Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 04 93 24 27 82;
www.lalitote.fr
; 5 rue de l'Évêché; menus €17.50-28; lunch Tue-
Sun, dinner Tue-Sat)
In an area where the bar is set very high, chef Stéphane Furlan still
manages to surprise and delight diners with a regularly changing menu that favours qual-
ity rather than quantity. Dine al fresco on a little square at the back of the cathedral, or in-
side the stone-wall dining room with its open fire.
Les Bacchanales €€€
( 04 93 24 19 19;
www.lesbacchanales.com
; 247 av de Provence; lunch/dinner menu
from €35/55; lunch & dinner Thu-Mon)
Chef Christophe Dufau has found the perfect
home in this elegant 1930s town house. It allows him to combine his two passions in life:
food (creative, seasonal and divine) and art (the restaurant features daring original works).
GASTRONOMIC
Getting There & Around
Bus 400 to and from Nice (€1, 1¼ hours, at least hourly) stops on place du Grand Jardin.
Medieval Vence is pedestrian; you can park on place du Grand Jardin or in the streets
leading to the historical centre.
Around Vence
The Pays Vençois is an enticing mix of fertile land, rocky heights and quirky attractions.
A car is essential to get around.
LES GORGES DU LOUP
A combination of perilously perched villages, sheer cliffs, waterfalls, densely wooded
slopes and gushing river, the Gorges du Loup is a scenic and surprisingly unspoiled place.
People come here mostly for the spectacular drive and great walking trails. The Guides
RandOxygène (
Click here
)
have excellent walk suggestions.
The highlight of the western side of the gorges (the D3) is the outstanding village of
Gourdon
(population 445). The panorama from
place Victoria
sweeps 80km of coastline
from Nice to Théoule-sur-Mer.
On the eastern side, off the D2210, stands the tiny village of
Courmes
(population 99),
reached by a single, winding lane. There isn't much to see here but it is the most atmo-
spheric place to lunch or spend the night. Further south along the gorge is the hamlet of
