The Gorges du Verdon offer a remote and spectacular respite from the region's tawdry tourist fare, says Charles Starmer-Smith.
Tourists remain a sideshow in the villages of Tourtour, Moustiers (pictured), Sillans-la-Cascade, Aups and Bargemon
Why go?
The peak summer period sees much of Provence become a Peter Mayle-inspired theme park, but the hilltop villages of the Haut-Var still offer the kind of life that people craved long before the writer left his mark on the region.
So forget the tourist-heavy towns of Aix, Avignon and Arles and the fleshpot beaches of Porquerolles. Head instead for the hills to the east, to the lesser known villages of Tourtour, Moustiers, Sillans-la-Cascade, Aups, Bargemon and beyond.
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