{"id":161227,"date":"2026-07-02T09:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/fiche-apidae\/la-garde-freinet-les-roches-blanches\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:00:08","slug":"la-garde-freinet-les-roches-blanches","status":"publish","type":"apidae","link":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/fiche-apidae\/la-garde-freinet-les-roches-blanches\/","title":{"rendered":"La Garde Freinet – Les Roches Blanches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hike 5
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\nA site of geological interest, the white rocks are composed of veins of sparkling quartz emerging from the schist.
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\nYOUR HIKE
\nThis magnificent hike to the highest point of La Garde-Freinet will take you to the site of the Roches Blanches, at 637 m, over a distance of about 5,8\/ 8 km (with option).
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\nPARKING
\nFree parking of the Cross
\nLocation: below the Croix des Maures, at the beginning of the Marc Robert trail.
\nComing from Le Luc
\ncross the village on the RD 558, at the exit of the village follow the sign “la croix” going up on the right.
\nComing from Grimaud
\nAt the entrance to the village, take the Chemin du D\u00e9bat on the left, following the sign “la croix”.
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\nTHE ROUTE
\nFrom the parking of the Cross, go down the road until it turns into a hairpin (fire hydrant). Take the path on the right that climbs up the hairpin, continue, always staying on the rightmost path. When you reach a small clearing, take the path that climbs to the left (towards the antenna). (It takes about 30-45 minutes to get there).
\nYou reach a flat area (antenna). Go towards the small building and follow the path for about 550 m. You reach the highest point of La Garde-Freinet: Les Roches Blanches (637 m), a quartz vein.
\nThere are also mica-schist and garnet crystals.
\nRetrace your steps to the plain near the small building. (Or continue along the optional path). Take the track that descends to the left for about 650m. When you reach the crossroads of a track, turn right to reach the La Croix car park.
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\nINTERESTS
\nThe Roches Blanches, a site of geological interest
\nViews over the Maures plain, the Escarcets lake, the Roquebrune rock, the Pre-Alps, the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and the Mediterranean
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\nRECOMMENDATIONS
\nOnly use the path during authorised periods.
\nAsk about the state of opening of the forests.
\nAvoid this hike on days with a strong Mistral wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161228,"template":"","apidae_type":[115],"apidae_selection":[134,234,236,228],"apidae_city":[108],"class_list":["post-161227","type-apidae","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","apidae_type-equipement","apidae_selection-134","apidae_selection-234","apidae_selection-236","apidae_selection-228","apidae_city-la-garde-freinet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae\/161227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/apidae"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae\/161227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162788,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae\/161227\/revisions\/162788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"apidae_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae_type?post=161227"},{"taxonomy":"apidae_selection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae_selection?post=161227"},{"taxonomy":"apidae_city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golfe-sainttropez-tourisme.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/apidae_city?post=161227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}