Hinterland mountains of the Alpes-Maritimes

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Pays Vençois - Alpes Maritimes
Around Vence

Between the "baous" and "garrigue", lovely Provençal villages or wilderness of the garrigue on Plateau de Caussols and at Col de Vence, offer contrasting atmospheres. The surroundings of Vence also boast the Gorges of the Loup River, waterfalls (cascades of Courmes, les Demoiselles, Saut du Loup) and rock climbing with the Baou de Saint-Jeannet (807 m) which overlooks the entire coast of the Riviera...
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Things to see
waterfalls: cascade de Courmes, cascade des Demoiselles and Saut-du-Loup

Courmes: peak of Puy de Tourette after a 2-hour hike

Gorges du Loup: hermitage of St-Arnoux
the last piers of an Viaduc du Loup, old railway bridge built in 1889 and destroyed in 1944...
Saint-Paul: the village with its art galleries, famous pétanque grounds and Colombe d’Or Inn - www.saint-pauldevence.com
Gorges du Loup: with its Confiserie (confectionery factory) - www.confiserieflorian.com
Vence: Château-Musée de Villeneuve - Fondation Émile Hughes - www.museedevence.com
Vence: Chapelle du Rosaire designed by Matisse
Vence: mosaic by Chagall in the Cathedral, a gift to the town of Vence in 1979
Tourrettes-sur-Loup: Bastide aux Violettes the understand the history of the village, all the uses of violet flowers and observer methods for growing them in full season with a tour of the greenhouses
St-Jeannet:view from the top of the Baou over Nice surrounded by its hills, the Esterel Massif and Var Valley, as well as the hinterland with the often snow-capped Alpine peaks in the distance
 
Things to do...
  Where to stay
 
   

Loup River: many trails to explore the Parc Départemental des Rives du Loup.
 
 
Vence
in the heart of the hinterland, this historic town is the starting point for many hikes and rock climbing sites on the surrounding "baous"...
   

Baou de Saint-Jeannet: rock climbing routes for al levels.
 
   
   
 
 
 
  Agenda

from 06/24/2011 to 03/31/2012
Musée des Merveilles in Tende has a new exhibition on the Wonders of Mont Bégo, economic concerns an[...]
from 06 to february 08, 2012
from 11 to february 12, 2012
 
 
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