Discover and visit Cabris, a perched village in the Alpes-Maritimes

20 minutes from our holiday apartments for rent in the Côte d’Azur, locations-06 du Bar sur Loup, This charming hilltop village in the upper Grasse region is set in an admirable location. On the edge of the emerging Haute Provence, it looks out over the blue of Lake St Cassien and that of the Mediterranean Sea 20 kilometers away. Cabris is derived from the Latin capra which means “goat”. but this name especially evokes that of the Marquise de Cabris, Mirabeau’s sister. The revolution was an opportunity for it to strengthen its seigniorial rights, which caused, four years later, destruction by the revolting inhabitants. Ruins of the castle: a surrounding wall and a platform remain, from where the view over the Bay of Cannes is sublime (orientation table), to the left over Mougins and the hills which extend as far as Le Cannet, the Gulf of La Napoule and the Lérins Islands; opposite, on Peymeinade, the Tanneron and the Estérel; further right on Lake St Cassien with the Moors in the distance. Grotte des Audides: the cave was inhabited since the dawn of humanity as evidenced by the carved tools, fossils and bones found. Six sinkholes were discovered in 1988. At a depth of 60 m – a third of what has been explored – we discover the beautiful geological landscape of a sinkhole in full concretion activity, with its underground watercourse. Dolmens of Stramousse and Pomeiret: megalithic tombs erected in the Chalcolithic. Chapels: The small village has several chapels: the St Sebastian chapel from the 16^th century, the primitive St John the Baptist chapel (5^th century) restored in the 16^th century. On the road to Grasse, the Ste Marguerite chapel (16^th century) hosts temporary exhibitions. Cabris Tourist Office: 9, rue Frédéric Mistral – 04.93.60.55.63