Menton is surrounded by glorious hill villages. Gorbio has been featured a few times as it's 'my' village but there are others: Roquebrune, Castellar and St. Agnes - to mention just three more. You'll get to see them all as time goes by - tra la la. And more. This is the first posting of Sospel which is 20 kilometres above Menton in the Bévera valley, and therefore not a hill village. You drive up a stunningly beautiful mountain road, very twisty road driving - the things I do for you! Sospel used to be a staging post on the Salt Route and in this photograph you see the fortified bridge, built in the 12th century and used as a Toll bridge for travellers. I had an omelette in a little bar just over the bridge and drank a toast to you all in Perrier - wasn't I good? Wine and driving windy roads don't go together. Let's face it, wine and driving anywhere doesn't go together.
A very nice photo of a scene I would otherwise never get to see.
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Jilly, that is a marvelous bridge in a hill village I'd never heard of before. I'm so glad you introduced me - and I do look forward to more tours of little towns near and far.
ReplyDeleteNice shot, the village looks really charming. As for the toast, I would have gone for another type of Perrier! Bonne Sante!
ReplyDeleteSea, mountains, ... what a luck (chance ?) you have in this country ...
ReplyDeleteWe appreciate your effort to get us photos of Sospel. And what wonderful photo it is.
ReplyDeleteI have decided, next summer, I'm going to take three months off to travel from Paris down to Provence and Cote D'azur to the Amalfi Coast, and all the way down to Capri.
Maybe I can stop by Menton to say HI and refuel. :-)
Abe Lincoln hit the nail right on the head. Thanks for taking us on a tour of this beautiful little town of Sospel,a town I probably will never get to see in person.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the pictures of Sospel i am lucky enough to live there but i am currently working away so don't get to be there often enough mja
ReplyDeleteMJa, many thanks for comment. I do plan on doing a series on Sospel when I can get up there and WHEN the weather gets better! Probably in the New Year sometime. Ditto Castellar.
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