Circuit de Castellet

Amazingly, for this Sunday, Aurelien and Julie were joining Antoine's gang and us for a hike (I say amazingly, since Aurelien has stated he is allergic to sport and excercise). The plan was to meet up at Saint-Jeannet, and then hike up to the Baou de Saint-Jeannet. Or actually, turned out we ended up walking the Circuit the Castellet – a 4 hour hike around the Baou.

We started off by walking through the village, which is typically picturesque (I think I've used that expression rather a lot on my blog?). Passing by the nice little chapel at the exit of the village, we embarked on our hike. The hike took us through a surprisingly pristine valley (considering all the construction on the Riviera), up towards the ruins of an old castle.

From there, we started heading towards the Baou (baou, btw, is Provencal for cliff). But before taking the final path up to the top, we ended up walking around the Baou and approaching Saint-Jeannet from the other side. We did stop for a much needed picnic lunch.

And naturally, once we were back at Saint-Jeannet, we awarded ourselves with some drinks at the local bar. All in all, a very nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Not 100% sure Aurelien agrees, though ? ;)