This is a truly impressive building (and UNESCO world heritage site) to stumble across unawares (as I did whilst out mountain biking when I first moved to the area), but has become a bit of a tourist trap in recent years. I don’t think you’re allowed to walk across the top anymore either — although that’s probably a good thing!
You can avoid the tourists and experience ‘discovering’ it for yourself by walking along the GR (path) from Collias (great place for swimming in the river) but depending on where you start it’d take a few hours. BTW you can eat the marble-sized bumpy little red fruit (with squishy orange insides) growing on bushes (Arbutus / tree strawberries) but may not find them to your liking.
over 7 years ago