Discover 3 Wet Places to Cool Down in Provence this Summer
Explore · Julie Whitmarsh · Stay FitIt’s nearly 9 pm and it’s still around 30 degrees on the terrace this evening.
The weather over the last couple of weeks has been bizarre, ranging from the day I got in the car at Uzès to see the display reading 47degrees to a week ago when the temperature dropped to an unseasonable low of 20 degrees.
Continue reading here for Julie’s summer strategy on how to cool down in Provence when the mercury is hovering around 35C. Her answer is to find some cold water. Head to any one of the Mediterranean beaches (they went to Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue). Take a walk in the Gorges du Toulourenc. Or, maybe best of all let your inner child out and head to the waterslide park.
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