Are you tired of not seeing beyond your tips in the whiteout of repeated north-west flows, above ski factories served by congested highways? Head to Provence, not the one with beaches, but the one with snow-covered mountains around Digne-les-Bains. If you dream this winter not of Provence and its Cézanne blue sky but of Provence without overtourism, it’s an opportunity to give free rein to your heliotropism and prepare your tan on the white of the Prealps of Digne before the Mediterranean blue.
Good for you: on the slopes of Cheval Blanc, you won’t run into your neighbor from the landing as a towel neighbor, and on those of the Boules mountain, no need to wake up at 5 a.m. to reserve your deckchair by the pool. Instead of hopping on the burning sand in search of a 15-euro greasy chichi, squeaking like a fledgling in front of a mocking array of glued towels, you can bounce in the virgin powder with sighs of contentment; rather than playing Machiavellian strategies to plant your parasol in hostile territory on the crowded beach, you will plant your poles towards the Bells, near shy quadrupeds refusing any promiscuity. And then, instead of a lukewarm rosé served in a plastic cup, you can enjoy the evening in Digne at the good local tables, after testing the local baths as an après-ski spa.
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