Mougins' signature walk strings together its best green spaces – canal, Picasso's chapel, the lotus pond and the forest – in one waymarked line.
Photo: Ville de Mougins / Fotodrone
Distance
6.2 km
Time
1 hour 45 minutes, one way
Difficulty
Easy overall, with a steep stretch up to the chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Vie
Start
Place des Patriotes, old village
Past
The Canal de la Siagne and its 'Pagnol' atmosphere, The chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Vie, beside Picasso's last home, The Étang de Fontmerle and its lotus colony, The pine and oak forest of the Valmasque
Season
All year. Detailed leaflet from the tourist office.
With children
Car parks along the way let you shorten it or do it in stages (tourist office). One-way – plan the return.
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