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This ancient little village sites astride a waterfall-part of the Artuby river, and beside the busy N555 highway south of Draguignan. Along the highway is the start of the uglyness area of billboards and used-car lots into Draguignan. Getting off the main road, however, you'll find an ordinary little village with the river running through the center, either peacefully beside fields [photo-4] or coursing down over rocky waterfalls [photo-1].
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Nearby: |
Arcs 5 km |
Cannes 55 km |
Draguignan 4 km |
Flayosc 12 km |
Frejus 25 km |
Grasse 60 km |
Lorgues 18 km |
6 km |
8 km |
Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15 km |
6 km |
Saint Tropez 45 km |
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History |
O.T. |
Dates |
Hiking |
Dining |
Lodging Hotels |
As pretty as the old village is, this isn't a touristy place and there aren't any of the usual attractions. Along the banks of the river are the old mills and other related industrial buildings, some visible in photo-1 (left). The village had a couple of silk factories in the 18th century. A couple of narrow old stone arched bridges crossing the river are still in daily use. Just across the lower bridge is the old communal olive-oil mill and the Auberge du Vieux Moulin [photo-2] with its grotto dining room [photo-3] where the Beyond team had our wedding reception.
The front of the 18th-century Mairie (town hall) has a nice wrought-iron balcony and an interesting old cadran solaire (sundial) [photo-7].
If you walk out of the village to the east, on the D47 towards La Motte, there's a one-lane bridge high over the Nartuby and a view of an overgrown fish hatchery at the edge of the village [photo-9].
History
Name
First record, First mentioned in 1024 Trancis
Gallo-Roman:
The Voie Aurelienne passed here, along the left bank of the Artuby. Important Gallo-Roman remains were discovered nearby, including at the Gabre farm and Notre-Dame de Valaury southeast of the village.
Medieval:
Fief of the Abbaye de St-Victor in the 13th century. In 1579 the chateau was beseigeg by the "Razats"; the lord was assinated and the chateau was burned.
Office de Tourisme
Tel: 0494 60 62 49; Fax: 04 94 60 62 20
Dates
Market day Sunday; tiny in winter.
Hiking
- Maps:
- IGN (1/25,000) #3544 OT "le Muy, Lorgues, Mont Roquebrune, Maures"
- Didier Richard (1/50,000) #25 "Maures Haut-Pays Varois"
Dining
Vieux Moulin
Tel: (33) 0494 708 759
Menu: 12 euros (weekdaylunch); 15 to 50 euros (2000).
A really special place. This was an old mill, and the dining room is a grotto that goes 40 m (120 feet) deep, horizontally. The ceiling of the natural grotto is very high so smokers aren't a problem. The owner is the chef and patissier. We're rather partial to the place: we had our wedding reception lunch there in May 2000.
Lodging - Hotels
Auberge du Vieux Moulin tel: 0494 708 759
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Photo gallery of 9 photos for Trans-en-Provence
