South of France

The area of France south and west of the main alpine regions and Lake Geneva.

Rock Climbing, Canyoning & Via Ferrata:

Avignon Soleil

Jingo Wobbly - Avignon Soleil

£29.99

Avignon lies in south-east France not that far from the Mediteranian coast and within fairly easy reach of Grenoble airport. The area is festooned with fine bolted limestone crags and this guide includes details for 52 different cliffs in the area around Mont Ventoux, with 1500 specific routes on 37 different cliffs.

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France: Languedoc - Roussillon

Rockfax - France: Languedoc - Roussillon

£24.95

A sport climbing guide covering the area west of the Rockfax guide to Haute Provence, largely surrounding the beautiful Parc National des Cévennes, but also including crags close to Nimes and Avignon.

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Rockfax Haute Provence

Rockfax - France: Haute Provence

£24.95

A selected climbs guide covering all the best areas from the magnificent walls of Céüse in the north to the impeccable climbing playground of Buoux to the south, this book has a lifetime’s worth of climbing waiting in its pages.

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Mistral 2 Südfrankreich Ost

tmms Verlag - Mistral 2 Südfrankreich Ost (South-East France)

£26.95

Rather utilitarian German guide to sport climbing in Provence in the area between Gap, Marseille and Monaco and including such well known venues as Céüse, Orpierre and the Calanques.

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Aiguines

FFME - Aiguines - Verdon Rive Gauche

£26.95

Sport climbing on the south side of the famous Verdon Gorge in Haut Provence in South-Eastern France. This on the side opposite such famous climbs as La Demande and L'Eperon Sublime, however, in the height of Summer, it will be in the shade when the more famous routes across the river are not. Over 400 routes are described - grades range from 3+ to 8a+, with a good spread.

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Provence Verte

La Corditelle - Climbing in Provence Verte

£22.50

Sport climbing in the west of Provence in South-Eastern France, not far from the Mediterranean. Covers four areas: Roches de Bargarèdes at Vallon Sourn, L'Hacienda at Val Obscur, La Roquette at Correns and Site de Brauch at Carcès. Just under 300 routes are described ranging in grade from F2b(!) to F8b, many of them in the easier F4 and F5 grades.

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France - Côte d’Azur

Rockfax - France: Côte d’Azur

£24.95

Following on from their Haute Provence guide, this volume covers the Côte d’Azur (ie the South of France along the Mediterranean coast between Marseilles and Monaco) region including the world famous Verdon Gorge. Published to Rockfax’s usual high standard, the guide is packed with great action shots, loads of full colour photo-topos, lots of useful information and easy-to-follow maps.

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Walking:

Provence

Rother - Provence

£12.99

50 selected valley and mountain walks from the Ardèche to the Verdon Gorge and from Mont Ventoux to the Calanques. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos.

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Côte d'Azur

Rother - Côte d'Azur

£9.99

45 selected valley and mountain walks in the Maritime Alps, the highlands of Grasse, the Esterel, the Massif des Maures, the Cote d'Azur and the Calanques and including a coast walk from Menton (near Monaco) to Marseilles in 15 one day stages.

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Walking the French Gorges

Cicerone - Walking the French Gorges

£7.99

A guide to a 320 mile, 26 day walk through Provence and Ardeche taking in some spectacular gorges including the Verdon and an ascent of Mont Ventoux, the highest summit in mainland France outside of the Alps and Pyrenees.

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