Provence Cross

Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Amazing views after an amazing to the top. Highly recommend for people who love the outdoors Great location and amazing hike, it's not too long and neither too difficult a very pictures and engaging day hike, very close to Aix-en-Provence. Good connectivity to the starting point, even public buses run from Aix to the start point. There are multiple loops of varying difficulty levels so there's something for everyone. Amazing run from barrage Bimont . Spiritual place. Sentier Imoucha is rather difficult to run up and a little dangerous on the way back. What a truly magical place to come visit. To start the parking is amazing. Completely new and super clean. Picnic benches nearby for lunch before you start the climb 🪜!! As for the hike. It is definitely long and you are often in the shade due to trees and rocks. It also tends to be quite windy which really helps with the heat. I visited in July so not full heat!! I came with my two daughters 10 and 14 respectively. They found some parts of the very difficult due to the large amount of going up up up over lots of rocks. The path is very very clear. It is almost impossible to get lost. Also forbidden due to signs about nature and not disturbing them. Going up like always is way harder. Both my girls made it without any injuries. We took our time and got reward with a breathtaking view We started around 15h00 and mounted just before 19h30. So around three hours. Going down took way less and was super easy This is the peak of the Montagne de St. Victoire. Stunning views of the whole Aix en Provence and Gardanne region. At 1,100 feet elevation, this is a rugged even with high fitness level. Start early and bring water to avoid heat exhaustion. Gorgeous to the top, make sure you start from the barrage for the most picturesque view on your way up. A great point to finish the on the mountain Sainte Victoire.🌄 It gets very cold and windy, so make sure to be well equipped! Better view across from the Cross 😎 Ran this in 3.00hours from victoire campsite. Other reviews were right about there being a decent breeze once you reach the ridge. But some sections are really exposed to the sun for long periods. If it wasn't for the breeze and the cold plunge pool back near the visitors centre I passed on the way up, I probably would have bailed as it was 34 degrees out. Great route starts out as a steady wide gravel track upto the refuge cezanne then gets steeper and more rocky. I took the facile route up and the difficule route down. Although I actually found the easier route up to be quite sustained along long the steep rocky slabs upto the ridge. When speaking to the incendiary ranger at the top this was supposed to be closed. I had seen a sign about the closed section but it wasn't clear which bit was closed and contradicted the wooden signs. The difficule route down wasnt all that bad to descend only a 1 steep section needing hands to climb and one slightly exposed bit. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.