CONTENTS
Map key
Overview map
Preface
Introduction
A short history of Provence
Provençal writers and artists
Plants and flowers
Wildlife
Regional specialities
Markets
Travelling to Provence
When to go
Accommodation
Clothing and equipment
Using this guide
Alpes Maritimes
Location of Walks
Walk 1 Baou des Noirs and Baou des Blancs
Walk 2 Baou de St-Jeannet
Walk 3 Chemin du Paradis
Walk 4 Pic de Courmettes and Puy de Tourrettes
Walk 5 Baou de St-Jean
Walk 6 The Route Napoléon
Walk 7 Vallée de la Siagne
Walk 8 Pic du Cap Roux
Walk 9 Estérel Circuit and Lac de l’Ecureuil
Walk 10 Mont Vinaigre
Alpes de Haute-Provence
Location of Walks
Walk 11 Three Chapels Walk from Digne-les-Bains
Walk 12 Walk in the Réserve Géologique
Walk 13 Bigue du Siron
Walk 14 The Cousson
Walk 15 The Cucuyon
Walk 16 Rochers des Mées
Walk 17 Gorges de Trévans
Walk 18 The Verdon Gorge – Sentier Blanc-Martel
Walk 19 Lower Verdon Gorge
Walk 20 Sommet de Crémon
Mercantour
Location of Walks
Walk 21 Moulin de la Barlatte
Walk 22 Plateau de la Lare from Sauze
Walk 23 Gorges de Daluis
Walk 24 Circuit from St-Martin d’Entraunes
Walk 25 Col des Champs from Entraunes
Walk 26 Lakes Circuit from the Col de la Cayolle
Walk 27 Mont Pelat
Walk 28 Circuit above Péone
Walk 29 Mont Mounier
Walk 30 Around Mont d’Auvare
Appendices
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Maps
Appendix C Tourist information
Appendix D Market days
Appendix E Glossary of Provençal words
April 2015
[Everyone visiting Provence] should really have this little book tucked away in a rucksack. It is an invaluable guide to the best spots to walk, to climb and to get the best viewpoints in a most beautiful part of France.
Whether you want to retrace, literally, the steps of Napoleon or explore giant tunnels carved out of the solid rock above the Gorge du Verdon this is your guide with masses of useful information, handy sketch maps with level variations and dozens upon dozens of colour [photographs] that could tempt you out of the armchair.'
Le Connexion, a French magazine, April 2015.
"Armed with both new volumes courtesy of Cicerone’s “new guides for old” discount scheme and a clutch of IGN maps, we took our campervan to France and headed for Digne-les-Bains in the Alpes de Haute Provence.
We can confirm that even the most newbie, incompetent or navigationally-challenged walker should have no difficulty in following the detailed descriptions provided and avoid overshooting the generous timings allowed.
[These walks are] a small selection of classics that would thronged if they were in the UK."
Read the full blog post here.
January, 2015
Have you ever found yourself with a map from the local tourist office; with vague French instructions and clueless as to which painted marks you should be following? Have you ever tried to read an IGN map wIthout your reading glasses? Have you had to resort to the GPS function on your smartphone to get your group out of the woods? If so these books are for you.
Perfectly Provence, Jan 2015