Walks and natural parks

Hiking

Plan des Noves
Ascent/Descent: +250m -250m / Duration: 3 hrs / Level: easy
Access by car: From Vence, take the Coursegoules road and continue for 8 km as far as the Plan des Noves car park.

Circuit des Blaquières
Ascent/Descent: +300m -300m / Duration: 3 hrs / Level: average
Access by car: From Vence, take the Coursegoules road and continue for 5 km as far as the small car park, 1.5 km after the St Martin domain.

Le Camp Romain
Ascent/Descent: +230m -230m / Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins / Level: easy
Access by car: From the centre of Le Rouret, go behind the Church, then turn left after about 200m and then continue to the Camp Romain car park.

Le Haut Montet
Ascent/Descent: +250m -250m / Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins / Level: easy
Access by car: From Gourdon, take the road to Caussols. Before the Col de l’Ecre turn left onto the Chemin des Claps and continue for 1 km until the car park.

Plateau de Cavillore
Ascent/Descent: +300m -300m / Duration: 3 hrs / Level: average
Access by car: Go to Gourdon, then park in the village car park near the castle.

Circuit de la Malle
Ascent/Descent: +890m -890m / Duration: 6 hrs 30 mins / Level: advanced
Access by car: Take the road to Gourdon, near the perfumery on the Plateau de la Sarrée, turn left onto the road alongside the factory, passing in front of the go-kart club. Park in the Piste des Hautes Chauves car park.

Practical information :

Available from reception and the region's tourist offices: The Randoxygène hiking guides (also available online from www.departement06.fr)

IGN maps for our area :

  • 3542 ET Haut Estéron – Préalpes de Grasse
  • 3543 ET Haute Siagne
  • 3641 ET Moyenne Tinée (La Colmiane – Valdebore - Parc National du Mercantour)
  • 3641 OT Moyen Var
  • 3642 ET Vallée de l’Estéron – Vallée du Loup
  • 3643 ET Cannes – Grasse
  • 3741 ET Vallées de la Bévéra et des Paillons (Parc National du Mercantour)
  • 3741 OT Vallée de la Vésubie (Parc National du Mercantour)
  • 3742 OT Nice – Menton Côte d’Azur
  • 3841 OT Vallée de la Roya (Parc National du Mercantour)

Nature parks :

Les Gorges du Loup and the River Loup – 10 km

45 km long, the River Loup leads you through unspoilt and refreshing gorges. Here you will find a wide variety of landscapes: oak and pine forests, sheer cliffs, and not forgetting the green banks of the regional park that are an invitation for a stroll, hike or swim (waterfalls, natural pools, etc.).

Mercantour National Park – about 75 km away

The Mercantour is a national park in an exceptional environment. It includes the valleys of Haut Verdon, Var, Cians, Ubaye, Tinée de la Vésubie and Roya-Bévéra. Each of these valleys has a character very much its own!
You will see a wide variety of landscapes, plants and animals unlike anywhere else!

As well as its natural heritage, the park provides a precious cultural heritage (the Vallée des Merveilles with the greatest site of petroglyphs - wall engravings - in Europe)

Parc Alpha – about 100 km

A zoo located in Saint Martin Vésubie in the Mercantour mountain range - a great family day out guaranteed. Nature and fresh air in the exquisite setting of the Boréon valley. An encounter with the wolves and their keepers is unforgettable, and if you come at the right time, you can see the pack being fed.
The educational farm and workshops will delight the children, too.

The Verdon Gorges - about 100 km away

They form what is rightly seen as the most beautiful canyon in Europe. Visited by people from all over the world, the Verdon has become an exceptional nature site.
Energetic visitors can tackle the canyons by rafting, canyoning, canoeing or climbing.

Others might prefer a visit to the weavers, potters and famous earthenware makers of Moustier Sainte Marie.