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Quote: Originally posted by jbraund on 02/9/2013

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Gorges du Verdon are breathtaking and an exciting drive. We stayed in a lovely Provencal town called Cotignac, about and hour from the coast.

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I would have said almost exactly the same thing as lyanabint:

We have been to both of these places many years ago - The Gorges d Verdon are breathtaking.

We stayed at various campsites around Frejus but think it may be different now - We had some brilliant times there. It suited us at that time as we had a couple of teenage boys with us so our preferences were very different to now.

What time of year are you going JoReed? I think July and August would be manic. We always went June or September and even then it was pretty busy

with the only different thing being we had boys with us.  We always used to holiday in that area when they were little - staying near friends - in Cavalaire, in Frejus, in Roquebrune, in St Raphael, at Esterel, and near Nice - sometimes more than one holiday - over many years.  We also stayed in Castellane - the site Gorges du Verdon - but it was so many years ago - perhaps as many as twenty eight or twenty nine...... so I don't feel qualified to comment on the site. 

The whole area is magnificent, but like lyanabint we always went outside high season - and even so long ago, and in May or June, or September, the traffic was always really busy.  If you're going to tour around the Gorge itself then set off early to make the best of it, then allow yourself plenty of time to stop for photograph opportunities.  We actually did the Route des Cretes a couple of times, and I still remember  'looking over the barrier' and it being straight down for a bigger distance than I care to remember even now - no warning notices - nothing!  In fact at one point going down hill with nothing at the side I actually got out of the car and walked down one stretch on the inner side of the road!