Bédoin

Hike - Combe de Malaval - Le Badareù

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Time: 3 1/4 hours - Distance: 11km - Altitude change: 660 m - Marked: yellow - white/red – yellow - Starts from: "Maison forestière des Cèdres" – In the hamlet "Les Clops". In Provencal, badareù means "beautiful lookout point". Mont Ventoux is the outpost of the Alps, far from the plains near the Mediterranean. As Jean-Henri Fabre wrote: "Toss onto the white of the limestone rock the black spots of the forests and you will have a clear idea of the overall picture of the mountain". Jean Henri Fabre
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Dates and times

All year round.

Languages spoken

  • French

Prices

Free access.

Contact

Hike - Combe de Malaval - Le Badareù
Hameau des Clops
84410 Bédoin
Tel : View number 04 90 65 63 95
E-Mail : accueil@bedoin.fr
Website : https://www.ventouxprovence.fr

Coordinates

Longitude : 5.179347
Latitude : 44.12348

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