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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Alps | France | all seasons | outdoor | hiking | mountains | coasts)
Southern France: Four Hikes above the Côte d'Azur
Southern France: Four Hikes above the Côte d'Azur
Hiking amongst fragrant flowers, enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Experience the mountainous hinterland of Menton at the Côte d'Azur. Here you can read excerpts of this feature.
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'Floral fragrances.'
In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is bigger than life too: as if a thousand honey pots have been left open. This photo is taken in the Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2740/2068668_ZDu72-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2740]
'Floral fragrances.'
In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is bigger than life too: as if a thousand honey pots have been left open. This photo is taken in the Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Flowers along the path.'
An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2743/252941461_sbi5f-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2743]
'Flowers along the path.'
An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Eco village.'
Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve centre of the European network of eco-villages. It is situated near Torri, the main village, about 20 km from the coast. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9986/252941486_TPXEL-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.LIGURIA 9986]
'Eco village.'
Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve centre of the European network of eco-villages. It is situated near Torri, the main village, about 20 km from the coast. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Olive harvest.'
Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9987/252941518_DurZb-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ITALY.LIGURIA 9987]
'Olive harvest.'
Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. Photo Paul Smit.")
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'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2748/2068667_AhSbA-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748]
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.")
[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748]
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.
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'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2748/2068667_AhSbA-S-1.jpg "> [FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748]
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.")
[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748]
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.
'Islands in the clouds.'
Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above the undulating cotton-wool clouds like islands, as serene as a Chinese painting. In the distance the snowcapped Alps of Mercantour. Photo Paul Smit.
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