Moissac-Bellevue

Overview

A hilltop village of the Haut Var near Aups, in the heart of truffle and oak country. A viewpoint and Provençal calm.

Where to stay in Moissac-Bellevue

Hotels, campsites and gîtes in Moissac-Bellevue, with their real rating when available.

Listings marked “Ad” (LiveVerdon plan) or “Recommended by the publisher” are ranked ahead of the others: plans first, then the publisher’s clients, then addresses recommended with no commercial link. How listings are ranked

• La Bastide du Calalou Hotel & Spa Hotel ★★★★ 4.4 (628 Google reviews) To be confirmed
• Domaine de l'auviduery Short-term rental Business’s own website

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What to see, what to do

Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-la-Roque

A Romanesque chapel of the 11th-12th centuries (nave and apse, barrel vault), set on a spur overlooking the plain. A belvedere has been laid out with orientation tables, one of which, on the north side, opens the view towards the Lac de Sainte-Croix.

Church of the Transfiguration (Saint-Sauveur)

A 17th-century parish church, with an octagonal bell tower added in the mid-19th century. A bull of Pope Gregory IX is said to point to an early link with the Templars.

Château de Moissac-Bellevue

A château from the end of the 16th / beginning of the 17th century, privately owned and restored, awarded a prize by the Vieilles Maisons Françaises association.

Clock Tower

Built in 1816 and topped with a wrought-iron campanile.

Oratories and crosses

The oratories of Saint-Éloi and Saint-Martin; a mission cross dated 1860. A 17th-century presbytery.

Fountains, wash-houses and dovecote

A set of fountains and fountain-wash-houses, wells, a former seigneurial dovecote, and remains of a Provençal-type windmill on the chemin de la Chapelle.

Covered passageway and old houses

A gateway forming a covered passageway with two round arches; many 16th-17th century houses in the village.

Archaeological sites (oppidum of the Camp d'Oliviers)

Tumuli and Celto-Ligurian remains, the oppidum of the Camp d'Oliviers, traces of Roman colonisation and of a Templar presence in the area.

History of Moissac-Bellevue

The name Moissac is attested in the 13th century and is Roman in origin (Moxiaco / mosiacum). A stronghold from the 11th century, the place came under the seigneurial families of Blacas d'Aups and then Coriolis. In 1860 the commune bought a spring near Vérignon (Aups); the pipeline was completed in 1875. The suffix 'Bellevue' was added to the official name in the 1930s to avoid confusion with Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne) and to underline the view over the plain and the hills. After heavy depopulation (238 inhabitants in 1793, a low point of 68 in 1962), the commune has seen a revival; population of about 306 inhabitants in 2023.

Getting to Moissac-Bellevue

• By road: The departmental road D9, linking Aups (about 5 km) with Montmeyan (about 10 km).
• Served by the on-demand transport of the Zou! regional network.