Sunday, September 5, 2010

Tour de la Marbière

After a rather lazy weekend, we figured we ought to do something on the Sunday. In spite of the weather not being the best, we decided to do a hike. We decided on a hike near Grasse, for a change (normally we hike around Vence or towards Greolieres).

The walk started off the Route Napoleon (the famous road, which Napoleon took after his return from exile at the Elba island, from Golfe Juan), and climbs from there towards the highest point, at the not-so-lofty altitude of 895 meters. From there, the footpath took us back down towards Grasse.

This is not one of the most picturesque walks we’ve done on the Cote d’Azur. The bit towards the middle of the walk was quite nice, with pretty nice views around the Grasse hinterland. We should probably have continued walking a bit further away from Grasse, since we could see a couple of footpaths taking us a bit out of the “Urban buzz” of Grasse. As it was, we got to the impression at times of having seen more suburbs than nature.

But anyway, it’s always nice to get out and about, and get rid of a few calories!

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