignan& Bus: St Raphaêl, Fréjus, Ste Maxime, St Tropez.

Fréjus is in the region of  Côte de Provence wine and is an equal distance between Cannes and St Tropez. Once an Ancient military port and Roman city, Frejus  rises above the fertile alluvial plains which separate the Esterel mountains from the Maures mountains.  Frejus has been an active and dynamic city since Julius Caesar himself founded it in 49 B.C. 

Nicknamed the Pompei of provence the city is filled with monuments. These include one of the largest amphitheaters from Gallic times (1st or 2nd century), a Roman theater, the Porte Dorée ( a golden door, ruins from baths of the 3rd c.), the Porte des Gaules, the aqueduct which carried the water from Signole for 40 km and the Cocteau Chapel conceived by Jean Cocteau In 1961 and finished by E. Dermit in 1965.

Gallo-Roman: Fréjus was founded in the first century BC. It was an important stop on the Aurelian way. Around 30 BC, at the beginning of the Early Empire, Forum Julii became a colony for veterans of the 8th Legion. About the same time, Octavian brought here the ships he captured from Sextus Pompey at Actium, and began constructing the port. Fréjus became the second largest Roman port after Ostie, and remained a significant naval base until after the fall of Nero, around 69 AD.

Medieval: Fréjus declined gradually until the 10th century, when it came under control of Bishop Riculphe, who founded the beginning of the "modern" town. The town was victim of continuous barbarian raids. In 1536, Charles-Quint invaded. Later in the 16th century, under King Henri II, Fréjus became the seat of the admiralty. Prince Eugène invaded in 1707. The town declined when the port began silting up, with population dropping from 6000 in the 17th century to 2000 in 1800. Napoleon Bonaparte debarked here in 1799 on his return from Egypt. Fifteen years later, in 1814, he passed through again, on his way to exile at Elba. 

                                                                                                 Modern: The centre of town is compact, with lots of shops, pedestrian streets and, in the summer, lots and lots of people. The Cathedral  is built of lovely old stone and is set in a pretty square. There is also a 5th century baptistery and fine 12th century cloisters, which are well worth a visit

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