Chateau de Roquebrune

A couple of weeks ago, we tried to tackle a walk from point de Cabbe up to Roquebrune, with its medieval castle. Unfortunately, we were hindered at the time by Mother Nature (big waves washing up on the beach). Today, the weather was back to normal (blue skies, sunshine), and the winds less imposing, so we figured we’d have another go at the walk.

So we parked our car next to Point de Cabbe, and walked down to the beach from where the walk starts. And thankfully, this time the waves were less imposing, so we could cross the beach without putting our lives in peril. The walk took us for a couple of kilometres along a coastal footpath towards Cap Martin. We kept a lookout for Le Corbusier’s log cabin, which we’ve already tried to see a couple ot times, but alas, it once more eluded us. I think it must be something the local municipality has made up to attract tourists or something?

Anyway, the footpath eventually took us through the outskirts Cap Martin up towards Roquebrune. On the way, we came across the house of the famous Irish playwright William Butler Yeates, who apparently spent his autumn years on the Cote d’Azur as well (can’t blame him, he must’ve had a pretty nice view from the house, with views over the coastline all the way to Monaco). A good workaout later, we arrived at Roquebrune, one of the prettiest villages on the Riviera, dramatically perched on the cliffs, overlooking Cap Martin, and overlooked by it’s imposing castle.

We would’ve been rather keen to have a coffee, and possibly visit the castle, but unfortunately the undersigned stupidly left his wallet home. So no coffee this time… But, we did get to enjoy the free pleasures the village offers - which include great views over the coast, and one of the oldest olive trees in the world (and the biggest I’ve ever seen!).

Having wandered around the village for a while, we walked back down to Point de Cabbe (again looking for Le Corbusiers cabin in vain). Having enjoyed the sun at the beach for a while (stripped down to my tee-shirt – not too bad for February eh?), we got back to the car and drove home, re-energized by a great day out. On days like this I really consider myself lucky to live where I do!