forEhind Cassis Beach, the slopes that top the castle Red-Gold in the afternoon sun. The couples roam the sand, children play on carosel, and reflects pastel -colored buildings in the static waters of the old port. In the main square, on which the plane trees line up, a group of elderly men focuses on Petanque. It is a charming segment of the life of Provençal, a world away from the most brilliant hot points in Cote d’zur. In the summer, tourists flow to the narrow streets and the beautiful coast, but outside the season, the tinnitus is kind, with weekends Bouillabaisse Along the edge of the water.
Hold a seat in a MED bar and check my walk for the next day. Kasis in the heart Calnsz National Park -An exceptional place from the entrances to the limestone-like limestone, deep green trees and turquoise sea-ideal for exploration on foot. It is a suitable conclusion for a single -guided walking trip with MACS ADVENture, which took me from SAINTE-BAME Mountains to the Riviera for six days. Although long -distance walking legs the test was done with up to six hours of walking every day, you do not worry about logistics services. The roads are drawn on the application and my luggage is moved forward, leaving me to simply enjoy the scene.
Solo Travel Travel, according to the British Travel Agents Association and tourist organizers (17 % of MacS ADFENture trips by individual travelers last year – most of them women) were booked. Providing freedom to go in my own Teri without the need to interact with a group, but with help at hand if necessary, this trip promised a winning mix of adventure and comfort; The perfect way to explore the probence is less on its own.
My adventure begins at night in the village of Pont-De’étoile, 30 minutes east by Marseille by a taxi, before I started the first picn Tarmac soon allows the road to rock tracks while leaving the urban streets behind them and climbing towards the hills over Fallon Star through a landscape of limestone valleys, reduced shrubs such as CISTUS, Brom, Mockts of Pine and Oak Woodland. Close to the old ST-Clair Church, the mountain bike passenger wanders in the past, but then the silence descends again and there is only a comprehensive view of the way to Marseille.
In the summer, there is a severe risk of forest fires in this part of France, and the water tank point on the road (it is advisable to do this height in the spring or autumn). I look like a giant wooden chair (perhaps observation tower?) For a picnic under the slow sky, then continued to the top along the narrow paths towards Cole de Bertani. There is no one around it. I support her as a single traveler, I think.
But my scratch turns into a state of panic when my phone battery dies and realized that I left the paper map and the energy bank behind it. There is no one around it. Take a Pont and scramble to the bottom of the hill, and strike through a dense forest until I find a road that eventually leads to a road. Through luck more than the judgment, I find myself in Plan-D’AUPS and a welcoming scene Hôtel Lou Pèbre d’A – My home for the next two nights – just two hours after the scheme. I am pleased to find that my room contains a bathroom and sleeps deeply that night.
The receptionist tells me: “The pedestrian loves her here,” while I am preparing to go to the next day, “The mountains are sacred – you will see.” In fact, Massif Sainte-Baume attracts pilgrims to their hidden chapels and sacred sites. The circular walk today is nine miles. I climb high -slope paths across the forests into a series of hills that I follow for a few hours, with 360 -degree views across the countryside and the coast. The road takes me to the shrines, the caves of the hermit Mary Mary Majdlin (It was said that she lived a life of atonement here for many years) before a shaded forested.
That night, I was eating food with walnuts, cheese and goat cheese in Provenal sauce – the hotel is known as its kitchen prepared by Chef Jerome. At a close table, an elderly man comes out a photo of A4 for a saint personality and supported her next to him while eating, like a friend who joins him for dinner. I think it’s Mary Magdalin.
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Gémenos is 20 minutes by Plan-D’AUPS, but the road that I follow the next day takes five hours-and may have been my favorite career yet. It is a wild and far feeling, with winding paths next to deep grease. I exceed the ruins of the Cistercian Monastery and follow a river to beautiful gardens. Hence, they ride a short bus to the cassette, and the ocean flashes appear between the trees. Three nights in Royal Cottage Hotel And a new scene awaiting.
Throughout the more well-known coast-toerz, the Cannes Festival and Latif, it is refreshing to discover La Ciotat-a previously previous city of shipbuilding, a 15-minute taxi east of Casais. I wander around the suburban streets and then climb to the top of Soubeyran slopes – the highest marine slopes in France in Cape Cane. The rest of the morning fog wipes to detect the amazing coastal line and I follow the winding Des Crêtes Road behind.
My last day is saved in Calaanques to West Casses. The wind rose and threatened, but I get out of the sprawling villas on the outskirts of the city and soon up to Calaanque de Port-Miou, the boats roaming in vibrant water. In high summer, visitors numbers are limited to the park to protect the sensitive environment. Today I am almost alone and I am scrambling up and down, and I head to the white beach Port-PINClimbing above Calanque d’en-vauThen fall again through a rock valley to the water. Her beauty feels more raw under the dark sky and a roll of distant thunder.
The sky opens when I start the return journey and go back to Kasis completely soaked. Heavy rains turn roads into rivers, flowing to the sea. I am a shelter in Le Bonaparte, a small family run by a family in one of Backstreeets. The owner Jean-Marie, who is wearing clothes from head to toe, tells me that he runs the place for 37 years-“People still return to more!” I am not surprised, tell him, when I taste Attachments Gratinées Delicious fresh sea dress – accompanied by a cup of local white wine de Casice. It is an authentic taste of a movie – and I feel a suitable way for an epic single adventure with a special and diverse part of France.
The trip was provided before MACS Adventure. Self -guidance for seven days Provence Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea The journey line from 1,125 pounds sterlingPP, including Places of accommodation in hotels, breakfast, two dinner, transfers, luggage transport, road NotesGPS Navigation and 24/7 support
