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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/photos/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.")
![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.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/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/photos/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.")
![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.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/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/photos/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.")
[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.
'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.
![> [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.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/252941518_DurZb-S.jpg "> [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.")
[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.
'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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