Cultural outings

Discovering the Colle Noire massif

Meeting point

Massif de la Colle Noire
83220 Le Pradet
France

Port-Cros National Park

Discovering the Colle Noire massif

1 half day

Medium

Located in Le Pradet, on the first foothills of the Maures massif, the Colle Noire is a protected green setting between the coastal towns of Hyero and Toulon. The proposed route culminates at an altitude of nearly 300 meters, offering breathtaking panoramic views of the Toulon harbor, the Saint-Mandrier peninsula and Cap Sicié to the west, as well as the double tombolo, the Giens peninsula and the islands of Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant to the east.

This dominant position will enable your guide to present Toulon, a port of extraordinary defense, and its harbor; its maritime and military history; the formation of the peninsula and the specificity of each of the three islands, known as the "golden islands".

In the past, the site's dense plant cover earned it the Provençal name of "Cola negré", meaning black hill.

Since the fire of 2005, however, the massif is essentially made up of scrubland dotted with surviving cork oaks. The area's agricultural past will be explored, with an evocation of the region's horticultural tradition. Beneath this trail lies the Cap Garonne copper mine, a vestige of an industrial past that testifies to the site's specific mineralogical wealth.

You'll then make your way to the Domaine de la Navicelle through the forest, where you'll discover a biodynamically cultivated vineyard and taste some of the estate's wines.

It's a highly interactive stroll, where visitors are invited to take part in their own discovery.

All year round, on request

Duration: 4h (circuit adaptable for shorter durations)

Level of difficulty: Medium, depending on audience

Documentation and binoculars available

Languages: French, English, Spanish

Prices

35€ per person, including the guide and the tasting.

Contact

Les balades de Charlotte

Gregoire de Bollemont Charlotte

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560 impasse de de la grande cabane
83160 La Valette-du-Var
France

+33 6 14 90 89 55

charlotte@baladesdecharlotte.fr

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Lieu de Rendez-vous

Massif de la Colle Noire
83220 Le Pradet
France

À la rencontre de...

Born in Toulon, Charlotte Grégoire de Bollemont has a passion for nature. With a BTS in tourism in her pocket, she set up her own company at the age of 24 to develop hiking in all its forms locally. As a guide-interpreter, she quickly turned to event tourism with companies.

We had the opportunity to organize a seminar with leisure activities, that did not exist, we continued in this way and developed original offers.

Our priority is always to make visitors aware of the environment and encourage them to respect it. Today, the businesswoman, who has never stopped working as a field guide, has returned to her first love by creating Les Balades de Charlotte in 2016.

I wanted to go towards what is closest to my heart: to combine hiking and public awareness of the exceptional territory that we are helping them discover. I have a deep attachment to Porquerolles.
So I developed new products: wellness hikes, fun hikes... And I'm having fun!

More than ever a fighter, curious, and driven by the desire to share her passion, Charlotte always has a project ahead of her. The latest one?

I'm working on a five-day trip to discover the territory of the Port-Cros National Park, from Cap Lardier to Le Pradet, passing by Port-Cros, Porquerolles, the peninsula and the Colle Noire.

To be continued!