Get a feel for France profonde an hour away from Paris in Santeuil (Val d’Oise). Take this Paris hiking trail in the Valley of the Viosne. Have a break from the shopping and sight seeing you’ve done in the City of Lights and breath the French countryside.
There are many things to do in Monaco besides gambling away your family fortune. You can, for example, hike to the top of the Tete de Chien, the “Dog’s Head” that keeps a watchful eye on the town from its lofty heights … … or visit one of the principality’s many gardens and sculpture parks….
Today’s post is all about the best walk to have a perfect day in Nice, so good that it is well worth dedicating an entire day to it. You start in the morning walking into the town centre via the Promenade des Anglais (all the way from the Parc Phoenix tram stop, if you can…
Easy Hikes in the South of France For people who live in and around Nice, Mont Boron is the most readily accessible piece of “real nature” just in front of their doorstep. It is convenient to reach on foot and/or on public transport, yet sufficiently forest-like to pass for the real thing. For visitors, Mont…
Untouched nature in the French Riviera coast is rare, but it exists. As Exhibit One, we present today’s post. Untouched nature – where it exists – is also, as a rule, well hidden. To find the lush green valley that provides the scenery for this week’s hike, you must go to the back of the…
Seen from the train to Marseille, the Le Ciotat shipyards are the town’s most conspicuous feature. If you stand in the city centre, however, facing these very shipyards from the marina, Le Ciotat’s “Triplet Peaks” easily rival the old docks in size and prominence. In local parlance, these peaks are known as the rochers de…
The High Alps are the best the European countryside has to offer. They are one of Europe’s last genuine wildernesses, bearing only the lightest touch of human hands, majestic and of a sublime beauty. But as always with great beauty, there is a catch. The Alps are not just playing hard to get, they actually are. Hikes on…
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Leigh, that was taken over this week-end during our day hike in Santeuil an hour away from Paris. We’ve been enjoying a long stretch of warm spring days. Sorry to hear Vancouver is still grey. But spring will get to you, not to worry.
I don’t know when you took that picture but it sure looks pretty and peaceful – oh and sunny too – something we haven’t seen for what feels like months in grey and rainy Vancouver.