Local operator · Cannes
A minivan picks you up at your Cannes hotel at 9:30 and heads inland to Castellane, then on to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie and Lac de Sainte-Croix. Pick it if you're staying in Cannes and want the lake: in summer there's swimming, and canoes, pedal boats and electric boats for hire on the shore.
Most Verdon day trips start in Nice. This one picks you up at your hotel or private residence in Cannes at 9:30. The listing takes you to Castellane, the old town under its rock, then to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France, and on to Lac de Sainte-Croix, where in summer you can swim or rent a canoe, pedal boat or electric boat. The guide makes panoramic photo stops on request. The day runs about nine hours.
It comes from the same supplier as the Nice lake tour, with the same plan and the same rule of four guests minimum per booking. The differences: the group can reach 16 rather than 8, and the start is 90 minutes later, so expect to be back in Cannes around 6:30 p.m.
It has only 4 reviews, all of them 5.0, and one names the guide, Mario, for being on time and patient with free time. That's too small a sample to lean on. The price is unsettled as well: Viator has shown several figures for this tour, so check the live price for your group size before you book. And the gorge itself is seen from above, as on every coastal day trip. The water comes at the lake.
At your hotel or private residence.
Inland through the hills to the town at the upper end of the gorge, for a first stop below the Roc.
The road toward Moustiers brings the gorge views, with photo stops on request.
Lunch and a wander through the village. Food isn't on the inclusions list.
Swim, or rent a canoe, pedal boat or electric boat in summer, at extra cost.
Around nine hours after pickup.
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Castellane is roughly 85 km from Cannes by way of Grasse: about 20 km to Grasse, then 65 km of twisty road on the Route Napoléon. Moustiers lies further on, past the gorge.
Same supplier, similar plan: Castellane, Moustiers, the lake. This one starts at 9:30 in Cannes and takes up to 16 guests; the Nice tour takes eight.
Yes, at Lac de Sainte-Croix in summer. Swim at the lake, not in the river inside the canyon: EDF releases water from the dams upstream and levels can rise within minutes.
4 so far, rated 5.0. Too few to judge on their own; the Nice tour from the same supplier has 402.
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Hotel pickup in Cannes, then Castellane, Moustiers and time at Lac de Sainte-Croix.
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