Motor Tours

We have worked out a number of motor tours that will lead you to the Cote D' Azur, the lavender fields or the
high alps. In case you are interested in one of the tours, please let us know by submitting our contact form.

The Gorges du Verdon tour.  Appr. 100 km.

The Hautes Alpes (1) tour.    Appr. 240 km.

The Hautes Alpes (2) tour.    Appr. 200 km.

The Big Alpes tour.              Appr. 385 km
.
The Cote D’ Azur tour.        Appr. 180 km.



The Gorges du Verdon tour.  Appr. 100 km.



This tour leads you to the best known tourist
attraction of France, the gorges du Verdon,
better known as the Grand Canyon of France.
We leave at 09.00 hours from Castellane and
will take the rive gauche (southern route) of
the gorges. We will stop regularly to make
photographs and to enjoy the breathtaking
views of the mountains, the depths and ravines.

At the lac the st. Croix will are going to relax, we will have our lunch here and if you want you can cool down in the magnificent deep blue water we have the possibility to explore the gorges with a water bicycle or canoe.
After lunch and bathing we will continue our route by taking the rive droite (northern route) and we will take the world-famous route des Crêtes at la Palud with many curves and a height difference of 700 meters.







With a little bit of luck you will see the free
living eagles. At appr. 18.00 hours we will be
back in our Mas where we will enjoy a lovely
barbecue or dinner, served by our Melanie.






The Hautes Alpes (1) tour.    Appr. 240 km.




We leave at 09.00 hours from Castellane and drive in the direction of the col de la Cayolle (see also the hautes Alp (2) tour).

This tour is one of our most beautiful tours
and leads you to the highest col of Europe,
2 cols have been added to our program that
will undoubtedly make an unforgettable
impression on you, nowhere you will find
so many curves as on this tour, so you can
work on your driving-techniques or enjoy
everything around you.



We will stop at the gorges the Daluis, this landscape is a little bit Marsian, many tunnels in the mountains, views and especially the red stones are impressive.

After Guillaume we will climb the col
Collet after which we arrive in Valberg,
a known winter sport place. Here we will
enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and then we
will descend the col the Roubion to the
foot of the col de la Bonette. This col is
in total 2715 meter high and is the highest
col of Europe. The total length of the col is
more than 40 km.!!!, not only curves by the
way but also straight roads where we
can speed up.We descend to the village
Barcelonette, also a well-known winter
sport place, here we have a lunch and
prepare the next mountain.


After the lunch, we continue our way to the col d' Allos of 2240 meters. This spectacular
col ends in Allos, thé winter sport place in
the south of France next to Isola 2000. The
col has a total length of appr. 30 km. Through Colmars, st Andre les Alpes and the lac the Castillon we will return approximately at 18.00 hours where we will use a aperitif and diner to strengthen up for the next tour.





The Hautes Alpes (2) tour.    Appr. 200 km.

This tour leads you through a large part of
the parc du Mercantour, one of the largest national parks of France that extends from
the south side of the Alps untill far in Italy. We begin our tour at 9.00 hour and drive
into the valley of the Var, at the beginning
of the valley we will visit the gorges the Daluis (see hautes alp 1 tour).

 

  
    
After the necessary photographs we have to make we will
cross the bridge pont des marries and we will tell the special story about it. Then we will hit the road in the direction of
the col de la Cayolle. This col of 2327m. is still very original, there has been little changes in the course of the centuries, untouched nature and beautiful views. In the tiny village Estenc wewill have a cup of tea or coffee after which the
real work will begin, the ascent of the col.
The total length of the col will be appr. 40
km. and ends in Barcelonette. There we
will use a lovely lunch and talk about our experiences of that day and then we will attack the col d' Allos (see also tour1).
If there is still enough time left we will
visit the place Colmars, a very ancient, complete walled city that after Italian domination became French and is still completely intact and authentic.
Through st. Andre and the lac the Castillon
we will arrive at appr. 18.00 hours to prepare for a beautiful evening with a perfect diner.
     


The Big Alpes tour.              Appr. 385 km


This tour starts early, at 08.00 hours in
the morning we step on our loaded iron
horses and hit the road in the direction
of the mont Ventoux. The roads wind
through a very varied landscape, rough
and invincible mountains and sweet
fields of lavender a big contrast.


The roads wind through a very
varied landscape, rough and invincible mountains and sweet fields of lavender
a big contrast. Just before the ancient
citadel of Sisteron we are going to climb
the Col de la Graille (1597m), a mountain loaded with delightfully fragrant
oak-wood and unbelievable many curves.
 

The roads are excellent and very well-organized, we can speed up on some roads because they are broad and there is almost no traffic, you can enjoy everything around you, beautiful little villages with old marketplaces where time stood still.
At the foot of the mont Ventoux (776 m) we will have a lunch and after
that we begin with the climb of the mont
Ventoux (1909 m), You will need some additional clothing because there is always a cold wind on
top the mountain. This mountain is not only
unique and just doesn’t
fit in the total of the landscape.

It is like a moon landscape and it will climb from 3-9 %, it is amazing that professional cyclists climb this mountain in an enormous tempo, some of them didn’t make it. For that reason we will hold still at the
monument of Tommy Simpson who died in 1967 on this slope from exhaustion. When the weather is clear we
can see the summit of the Mont Blanc, hundred of kilometres far away. After a short break we descend the
same way we came in the direction Sault and Forcalquier. We cross the valley of the Hautes Provence and return to our house where we are going to have a fantastic evening together with all the stories to tell.


                           
  



The Cote D’ Azur tour.        Appr. 180 km.


This tour is organized for the ones that like to drive motorbike combined with relaxing in one day. That’s possible if you join us on this tour!!.
We leave at 09.00 hours drive through a landscape of ravines, gorges and narrow roads
in the direction of Draguignan in the province the Var. From Draguignan we take the road to the coast to st. Maxime/ st. Tropez where we park our motorbikes nearby the beach.



Towels, sunburn crème and lie down in the
hot summer sun and get a tan. The view is
fantastic, for the men: beautiful French girls
walking around to be seen for the girls: lots
of macho French letting themselves being
photographed in every exposure you want.




After our lunch at the beach and sufficient vitamins taken from the sunbath we will have
to leave on time in the direction Plan de la
Tour, a ride through a bizarre landscape in the direction of Salernes, you will find many chateaux of the rosé in this region, a little bit
of the gorges du Verdon back to Castellane
where we arrive at appr. 18.00 hours.
A well-earned shower and then .......a lovely dinner.