Page 108 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Provence & The Côte d'Azur

106  PROVENCE AREA B Y AREA

Exploring the Var and the Iles d’Hyères

The Var département covers about 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles). It combines département covers about 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles). It combines département
a stunning coastline sprinkled with red cliffs, delightful bays and the Iles
d’Hyères, which spill out from its southernmost point, with dramatic chains
of hills, rising up behind the coast and further inland. The slopes of the Massif
des Maures and the Haut Var are home to a fascinating array of flora and
fauna, as well as to the many producers of Côtes-de-Provence wines.

Verd rdon Gréoux-les-Bains Riez
Verdo
V d
Quinson

View of the Abbaye du Thoronet
Montmeyan
Sights at a Glance Rians
Varages Tavernes
1 Barjols s Ramatuelle
2 Haut Var d St-Tropez pp122–6 BARJOLS
3 Comps-sur-Artuby f Port-Grimaud
4 Mons g Grimaud Brue-Auriac Cotignac
5 Fayence h Ste-Maxime Aix-en-Provence
6 Bargemon j St-Raphaël
ge
g
7 Draguignan k Massif de l’Esterel Arg rg r ens
8 Les-Arcs-sur-Argens l Fréjus ST-MAXIMIN-
9 Lorgues LA-STE-BAUME
0 Abbaye du Thoronet Tours Tourves
w Brignoles q Côtes de Provence BRIGNOLES
e St-Maximin-la-Ste-Baume a Massif des Maures
pp114–15 Aubagne
r Bandol Forcalqueiret
t Sanary-sur-Mer La Roquebrussanne
y Toulon pp116–17
u Iles d’Hyères pp118–19 Signes
i Hyères
o Le Lavandou
p Bormes-les-Mimosas Cuers
Marseille Le
Beausset
Solliès-Pont
Key Parc Animalier &
Exotique Sanary-Bandol
Motorway La Crau HYÈRES
BANDOL
Major road
Secondary road SANARY-SUR-MER TOULON
Minor road Six-Fours- La Seyne-
Scenic route les-Plages sur-Mer
Main railway Notre-Dame-
Cap Sicié du-Mai Giens
Minor railway
Regional border
Summit
0 kilometres 10
0 miles 10
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