Tourtour
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Tourtour's nickname, the village in the sky of Provence, comes from its hilltop of Beau Soleil, with views from the coast at Fréjus to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire. It grew up along the course of its spring water, which still feeds eight fountains, a wash house of 1778 and an oil mill that is still working. The Bastide de Tourtour hotel appeared in the film The Day of the Jackal.
Highlights
- Eight village fountains, including one of pink-veined Candelon marble
- The wash house of 1778, its water cool in summer and winter alike
- The oil mill, still working, fed by the village spring
- Views across the central Var to the Montagne Sainte-Victoire
- Ruins of the Florièye abbey and a medieval bridge over the Florieye
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Tourtour (FR), Tourtour (EN), Tourtour (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 581
Things to see
Events through the year
- Fête de l'œuf
- CourtsCourts FestivalShort film festival
- Piano dans le cielFestival held since 2008
- Christmas market
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
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Local food & wine
- Tourtour olive oilOlive oilPressed in the water-powered communal mill, little changed since 1766
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Where to sleep
5 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 5
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Thermes de Gréoux-les-Bains · ~1 h 07 by car
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Nearby member villages
- Cotignac · 14 km
- Bargème · 27 km
- Seillans · 28 km
- Moustiers-Sainte-Marie · 29 km
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