Archive for July 2008
Café de la Vallée, Thorame Basse, Haute Provence
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008During our time in the Verdon Valley in Haute Provence, we have stopped at some lovely traditional cafés in all the villages and towns which offer wonderfully simple Provençal cuisine and good value “Plats du Jour” which you can enjoy at your leisure outside in the sun as they all provide facilities for eating outside (something we in the UK are lucky enough to do once a year if the weather is good) [...]
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Cycling in the Issole Valley, nr St Andre-les-Alpes, Haute Provence
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008For the part-time cyclist or those just preferring something a bit more leisurely, quieter and relaxing, then I can recommend the route that the follows the River Issole up its valley from St Andres-les-Alpes to Thorame Basse , Lac Des Sagnes and Thorame Haute (D2) [...]
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Cycling in Haute Provence
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Cycling, for those that don’t know, is the national sport in France, and the Haute Provence region provides some of the most stunning roads, tracks and backdrops for cyclists of all abilities [...]
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Lake Sagnes (Lac Des Sagnes), Thorame Basse - Haute Provence
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Lake Sagnes is one of those lakes in Haute Provence that you probably would never know existed unless you happened to drive past it and that is probably unlikely given its location [...]
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Thorame Basse and Thorame Haute, Haute Provence
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Thorame Basse and Thorame Haute in Haute Provence are two small villages situated on a rich and green fertile stretch of land tucked in between the Verdon and Issole valleys that provide excellent land for agriculture [...]
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