Low gorges of Verdon

Low gorges of Verdon

Rafting is not possible on the low gorges of Verdon. Indeed, if formerly the water of the Verdon dug these magnificent gorges, they are now part of the lake of Esparron. If the Low Gorges of Verdon do not allow white water activities, they still contain many...
Comps-sur-Artubie, Templars, Hospitallers and legends

Comps-sur-Artubie, Templars, Hospitallers and legends

Comps-sur-Artuby is a small village in the Haut-Var where no less than 378 inhabitants were counted in 2014. This commune covers an area of 63 square kilometers with an average altitude of 900 meters. The market day is Saturday as well as Castellane. The village of...
Construction of Castillon dam

Construction of Castillon dam

The construction of the Castillon dam was not done in a single day. The first dam built on the Verdon, the Castillon dam, opened the door to several decades of work on the course of the emerald river. No less than five dams were built at the end of the 1970s. The...
The house of local products of the Verdon

The house of local products of the Verdon

Arriving from Digne or from the lake of Castillon. Just after the roundabout called “rond point du Casino“. You will see on your left a pretty Provençal building restored to its original style. And well stop!  The house of local products of the gorges of...
The Col des Champs, the Road Trip of the High Verdon

The Col des Champs, the Road Trip of the High Verdon

The Col des Champs joins among others Colmar to the Daluis gorges. Here is a road trip of a small day which will allow you to cross very different Alpine landscapes and will leave you great memories. Colmars-les-Alpes A small medieval town on the edge of the Verdon....
Lac de Castillon, test base for the DGA

Lac de Castillon, test base for the DGA

Some will say; “The Verdon is not very populated, but you can see everything there” and they are right! We are talking to you today about a military test base which could well be the setting for a new episode of Mr Bond and his acolytes (by enlarging just...