Many museographic or natural spaces are to be found in our region like the Museum of Woodturning in Aiguines, the park and the The troglodytic caves of Villecroze, TheArt of toys in Bauduen, The The Truffle House of Aups and Verdon - discover all these sites and others dedicated to this information on our special page.
Pour les amateurs de galeries d’Art, Tourtour est incontournable.
Come and meet our craftsmen - Mosaic artists, potters, santonniers ... they are waiting for you in their shops or workshop to reveal the secrets of their craft.
Côté patrimoine, nos 16 villages recèlent de petites pépites à découvrir sans modération comme par exemple à :
– Trigance – Le Mill of Soleils - the last traditional flour-powered water mill in operation in the Var.
– Aiguines – Le Col d’Illoire ou Le Grand Margès et leur panorama sur les Verdon Gorges..
– Les Salles-sur-Verdon – The permanent exhibition of photos and models on submerged valley at the Tourist Information Office.
– Bauduen – Andrônes – Its staired streets are typical of Haute-Provence.
– Baudinard – Notre-Dame de la Garde Chapel located at an altitude of 709 m.
– Artignosc-sur-Verdon – The old communal bread oven behind the castle.
– Villecroze – The wooded park at the foot of the troglodyte caves.
– Tourtour – Saint-Denis church and its panorama clear to Mont Faron on windy days.
– Vérignon – The Notre-Dame de Liesse Chapel - small perched chapel
– Aups – The monument to the insurrection of 1851 - only 5 monuments dedicated to this event in France.
– Moissac-Bellevue – The Notre-Dame de la Roque chapel and its belvedere which offers a magnificent view of the plain that they overlook.
– Régusse – Windmills among the last traditional flour mills in the Var.
– Châteauvieux – The Saint-Pierre-en-Demueyes chapel in the middle of a clearing.
– La Martre – The Serre bridgeover the Artuby known as “Pont de Madame” from the 18th century Artuby.
– Brenon – le panorama sur les Alpes depuis le rocher qui domine le village en parcourant le sentier de randonnée : Les hauteurs de Brenon
– Le Bourguet – The Castrum de Bagarris site médiéval d’un village fortifié détruit au XVIème siècle.
Parmi ces villages, Baudinard-sur-Verdon, Moissac-Bellevue, Régusse, Tourtour et Villecroze ont reçu le label des villes et villages fleuris ;
Tourtour est classé parmi les Plus Beaux Villages de France ;
Aups et Villecroze sont classés Villages de caractère du Var – Aups est de plus classé parmi les Plus Beaux Détours de France.
