Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Les Chênes Verts €€€
( 04 94 70 55 06; rte de Villecroze, D51, Tourtour; menus €57; lunch & dinner
Thu-Mon Aug-May)
It might seem odd that this walled property shuts in June and July.
But there is good reason. The Green Oaks is famed for its luxurious truffle cuisine: winter
food! The stiff waiters and eclectic decor are hardly wowing, but the cuisine is irreproach-
able.
GASTRONOMIC
L'Alechou €
( 04 94 70 54 76; 16 rue Grande, Tourtour; mains €9-15; lunch & dinner daily; )
On the cuter-than-cute main street, overwhelmingly friendly L'Alechou is a perfect spot
for lunch between flowerpots.
BISTRO
Information
Tourtour Tourist Office
( 04 94 70 59 47;
www.tourisme-tourtour.com
; montée de St-
Dénis)
AUPS
November to late February, those alien- looking nuggets of black fungus can be viewed at
the Thursday morning
truffle market
on Aups' central plane-tree-studded square. Truffle
hunts and pig-snouting demonstrations lure a crowd on the fourth Sunday in January dur-
ing Aups'
Journée de la Truffe
(Day of the Truffle).
The
tourist office
( 04 94 84 00 69;
www.aups-tourisme.com
;
place Frédéric Mis-
tral; 9am-12.30pm & 3.30-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-12.30pm Sun)
, on the central square,
has information on other gastronomic festivities and a list of local truffle hunters.
ENTRECASTEAUX
Entrecasteaux, with its giant 17th-century château, old stone houses sun-baked every
shade of gold, and fountain-clad square, perches dramatically over a river. Grab a coffee
at the green-canopied
Bar Central
( 04 94 04 43 53)
- you won't get more local than
this. The well-lived-in yellow-stone farmhouse at
Domaine de Roucas
( 04 94 04 48
14; rte de Carcès; 9am-6pm)
welcomes wine tasters. Pick up local honey at
Remy
Apiculteur
( 04 94 04 45 87; D50, Entrecasteaux)
, just outside town.
COTIGNAC
POP 2000
