Gorge Verdun to Nice by Car

Old Jan 10th, 2013, 07:47 PM
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Gorge Verdun to Nice by Car

Any idea whether we can leave Aix by car, have lunch near the Gorge Verdun and make it to Nice before dark?
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Old Jan 10th, 2013, 08:07 PM
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It will be a very long drive. Keep in mind that the Grand Canyon du Verdon (so nmaed on the Michelin road atlas) is not off a superhighway, but rather the roads start twisting long before the canyon. It took us the good part of a day to go from Draguignan to Grasse (not quite as far as Nice). For only one day I would not consider the Grand Canyon du Verdon a priority.
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Old Jan 10th, 2013, 09:40 PM
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Try Google map or viamichelin.com to get a sense of distance and time, but add 25% to any estimate, if only for pit stops and a lunch stop.
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Old Jan 10th, 2013, 10:33 PM
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I sure wouldn't count on it.
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What time of year? "Dark" now is about 5:30pm. Dark in late June is 9:30PM. I've never been a big fan of the Gorge du Verdun - compared to the Grand Canyon in the US or the Gorges du Tarn in France. I certainly would not want the Verdun Gorge to be the only thing I visited for one entire day of my (probably) too short vacation. Moustiers/Gorge/Riez maybe, however.

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Old Jan 11th, 2013, 04:12 PM
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Thanks. It'll be late May, but the roads on the map didn't look like one would make great time.
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