The Giens Peninsula is a peninsula on the French Mediterranean coast near Hyères in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It is a prime tourist destination, with campgrounds and water sports.EconomyThere are extensive vineyards on the peninsula, producing the AOC Côtes de Provence label.PersonalitiesSaint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Leger), Nobel Prize–winning poet and diplomat died there in 1975.