Description
Three distinct Provençal landscapes.
Drôme Provençale, Vaucluse, and Var offer valleys, forests, ridges, and historic hamlets. This guide illustrates how these can be experienced through day walks from various bases. It provides an excellent foundation for a stay where you wish to combine walking with market towns and cultural-historical visits, without following a single continuous long-distance trail throughout your planned holiday in Provence.
Thirty circular routes, from shorter to more demanding days.
The walks vary in length and difficulty, with options suitable for both leisurely excursions and more extensive undertakings. Areas near Nyons, Apt, and Aix-en-Provence provide diverse entry points to the landscape. The circular route format is beneficial when you have a car or are staying in one location and wish to choose different walking destinations daily throughout your stay in this part of Southern France.
Maps and practical planning for each walk.
Route descriptions and maps assist in following trails and connections, while information on access and execution simplifies the choice of starting point. Nature and history provide additional content along the way. This is the western volume in a two-part series, with a separate eastern volume for those who also desire walks towards Verdon, Estérel, and Mercantour on a larger, extended Provence journey.
Allow season and conditions to influence your walk selection.
Summer heat and dry conditions can present different challenges than rain or cooler weather. Ascent and terrain should be considered alongside distance. The guide is suitable for regular walkers who desire a varied selection and intend to actively use the descriptions, supplemented with updated local information when routes and any access conditions need clarification before the specific walk through the landscape on the day.
A long tradition of hiking guides.
Cicerone has published guidebooks since 1969. The publisher emerged among climbers and mountaineers who wished to share thorough knowledge of their routes – a tradition that continues to shape the publisher’s books on walking, trekking, and other outdoor experiences.
About this edition.
Author: Janette Norton. English language. 272 pages. First edition, published in 2014. ISBN 9781852846169.
