...a place to visit - Chateaudouble
Châteaudouble is located north of Draguignan on a redoubtable rocky spur overlooking a series of fantastic gorges and valleys cutting through the thickly forested hills. The Gorges de la Nartuby and the Gorges de Châteaudouble are formed by the Nartuby and Ampus rivers from the northeast and northwest that join together just south of Châteaudouble.
The
village clings to the rocky cliffs, with a pair of towers above: one in
ruins but the other still standing lookout. Above the village at the peak
on the other side is a playground in the trees and a small football pitch
with wooden goals, in a field that overlooks the world. This would be a
great place for looking at the stars at night.
The village houses, shops and restaurants clustered so tightly together are bright and clean and well cared for. A beautiful old church in the centre of the village has doorway arches made from a natural, stratified rock that contrasts well with the iron-studded wooden door. One village speciality is the local honey.