Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...
Provençal: ''Esterèu''; English: Esterel Massif) is a
Mediterranean
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Var
Var or VAR may refer to:
Places
* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
* Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...
Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Mandelieu-la-Napoule (; oc, Mandaluec la Napola; locally spelled Mandelieu-La Napoule) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, just to the ...
and
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...
on the east, as well as Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus on the west.
The soil and rocks of the range are of
volcanic
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates a ...
origin, composed mainly of rhyolite, which gives the hills a red color. The
terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin wo ...
is rugged, with deep
ravine
A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion.national forest). The nature reserve offers hiking and mountain biking trails including the GR 49 and GR 51. The Esterel mountains also host the
Pierre & Vacances
Groupe Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs () specializes in tourism services, providing holiday and entertainment ''villages'', leisure activity residences and hotels under the brands Pierre & Vacances, Maeva, Center Parcs, Sunparks, and Adagio (th ...
holiday village Cap Esterel. The Corniche d'Or, a touristic road along the coast and
Île d'Or
The île d'Or is a private island located at the east of the city of Saint-Raphaël in France, facing the cape of Le Dramont. This small island is composed of porphyry (russet rocks) and surmounted by a tower reminiscent of the Middle Ages s ...
, links Saint-Raphaël and Cannes.
Gallery
File:Esterel-3.JPG, The Esterel Massif
File:Massif de l'estérel (5830137152).jpg, Red cliffs of Esterel
File:Calanque d'Anthéor - Boulevard Eugène Brieux - View NNE on Pointe d'Anthéor.jpg, Calanque d'Anthéor
File:Towards Agay village - panoramio.jpg, Anthéor