This heavenly hilltop village, capital of Les Maures, floats high above the famed coastline of the French Riviera, and while blessed with historical and natural beauty, it is renowned for its chestnuts!
The coast road to Collobrieres snakes up steep cliffs that plunge to a forested valley while in the far distance the Hyeres islands lie like giant pebbles cushioned in a turquoise sea. Cyclists hurtle past on their downward spiral, within inches of my car. I peer anxiously ahead, wondering how an oncoming vehicle will squeeze past. After a dizzying eight-kilometre climb to some five hundred metres, I reach the plateau where sheep and goats graze and a warm mountain breeze leans into the chestnut groves.
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