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Estéron Valley
Wide open spaces where wooded slopes alternate with arid plateaux in the land of very narrow gorges, clues (St-Auban, Aiglun, Gréolières...), caves (Audibergue Massif) and perched villages still living according to the ancestral tradition of sheepherding. Let yourself be charmed by authentic villages like Gilette, Cipières or the small resort of Thorenc and discover the exceptional vista on the entire coast from the Cheiron range...
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Things to see
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Swimming sites of “La Clave” and “Pont de la Cerise”, famous for having lent its picturesque setting to the film Le Bossu with Daniel Auteuil |
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Panorama from the top of Mont Vial with a view on the Sea and some twenty villages in the hinterland |
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Les Ferres: one of the least populated villages in the Alpes-Maritimes |
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Gilette: "Lou Ferouil" Museum dedicated to trades of the past with a smithy - www.louferouil.com |
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Gilette: oil mill |
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Pierrefeu: Musée "Hors du Temps" dedicated to Genesis with nearly 50 works by international artists |
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Vieux-Pierrefeu: the old village on a phantasmagorical site |
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Roquestéron: Chapelle de la Traverse restored, with its narthex; inside period shops evoked in the village cellars (butcher, cobbler, blacksmith, distiller, baker, oil mil...) |
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Cipières: castle (13th-18th centuries) |
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Andon: ruins of the mediaeval Castellaras castle |
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Thorenc: ruins of the Château des Quatre Tours |
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Coursegoules: Ste-Marie-Madeleine Romanesque church (12th c. with panel painting attributed to Louis Brea) and ramparts |
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Séranon: chapelle de Gratemoine in the village when the Emperor Napoleon I spent the night after returning from the Isle of Elba |
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Les Mujouls: panorama over the clues (narrow gorges) |
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Valderoure: panorama over the valley and Forêt de Chandy from Col de Saint-Pierre |
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Audibergue Massif |
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Thorenc: forests |
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 Things to do...
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Hiking: Sommet du Bau de l’Arc, Circuit de la Cacia, Tour du Mont Lion, Circuit des gorges de l’Estéron.
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Canyoneering spots: clue de la Cerise, clue des Mujouls, clue de Saint-Auban, clue d’Aiglun, among the most spectacular in Provence.
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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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