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I was lucky enough to visit the Gorge Du Verdon region in Provence
and holy batman was I blown away! From the gorgeous poppy fields to the never-ending
vineyards to the most picturesque little towns you only see in ancient movies.
It was an absolutely fabulous adventure. We arrived at our reasonable hotel
right on the water of Lake Sainte Croix and decided that a day of excursions
just wasn’t for us and cracked open a few bottles of rose in the baking sun
while we munched on some olive bread, fig jam, camembert and froie groie. I
think I could have died and gone to heaven.
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| Our very special friends gorgeous home. |
We stayed in a tiny town called Les Salles Du Verdon and it
was just perfect. There was nothing in front of us but lake and sky, a few
minutes walk from our terrace and we were at the waters edge contemplating
jumping into the icy water. A few minutes drive from our little hotel was a
road down to the lake where we hired a ‘pedalow’ [ I know it looks misspelt but
I like it that way] from a bunch of lovely hippes. As we pedalowed [also looks
horrifically misspelt] under the bridge flashing the good ol ‘peace sign ‘ to
the Asian tourists [not a lie or being rude, fact] we past lovely French
families holidaying and just relaxing as we squeaked past them [we happened to
get the only pedalow in dire need of oiling, ruining the serenity somewhat].
[Our hotel was called Auberge Des Salles and was great value
for what we had ]
We then drove up a few more kilometres to Moustier, which
was having a medieval fair on that was so festive and full of life it was
wonderful. A must here is their honey – it is to die for. One strange thing to
try look out for is that when we arrived at 2 and tried to have lunch, everywhere closed at 2? I know France has their own working hours to the rest
of the world but a handy tip when your travelling and famished.
I would
definitely suggest visiting all the little villages along the way. Take the touristy
route and you feel like your driving through ancient times where castles and knights
and wagons [Almost Game of Thrones type stuff – but in France]. Oh but be sure
to bring cash with you as most places we went didn’t take debit cards, we
almost had to do a runner after a bite of a sandwich eek!
I know your thinking its probably a mission to trek out to
the lake but it was an hour and half from Nice and two hours door to door so
even for a quick weekend break its worth it.
I definitely plan on going again so if you know of great
little spots around there – share your stuff with me!
Till my next Provencal adventure!
Bisous
Stu
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