Blogs from Sanary-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

We had a choice of route today. Tank it down to the coast via toll roads or use the N road alternatives or… go the long way round via a scenic route we hadn’t used before. Scenery won and it was such a good decision. We have had a wonderful drive today. Instead of immediately heading due south, we went East direction of Die. A gorgeous morning. As we were going due East towards the Haute-Alpes we had wonderful views of the folds of the mountains, slightly hazy in the morning mist. First place we came to was Crest, this is on the river Drôme, from which the region gets its name and it has a high towering dungeon overlooking the river. We were really lucky with our next village, Pontaix, as there was just ... read more

Happy to report that the crocodile did not get me. Bob had quite a struggle getting the scooter out of the Tandy as not much room to manoeuvre and the back wheels are on ramps which has made the garage higher than normal. Had to use brute force to get the scooter out and no doubt will have to move the Tandy in order to get the scooter back in again. We scootered down to Sanary-Sur-Mer centre reasonably early as we wanted to catch the market which, being French, is only open in the mornings. Bought some lovely fresh fruit but failed to get fish as the fish market had already sold out. We obviously should have got up at least an hour earlier. Sanary is a lovely harbour to walk round, one of the ... read more

Really like this area of France, of the south coast. Everything is very light, bright and floral. Also very tourist orientated and at this moment, towards French tourists, rather than other visitors, as this is a holiday weekend. All the better that the sun is shining very large and yellow in a lovely cornflower blue sky. Using the little map provided by the campsite we set off to find Bandol which is a few miles to the west on the coast. First attempt to get towards the sea took us to Sanary-sur-mer so we attempted to drive the coast road to Bandol but were thwarted at several turns as this particular area of coastline seems to be filled with some rather exclusive houses and private roads, especially any road with direct access to the sea. With ... read more