THE ESTEREL
Massif of the estérel - St Paul en Forêt - Bagnols en Forêt
Fréjus - St Raphaël - Les Adrets de l'Estérel
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The Massif of the Estérel
It is about an eruptive primary massif , consisted of Porphyre for its central part , doubled by sandstone and
by coats of clay on its coasting part . The highlight is the Mont Vinaigre ( 616 metres ) .
Originally the massif was completely covered with oaks corks and greens , but the repeated fires destroyed a
good part of the vegetation . To note that for the warm period , numerous roads are closed , to limit fire risk .
The sweetness of the temperatures allows tropical plants to prosper next to local plants
( Palm tree , Eucalyptus , Agave , Mimosas - Olive tree , Laurels , Heath .. ) .
The massif divides up on three municipalities : Frèjus , St Raphaël , Les Adrets .
Numerous strolls wait for you , for example : The dale of Perthus , the dale of Mal Infernet , the Mont Vinaigre
and Aurelle's peak ( Seen panoramic ) ,the grot of Ste Baume , the beaches and the coasting creeks .
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St Paul en Forêt
Inhabitants : 1137 - Postal code : 83 440
City hall : 04.94.39.08.80
www.saintpaulenforet.fr - E-mail@
Small village was situated in the center of a luxuriant vegetation , which offers numerous strolls , St paul
is a quiet and restful place .
If the prehistoric man left tracks of his passage with the said place : Saquetons , It is Celto-Ligures , then
Romans that occupied the site , before it is totally plundered by the Saracens in the IX° and X° centuries .
The first houses were reconstructed on Maugariel's hill and in the middle age a glass factory settled down in wood ,
this industry prospered in the XVII° century with the green glass , the window glass and the black glass .
In the village Queylard's castle , flanked by massive turrets , and church St Paul date the XVIII° century .
In the southeast the chapel St Joseph dominates the village .
Bagnols en Forêt
Inhabitants : 1672 - Postal code : 83 600
Tourist information office : 04.94.40.64.68
Mairie de Bagnols - E-mail@
Mentionned for the first time in the year 909 , Bagnols overhangs a meander of Vauloube , above a small
cultivable depression surrounded with hills dug by grots lived in the Paleolithic .
In the time Roman the site was occupied by villas . All the discoveries realized on the municipality are visibles
to the museum adjoining the city hall .
The village settled down on the current site in the XV° century , the church which dominates it was built in the
XVIII° century . Outside of the village the chapel St Anne dates the XVII° century and that of St Denis ,
restored and classified , is the XI° century
Numerous strolls organized in circuits are to do from Bagnol : The waterfall Gourbachin and the gorges of Blavet ;
The gorges of Mueron ; The defile of the "pierre du coucou" ; The "colle du Rouet" , where is an oppidum of the
age of iron , said : "Forteresse de Bayonne" .
Frèjus
Inhabitants : 41486 - Postal code : 83 600
Tourist information office : 04.94.51.83.83
www.ville-frejus.fr- E-mail@
St Aygulf : 83 370
Tourist information office : 04.94.81.22.09
Forum JULII , been born border the sea by the will of the first Caesar emperor of Rome , became Frèjus . The
municipality divided in several site : The old town established on a knoll; Port Frèjus and its beaches ; St Aygulf
and its beaches ( At feet of the Massif of the Maures ) and Tour de Mare ( At feet of the Massif of the Estérel ) .
If the whole coasting zone is bound to the relaxation , to the nautical activities , to the feast and to the holidays
generally ; It is the old town and the surrounding that shelter the historic interest of the municipality . The web
site of the tourist information office giving you all the details , here is the not exhaustive list of the wealth of the
country , to give you the envy to stop to Frèjus :
The time Roman :
The arena or amphitheater ; The door Dorée ; The door of Gaules ; Thermal bath of Villeneuve ; The necropolis ;
The vestiges of the port and the quays ; The vestiges of the surrounding wall Roman ; The vestiges of the aqueduct
which irrigated the city with water ( Gargalon's archs, valley of Reyran , archs of the entry of city ) ; Theater Roman .
The episcopal group :
Architectural group was built among the XI° and XIV° centuries , was surrounded with medieval building and was
composed of the cathedral , the Baptistère (V°) , of the canonical cloister , the episcopal palace (Current city hall).
Particular hotels, vestiges of the medieval surrounding wall , chapels , villa Marie ( Museum and library ) , gardens .
Several museums are at your disposal , they traced the historic past of the city and present you its military patrimony
St Raphaël
Inhabitants :31196 - Postal code : 83 700
Tourist information office : 04.94.19.52.52
www.saint-raphael.com - E-mail@
The municipality of St Raphaël extends over all the coasting zone
of the Massif of the Estérel
. Outskirts residential
of Frèjus in the
time Roman , it is the XI° century when the name of the city was for
the first time mentioned. Its port
supplanted that of its neighbour in the XV° century and the arrived
of the railway developed modern St Raphaël ,
sea resort with its numerous nautical activities or nature .
St Raphaël city
By lounging between the port , the places and the flower
market and in vegetable market , discover : The
archaeological museum ; The church was said about the Knight Templars
, about the Romanic style , it dates
the XII° century ; The watchtower , 30 metres hight , XIII° and
XIV° centuries ; ND de la Victoire of
Néo-Byzantine style ( 1883 à 1887 ).
Valescure
Residential district - Two golf . (
www.vargolfs.fr.st )
Boulouris
Maritime district with its port and its 8 beaches .
By following the road of the coast ( N98 ) to the Alpes Maritimes
:
Le Dramont
One of the most beautiful landscape
was crossed by the path of the coast in the cape Dramont facing the
golden island and its tower of medieval style .
Cap Estérel
Pedestrian domain of 210 Ha , overhanging Agay's bay
.
Agay
( 83 530 Tourist information office : 04.94.82.01.85 www.agay.fr
- E-mail@
)
Bathing resort having one of the most beautiful natural harbours of the
coast , with its beaches of fine sand .
Anthèor
At feet of the red cliffs of the massif , a succession of small
beaches and creeks .
Le Trayas
The last beaches of the Var before passing in the Alpes Maritimes.
In the creeks the mediterranean vegetation
is reflected in a water varying between the emerald and the blue .
Inhabitants :2092 - Postal code : 83 600
Tourist information office : 04.94.40.93.57
www.mairie-adrets-esterel.fr - E-mail@
In the heart of the Massif of the Estérel , nested in an oak forest corks , in 5 km of the lake of St Gassien ,
it is a charming village of the Var , on the border with the Alpes Maritimes .
Being occupied by Celto-Ligures , then by Romans (Tracks of the way Aurélienne), Les Adrets took their
development under Napoléon III . The church of the XVIII° century , the covered wells are to see in the village and
so , art gallery contemporary , the honey factories , the museum of Estérel ( Old tools and professions of formerly)
Excellent point of departure for the strolls in the center of the massif , with among others the Mont Vinaigre , or still
the road of the robbery ( Current GR49 ) , which proceed with rigour till the end of the XIX° century in the massif ,
with notably famous Gaspard de Besse who installed his bench-mark in the famous inn of Adrets.
