France - Day 6

We drove all the way down to Isola village, then north west up the Tinée valley through Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée, finally parking at the Torrent de Vens waterfall car park.

The start of the walk was at about 1550m. After a mile or so on a track, the path zig-zagged steeply up the north-facing slope beside the Torrent de Vens. It was hard going but very spectacular.

Finally we arrived at the first of the Lacs de Vens.

A little bit further took us to the main Lac de Vens, which is stunningly situated and has a mountain refuge perched on the far side, at 2380m.

We sat there to have our lunch and a rest.

The return journey was much the same as the outward one, and seemed to go on for ages.

On returning to the car we drove to the village of Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée. We bought a couple of maps in the Tourist Information office. We also had a couple of drinks at a bar in the main square, they were pretty expensive at 14 euros for two large beers.

After doing a little shopping both here and in Isola 2000, we went back to the apartment. Later we had fish fingers, chips and flageolet beans (bought by mistake instead of peas) for dinner.