Tourrette sur Loup

For centuries, peasants built their villages perched like eagles’ nests on hilltops, surrounding them with protective ramparts. There are several villages in the Loup River valley, a few miles above the Côte d’Azur (Sky-Blue Coast, or French Riviera), perhaps the most exceptional is Tourrette sur Loup, a fortified village with the outer houses forming the ramparts.

We try to stop for breakfast or lunch, with a fabulous view out our dining window. The view of Tourrette sur Loup across the narrow gorge, is as fabulous as any.