Massif de l'Esterel
Rugged red volcanic massif of jagged peaks, pine forest and hiking trails plunging to the sea.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to the Massif de l'Esterel near Cannes follows Gaspard de Besse, the eighteenth-century highwayman who made these red hills his hunting ground. It is a story about money on the move: the merchants and the king's hated tax farmers who had no choice but to travel the old road through the massif. You'll also hear what a Swiss scientist noticed about the rocks above that road in seventeen eighty-seven.
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