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Discover the charms of Brue-auriac, Var, Provence

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Nestled in the heart of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Brue-auriac is a picturesque town that offers a range of captivating activities for visitors. Begin your exploration by strolling through the charming streets to admire the typical Provencal architecture. Dive into the local history with a visit to the Château de Brue-auriac, whose ancient walls tell the fascinating evolution story of this area.
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The Scree of the lake
16 km

The Scree of the lake

This loop is dedicated to lovers of wide open spaces where wild nature is everywhere: stunning landscapes, varied trails and breathtaking views over the lake of Montmeyan. CROSSED TOWNS: Montmeyan, Régusse, Artignosc-sur-Verdon START OF THE TRACK Stadium-cemetery car park at the roundabout, signposted "D 30 La Verdière". MARKINGS: ORANGE Take the Gabre path for 1.5 km ( asphalt road), and enjoy! It's all downhill. As soon as you reach the unpaved track, turn right along the field and cross the oak forest for about 2 km to reach the main track. This track can be enjoyed in hot weather, as it is fairly enclosed by vegetation and quite wild. Remember to keep your head down, as the branches are low and the terrain a little tricky. Then turn left and continue for 2 km as far as the directional arrow post "LES HUSSARDS n°274", then head for Régusse. The rest of your journey is fairly straightforward. You'll be on small, fairly smooth paths until you reach the Régusse road. Turn right to reach the "LES MOULINS n°251" signpost and continue towards "Montmeyan Village". As you pass, admire the two Régusse mills, dating from the end of the 15th century. Continue straight on towards the centre of the village. At the "LES CLAUS n°252" signpost, turn left in the direction of "Montmeyan Village". There is approximately 1.7 km of asphalt. Go down the rue des Écoles to the roundabout, then head towards the Saint-Jean quarter. Be careful with your calves, it's slightly uphill. At the end of the residential area, at the "SAINT-JEAN n°253" signpost, follow the signs for "Artignosc Village". Leave the asphalt behind and get back into the swing of things on this fairly easy path, which alternates between ascents and descents and has no difficulties over a distance of just over 4 km, as far as the "FONTAYNE n°279" signpost. Follow the signs for "Artignosc Village". On the way, don't forget to stop and admire the Domaine de Pampelonne fountain. After crossing the D7, zigzag through the trees of the small Sainte-Euphémie wood for about 2 km. At the "LA GARENE n°266" signpost, turn left towards "Artignosc Village". Go downhill with small obstacles for 1.3 km. Be careful crossing the D471! At the top of the climb, turn left onto the road that runs parallel to the dead-end road. At the "JAUBIN n°265" signpost, turn left towards "Montmeyan Village". Be careful: a good stony downhill section followed by a steep slope immediately afterwards! Get your calves ready. 800 m after this arrow post, turn right and enjoy this steep path, with numerous obstacles (streams and rocks). Remember to follow the signs. Continue along this path for 2 km before reaching the "CENDRUA n°268" signpost. Follow the signs for "Montmeyan Village" and you're off for almost 2 km of downhill on a stony track with panoramic views over the lake of Montmeyan and the surrounding hills. At the end of the descent, you pass the lake and come to the signpost "L'ESCOURCHE n°269". Turn left and continue on the D 13 for 700 m. Keep to the right for safe driving. At the "COCNILLET n°270" signpost, continue towards "Montmeyan Village" and enjoy this 7 km trail of varied landscapes and surfaces. Watch out for the false flat, as your thighs may sting a little. Take heart, there's still 1 km to go to the finish.

4 h
32 km
Medium
Parking stade - cimetière situé au rond point direction D30 La Verdière 83670 Montmeyan
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The Quarter from Saint-Pierre
19 km

The Quarter from Saint-Pierre

If there is a real gem in the Verdon, it is the Lake Esparron, intimate, wild and heavenly. Exit the car park, go up the steps past the post office and continue to the roundabout and turn right on the Terdobbiate street follow the signs GR® de Pays (yellow and red) to the l'éclou hamlet.. 1- Turn left, cross the hamlet. Walk in the undergrowth and go down again to join a tarred path. 2- Turn right and 150 m further continue along the large dirt track on the left. 3- At the crossing of the tracks, leave the big track that goes straight (barrier) and continue on the right. At the Pole 64 "Gabiane” continue straight following the yellow and red markings4- Follow the track that continues on the right. 5- At the fire hydrant go down to the left for 1.6 km. 6- Continue to descend to the right.7- Get to the SCP house turn right at the post "Le Quartier" pass next to the barrier and continue towards the lake. At the post 20 turn left and follow the old canal by the small path. 8- At the (pole 21 ) turn right and continue to walk on the edge of the creeks, pass the lake pontoon (post 22) and follow the beaches bypassing the lawns always following the yellow and red markings. 9- Cross the old canal and go up by the large track opposite to (post 23, balcony of the lake). 10- Turn right and follow the signs (yellow and red) on the cliffs and do not leave the marked trails. At the end go down to reach the edge of the old canal. 11- At the pole 24, cross the passage in the old canal and continue on the flat path between the lake and the canal and head for Saint Julien beach. 12-At Saint Julien beach turn around and come back by the same road to point (11) "the Balcony of the lake" at this level turn right and go up the old medieval road. Pass the barrier of the E.N.S and get to a platform down the left track and join the point (7 le Quartier). Take the same path for the return to Saint-Pierre.

7 h
21 km
Medium
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The Garde-Canal trail
20 km

The Garde-Canal trail

On the old path of the Garde-Canal, you will enjoy the privilege of entering the lower gorges to reach the Sainte Maxime chapel. From the parking lot, head across to the nautical base and the banks of the Verdon. Turn right at the water's edge and onto the bridge. Go over the bridge and in 50m, you will reach the starting point of the trail of the lower gorges. 1 - Take a right. Reach a first viewpoint and go down to the waterfront. Continue on the historic trail between the Verdon and the canal for 1.5km. 2 - at the gateway of the intersection called {Draille des vaches}, continue straight. Take on this route the two metal stairs, walk along the canal wall (be careful!) before using its entrance and reaching the shelter of the canal's guardsman (interpretation panels). 3 - Go through a long tunnel of 120metres and exit the canal by a metal staircase. Walk at the bottom of the Sainte-Maxime valley for about 1km, then take a left to reach the plateau. 4 - Go left towards the Sainte-Maxime chapel. 5 - From the chapel, coming back using the same route. 4 - Go straight, continue the path under the oaks and reach an ancient oratory. Take the path to the right, pass a ruin and continue on the left until the crossroads "Draille des vaches". 6 - Follow on the right, for 1km, the path passing through the plateau Mallasoque (unwooded route to be avoid during days of high heat!). Note: the route on the left {la Draille des vaches} descends directly to the gateway at the crossroads of the same name, this route of 300 steps which allows you to reach the trail along the Verdon again. After the plateau, turn left by the track and follow the trail cutting it. Lower down, regain the main track and then the road. 7 - Go left along the canal to reach further along the main road. Follow it, cross the bridge and come back to the starting point of the route taken to go.

4 h
10 km
Easy
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The Poiraque source
20 km

The Poiraque source

This hike allows you to cross the village of Quinson and to discover, on the plateau, the Poiraque source. Departure: Prehistory Museum car park. Follow the white and red markings of the GR®4. From the car park, follow the pedestrian path to reach the Prehistory museum. Enter the village of Quinson by the Esparron de Verdon road.1- Go past the town hall, the wash house and, through the rue du Var, reach the Place de la Paix. At the foot of the ramparts, go up the right street (Cours). Follow him to the end.2- At the fountain, leave the road to Esparron de Verdon and continue to the right in the "Grande Rue". At 90 m, after the fountain turn left, the street "Puits de Ville".3- Climb the small steps to the side of the cellar on your left, cross the main road and go straight, follow the path of Maudevencet (white and red mark-up) about 300 m. 4- Turn left and continue along the Maudevencet valley to the main road.5- Cross it and take in front the trail going towards Poiraque. Climb under the oaks and win the path of the Vaudoudurde valley. Follow the route at the bottom of the valley for 500 m then continue, at the first intersection, by a path and turn left. At the edge of the road the source, Vaudoudurde (20 m to the left of the trail), just in front of a large ruin. Higher up on the path go under the pines, go along some olive trees, before joining the plateau.6- Get the road to cross it and to take the track in front (leave the GR and follow the yellow markings PR), walk the lavandins fields on the right then 400 m further, to join again some vines plants on the left and quickly you will get to a small wooded area. Stay at the edge of the forest. After a hundred meters, the path goes down to the fields continue to the forest on the left.7- Then turn right and join the Poiraque source located just below. 8- The return is made by the same itinerary.

3 h
9.6 km
Easy
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The Pelenc forest from Régusse
21 km

The Pelenc forest from Régusse

You will go through the state-owned forest of Pelenc to meet a past filled with history, that of coal and that of the Members of the French Resistance. Cross the village by the Grand Rue and head down to the windmills by the Rue des Moulins. Pass the two mills and follow the small road (CD 260) for 800m. Continue straight to the intersection with the Chemin de la Sine. Take a right on the Avenue Jean Giono (paved road on 600m). Continue on a dirt road in the middle of the forest for 2.3km. 1- In the woods, reach by the track the Commemorative Rock of the maquis of Pélenc. Turn left on the "Piste de Moissac". The roadside is lined with stone markers indicating the limits of the state-owned forest. At the "Valley de Bolle" track (not shown), reach by the route the intersection between Moissac and Régusse. 2- Follow the direction of Moissac. Leave a first track behind, then proceed on the second one ("Piste du Cadastre "). Follow the path that passes by the old coal burners in front of the Maquis tank. Go down for 500m to the "Baquis" track. Follow it to a tank. Continue straight in the middle of the pines. At the next intersection (800m), leave to the right the "Piste de l'Auviduery" (not shown) and take the second path to the left. Go back up the plateau (viewpoint of the village) and reach at a barrier a junction of the routes to Moissac and Régusse. 3 - Turn left on Chemin de Régusse. Leave a path starting on the left, past a ruin then, at the forest exit, reach a small road. Follow it for 100m and at the intersection turn left on the road. Come out at the St. Eloy oratory on the Avenue Frédéric Mistral. Enter the village by the road (for your security, walk on the left side of the road).

4 h
14 km
Medium
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La Colle (hill)
21 km

La Colle (hill)

The climb to La Colle hill has beautiful and diverse viewpoints in all seasons and generates as many different atmospheres. Leaving the car park, turn right and head down the main street for about 120m, turn left on the Rue de la Paix. Go straight until the D30 road, cross it and take the Rue Pasteur across. Pass the St-Roch oratory. Go along the walls of the Faïsses (cultivated terraces), having crossed the Chemin des Paouves and the Chemin du Bas des Faïsses, continue straight on the paved road of Chemin de Régusse in Bauduen. 500m, cross the road and enter a dirt road in the communal forest of Régusse. Regain through the path, bordered by a dry stone wall, a crossroads 300m further. Take the right track and follow a narrow path starting left in the woods (yellow markings). Reach a dirt road. Turn left to the P50 track of "Puits de Riquier". Follow it for 1km until the D9 road. 1 - Continue on the track across from the "Puits de Riquier" track. 200m further, leave to the right the L7 track, and continue towards La Colle hill. At the next crossroads 1km further, leave the main trail and follow the path to the right. Leave behind another path on the right and continue up to the summit of La Colle hill. At 1km, the route meets a track in a curve. Follow the marked path on the right. Go up the valley, and pass at the foot of former coal burners (flat land with very dark dirt) and at the well of Verin. The end of the climb is steep. Reach the ridge, then the highest point of the hike (932m). 2- Exit the wood by the trail and descend through the hill to the slopes of the "Puits de Verin" and "la Ferme de Bondil" tracks. Continue straight. Pass the ruins of the Clau Farm and reach the D9 road down below. 3- Turn left, then take the first right. Pass the horse farm of the Puits de Riquier, go straight and 1km further, cross the track called "Piste des quatre chemins". Reach the Chemin de Régusse in Bauduen followed to go. Head back to the village by the same route.

5 h
15 km
Medium
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Hôtel & Spa du Castellet in the Var
34 km

Hôtel & Spa du Castellet in the Var

"Treat yourself to a sensory journey in Provence at the heart of a unique gastronomic and wellness destination. On the edge of a forest of umbrella pines overlooking the Mediterranean, the 5* Hôtel & Spa du Castellet, a Relais & Châteaux member, is the most charming address in the Var region. Ideally located between Marseille and Toulon, the hotel invites you to experience a wonderful stay in Provence. Discover one of the 43 rooms and suites, decorated with elegance and refinement, offering a view of an idyllic setting: golf, pine forest and the sea in the distance. Discover an exceptional gastronomic table in a contemporary setting. Savor a creative and striking cuisine with Mediterranean flavors. Also at your disposal, the San Felice bistro, a gourmet table with a speciality of grilling. During the summer, the restaurant L'Ephémère takes you on a magical journey in an outdoor setting for an evening. The Spa du Castellet, voted "Best Luxury Spa in Europe" in 2019 and "Best Luxury Treatment" in 2022, is a haven of well-being where luxury, calm and freedom are the key words. Enjoy an innovative sensory journey, indoor pool with bubbling pools, sauna, ice fountain, steam room, Kneipp channel, salt grotto and herbal tea room. For absolute relaxation, enjoy a wonderful treatment in one of the 7 cabins. On site, take advantage of numerous facilities that will make your stay exceptional: park with health course, outdoor infinity pool, heated indoor pool, boutique, 6-hole golf course with Swing Center Academy, fitness room, interactive gym, petanque court and tennis court. The Paul Ricard racetrack and the Castellet airport are just a few meters from the hotel. Enjoy a wide range of activities for young and old: helicopter flights, car races, driving courses, XTREM PARK with quad bikes, tyrolean traverse, free jump, karting, kid's club etc. The Hotel & Spa du Castellet is the ideal starting point to discover the sumptuous panoramas of the South of the Sainte-Baume, to visit the wine domains of Bandol, the medieval village of Le Castellet and its numerous stores or the typical Provencal port of Sanary-sur-Mer.

3001 Route des Hauts du Camp Le Camp du Castellet 83330 Le Castellet
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Terres de France - Résidence Côté Provence
26 km

Terres de France - Résidence Côté Provence

Stay in Gréoux-les-Bains, Between Provence and Verdon: Accommodation & Must-See Attractions Gréoux-les-Bains, a charming spa town nestled between the Verdon Natural Park and the Luberon, is the perfect destination for a getaway combining relaxation, wellness, and exploration. With its renowned thermal baths, stunning Provençal landscapes, and picturesque villages, Gréoux-les-Bains offers a truly unique experience in the heart of Provence. Accommodation in Gréoux-les-Bains – Résidence Côté Provence The Résidence Côté Provence – Terres de France welcomes you to a warm and elegant setting, just a short walk from the thermal baths and town center. Its fully equipped and comfortable apartments are ideal for spa retreats, Provence getaways, or family vacations. Enjoy a residence featuring a swimming pool, wellness area, and all the amenities for a relaxing stay. Places of Interest The Gréoux-les-Bains Thermal Baths: Experience the therapeutic benefits of these renowned healing waters. The Verdon Gorges: Explore Europe’s largest canyon, perfect for rafting, hiking, and paddleboarding. The Valensole Plateau: Marvel at the famous lavender fields in full bloom between June and July. The Templar Castle: A historic landmark overlooking the town, offering a glimpse into medieval history. Esparron Lake: A beautiful setting for swimming, canoeing, and nature walks. Book your stay at Gréoux and immerse yourself in the charm of Gréoux-les-Bains and Provence!

11 Avenue des Thermes 04800 Gréoux-les-Bains
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Hôtel & Spa du Castellet in the Var
34 km

Hôtel & Spa du Castellet in the Var

"Treat yourself to a sensory journey in Provence at the heart of a unique gastronomic and wellness destination. On the edge of a forest of umbrella pines overlooking the Mediterranean, the 5* Hôtel & Spa du Castellet, a Relais & Châteaux member, is the most charming address in the Var region. Ideally located between Marseille and Toulon, the hotel invites you to experience a wonderful stay in Provence. Discover one of the 43 rooms and suites, decorated with elegance and refinement, offering a view of an idyllic setting: golf, pine forest and the sea in the distance. Discover an exceptional gastronomic table in a contemporary setting. Savor a creative and striking cuisine with Mediterranean flavors. Also at your disposal, the San Felice bistro, a gourmet table with a speciality of grilling. During the summer, the restaurant L'Ephémère takes you on a magical journey in an outdoor setting for an evening. The Spa du Castellet, voted "Best Luxury Spa in Europe" in 2019 and "Best Luxury Treatment" in 2022, is a haven of well-being where luxury, calm and freedom are the key words. Enjoy an innovative sensory journey, indoor pool with bubbling pools, sauna, ice fountain, steam room, Kneipp channel, salt grotto and herbal tea room. For absolute relaxation, enjoy a wonderful treatment in one of the 7 cabins. On site, take advantage of numerous facilities that will make your stay exceptional: park with health course, outdoor infinity pool, heated indoor pool, boutique, 6-hole golf course with Swing Center Academy, fitness room, interactive gym, petanque court and tennis court. The Paul Ricard racetrack and the Castellet airport are just a few meters from the hotel. Enjoy a wide range of activities for young and old: helicopter flights, car races, driving courses, XTREM PARK with quad bikes, tyrolean traverse, free jump, karting, kid's club etc. The Hotel & Spa du Castellet is the ideal starting point to discover the sumptuous panoramas of the South of the Sainte-Baume, to visit the wine domains of Bandol, the medieval village of Le Castellet and its numerous stores or the typical Provencal port of Sanary-sur-Mer.

3001 Route des Hauts du Camp Le Camp du Castellet 83330 Le Castellet
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