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Christmas Village in Le Broc, Alpes-Maritimes

Our Saturday visit to the Medieval perched village of Le Broc coincided with a Christmas Village event. These events are common in December in Provence – stands selling local products, toys, crafts and great things to eat. All in an environment of holiday decorations and distorted seasonal music (camp, terrible and fun, all together). 

One stand was offering a plate of 6 oysters and a glass of wine for 5 euros, and there was a plate of fine smoked salmon available.

Le Broc village is in the hills only 20 km from Nice and 20 km from Vence, in the midst of other picturesque medieval perched villages, such as Gilette.

Autumn Colors at Entrevaux, Alpes-Maritimes

Bright orange, yellow and red leaves on the mountain roads approaching the Medieval town of Entrevaux, on the Var river in the Alpes-Maritimes. We drove up through the little villages of Caille and Andon, through the narrow Clue de Saint-Auban, a café stop and Briançonette, then north over the mountains to Entrevaux.

The first photo is on the twisty D911 road approaching Entrevaux. The second photo is at the edge of Entrevaux village, where a small stream comes down from the hills to join the Var river.

We had a great lunch in Entrevaux old-town (in across the draw bridge), at L'Ambassade. Local Autumn fare, finishing with truly wonderful tarte de chataigne (chestnut pie).

 

Andon village dining treat

 Andon is a pretty and very quiet little village in the hills north of Grasse. On a winter visit over a year ago we noticed a new restaurant in the village, Chez Nous. This saturday we stopped there for lunch, and the place is marvelous.

The Chez Nous restaurant (and café) in the center of Andon (opposite the mairie) is small, very friendly, and has outstanding food! For us it's a real discovery, and for the rest of you it's a "worth a detour".