Culture & heritage
Verdon culture
The Verdon is more than a canyon. It’s 400,000 years of human history, a faience famous the world over, hilltop villages and Vauban forts, and dozens of museums that keep this memory alive. This is the culture of the Verdon — gathered, explained and verified.
The 28 museums of the Verdon
Quinson prehistory, Moustiers faience, Colmars’ Vauban forts, Aiguines woodturners, the museums of Aups: every museum and cultural site, village by village, with its verified official source.
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The history of the Verdon
From the Baume Bonne cave (400,000 years) to the first crossing of the canyon in 1905: prehistory, the Roman heritage of Riez, hilltop villages, Vauban’s fortifications.
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Local produce & faience
Moustiers faience, renowned since 1679, honey, Aups truffles, olive oil and Valensole lavender: the know-how that gives the Verdon its taste.
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Events & what’s on
Markets, village fêtes, festivals: what’s happening this week and this season in the Verdon, with the official sources of the tourist offices.
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The Baume Bonne cave and the Quinson museum, one of the largest in Europe.
Verdon heritageHilltop villages, castles, chapels and fortifications to discover.
The wild VerdonGeology, vultures, wildlife and flora of Europe’s Grand Canyon.
Discover the villagesRougon, La Palud, Moustiers, Castellane: the villages of the Verdon.
Check for yourself
The external sources this page relies on, one click away.We would rather you be able to contradict us than ask you to take our word for it.
- Verdon Tourisme — office de tourisme intercommunalverdontourisme.com
Informations touristiques officielles du territoire : sites, services et conseils de préparation de séjour.
- Parc naturel régional du Verdonparcduverdon.fr
L'autorité de gestion du territoire : réglementation par milieu (terrestre, aquatique, vertical), bivouac et camping, feu, drone, conseils des écogardes.
- Office de Tourisme Intercommunal Lacs et Gorges du Verdonlacs-gorges-verdon.fr
Office de tourisme couvrant 16 villages de la rive gauche et des lacs : plages, services et prestataires du secteur.
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