We have not seen too much of the sun over the last few weeks. The weather has been uncharacteristically chilly and rainy on the Cote d’Azur. I’ve also been travelling to the cold, dark north a fair bit recently… So we were rather pleased to have the sun back this weekend.
It’s been a while since our last hike, so we figured there was no excuse not to do one this weekend. Since we were rather lazy getting up this beautiful Saturday morning (or more like noon, actually), we opted for a nice coastal walk called Circuit de Bon Voyage. The coastal walks are pretty good this time of the year, since it gets pretty chilly going inland, and the sun gets to work its magic…
The walk starts at the Roquebrune train station, and follows the coastline towards Monaco at a height of a couple of hundred meters, offering some great panoramas over the Bay of Roquebrune – and towards the picturesque village of Roquebrune as well (with its medieval castle plainly visible). After a while the trail crosses the railroad, and climbs up a bit, crossing the Moyenne Corniche, and snaking its way up towards the Grande Corniche, taking us past some rather pretty villas (all empty this time of the year, of course).
The trail then continues back towards our starting point, passing by the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Voyage – a chapel dedicated to travelers. More nice views to be had towards Roquebrune and the coastline from over there. A half an hour later or so we were back at the car.
All in all it was a pretty easy walk, but it did us both a lot of good to bask ourselves in the sunshine (even though it was a bit nippy out there). It’s on days like these that one really appreciates the Cote d’Azur, especially this time of the year. Even though the temperatures as such are not much higher here than say in the UK, the moment you are out in the sun there’s a world of difference…
It’s been a while since our last hike, so we figured there was no excuse not to do one this weekend. Since we were rather lazy getting up this beautiful Saturday morning (or more like noon, actually), we opted for a nice coastal walk called Circuit de Bon Voyage. The coastal walks are pretty good this time of the year, since it gets pretty chilly going inland, and the sun gets to work its magic…
The walk starts at the Roquebrune train station, and follows the coastline towards Monaco at a height of a couple of hundred meters, offering some great panoramas over the Bay of Roquebrune – and towards the picturesque village of Roquebrune as well (with its medieval castle plainly visible). After a while the trail crosses the railroad, and climbs up a bit, crossing the Moyenne Corniche, and snaking its way up towards the Grande Corniche, taking us past some rather pretty villas (all empty this time of the year, of course).
The trail then continues back towards our starting point, passing by the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Voyage – a chapel dedicated to travelers. More nice views to be had towards Roquebrune and the coastline from over there. A half an hour later or so we were back at the car. All in all it was a pretty easy walk, but it did us both a lot of good to bask ourselves in the sunshine (even though it was a bit nippy out there). It’s on days like these that one really appreciates the Cote d’Azur, especially this time of the year. Even though the temperatures as such are not much higher here than say in the UK, the moment you are out in the sun there’s a world of difference…
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