Photo TidbitsTourrette sur Loup

By Jim and Emmy Humberd

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.

Books by Jim and Emmy Humberd:
Invitation to France
Invitation to Germany
Invitation to Italy

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Tourrette-sur-Loup - Fortified village
Tourrettes-sur-Loup