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During one of my many trips to Provence, we went to discover the Gorges du Verdon<\/strong>, a spectacular area located in the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d’Azur department<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n

From the most elegant French village to the discovery of a scenic canyon<\/h2>\n\n

I had decided to take a romantic trip with my partner and after evaluating some solutions, we agreed to discover the South of France by car to enjoy every possible panorama.<\/p>\n\n

Sweet Provence, I confess, won me over with its soft colours and the small but colourful village of Valensole<\/a>, which many have described as one of the most elegant villages in all of France.I had the good fortune to go there at the end of June when the lavender plants show all their splendour, especially in the area called plateau de Valensole<\/span><\/a>, where the flowers display all their beauty and the thousands of shades of which they are capable.<\/p>\n\n

I thought that after seeing the boundless expanses of lavender, the naturalistic excitement had reached its peak, but other surprises awaited us in this wonderful region just a few kilometres from Italy.Determined to continue our exploratory trip beyond what we had already planned and hearing about the Gorges du Verdon, Ornella and I extended our holiday to get to know another reality of the Provence region.<\/p>\n\n

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Gole del Verdon – Canyon – Photo credit: Paolo Bertinetto<\/a> on VisualHunt.com<\/a> \/ CC BY-SA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Idea immediately accepted also because of the proximity to Valensole<\/span>. In fact, via the Route D\u00e9partementale 562, it was possible to easily cover the almost 130 kilometres in just two and a half hours to enjoy the landscape we were passing through.<\/p>\n\n

Gorges du Verdon, a summer holiday destination<\/h2>\n\n

During my stay in Provence, I had read about the Verdon gorges, Gorge du Verdon in French, and thanks to a series of articles I found on the web, I knew that they are formed by the Verdon river<\/span> which, after travelling less than one hundred and eighty kilometres, flowed into another river and then into the sea.<\/p>\n\n

Gorges of the Verdon where they are<\/h3>\n\n

Verdon France<\/strong>: The Verdon area is located in the Provence Alpes-C\u00f4te d’Azur<\/span> department on the border with the Var<\/span> and Alpes de Haute Provence<\/span> departments. This territory, thousands of years ago, was practically occupied by water and only in the Tertiary period did it form together with the Alps.The gorge<\/span> consisting of corals, fossils and limestone, have been shaped over millennia, especially during the Ice Age, while the erosion that formed the gorge<\/span> is due to the continuous work of the river, which, flowing powerfully down the valley, has managed to carve the high walls into real gorge<\/span> worthy of a canyon<\/span> of Colorado<\/p>\n\n

Gorge du Verdon Video<\/h2>\n\n