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Cornillon-Confoux, Provence, France

Cornillon-Confoux is an oasis of tranquility - a small hamlet located not far away from Salon-de-Provence, at the top of a hill which offers beautiful views of the large area of ​​Provence. In good weather you can even see the Mont Ventoux, located about 70 km away from here.


Parking in Cornillon-Confoux

We drove up the hill and then parked on the only available parking located next to the town hall (P1; GPS: 43.563610, 5.072057).


The old town

We move down the Grand Rue street in the southern direction. After about 200 meters we reach the Place de l'Eglise (A; GPS: 43.562218, 5.071715), which features the twelfth-century church with an interesting bell tower. Near the church was installed a modern sculpture called "Ikaria" created by Igor Mitoraj, renowned Polish sculptor. We come to the vantage point (B; GPS: 43.561005, 5.072600) from which we can enjoy a very beautiful scenery.

Near the village there are many interesting stone huts, known as "Bories". In the past, they were a shelter for peasants or sheeps in case of bad weather.


Sausset-les-Pins

We of course don't end up so well started day and we continue our route in interesting environment to the Mediterranean Sea passing by Saint-Chamas and Martigues. Finally we reach the coastal village of Sausset-les-Pins. There we park the car in the parking lot (P2; GPS: 43.329450, 5.110960) nearby the marina and then walk around. Back we will drive through interesting town of Salon-de-Provence, where Nostradamus lived. We wrote a separate article about this place.



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