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Basses Gorges / Quinson / Gréoux

Quinson

Gateway to the lower gorges of the Verdon, between Lac de Quinson and Lac d'Esparron.

Visits to the Baume Bonne take place in season (about mid-March to the end of October) according to the schedule: check the museum’s calendar before coming, as they do not run every day.

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Quinson Veronique Pagnier · CC BY-SA 3.0

Today in Quinson

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Weather in Quinson

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Live forecast — data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Coordinates 43.705, 6.024.

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News from the town hall

Titles: source language (French)

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Health in Quinson

Official Annuaire Santé directory, file dated 1 October 2026: health professionals in private practice or in a health centre. No ranking, no reviews.

Nurses
2
Osteopaths
1

See the detailed list for Quinson →

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Overview

Commune of the lower gorges

Hikes starting from Quinson

White-water sports in Quinson

  • Loisirs Aventures Kayaks (LAK) — canoe, kayak, paddleboard, pedalo
  • Verdon Electronautic — electric boat, watercraft hire

Rafting, canyoning, canoeing: the Verdon white-water guide →

Where to stay in Quinson

Hotels, campsites and gîtes in Quinson, with their real rating when available.

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Services & shops in Quinson

EV charging — in the village: Grand Parking (2 points), network eborn. See the map of Verdon charging points →

Food & groceries
  • Proxi « Au p'tit ravitaillement » (local mini-market, Cours National — cash point, bread outlet, local products: cheeses/charcuterie)
Health (doctor, nurse…)
  • Nursing practice – Pascale Guillot (independent nurse, 6 passage Yolande d'Aragon)
  • Nursing practice – Jenna Mouttet (independent nurse, 6 passage Yolande d'Aragon)
  • Physiotherapy practice (physiotherapist, quartier Le Collet)
Post office
  • Communal post office (rue du Saint-Esprit, at the town hall — reduced opening hours).
Tobacconist & newsagent
  • Tabac-presse Lou Goustaroun (Cours National)
Other
  • Hairdresser (salon in the village)
  • L’Émancipatrice wine cooperative (cellar / sale of local wine)
  • Local producers: GAEC Ferme Mistral (goat cheeses), olive oil

For a wider choice: A tourist stopover village in the lower gorges: limited basic shopping (convenience store, tobacconist, post office agency). For a bakery, butcher, pharmacy, doctor, bank/cash machine and petrol station, residents go to Riez, Gréoux-les-Bains, Esparron-de-Verdon or Montmeyan/Régusse (Var).

Where to eat

  • Le Relais Notre-Dame — hotel-restaurant · Family inn since 1952 at the entrance to the village, near the Musée de Préhistoire; seasonal cooking, terrace and swimming pool
  • Bar-Restaurant du Cours — bar and restaurant · Rue du Cours, bar with a terrace in the centre of the village
  • O'Resto — restaurant · Quartier la Ferraille

Services verified on 7 July 2026.

What to see, what to do

Baume Bonne cave
400,000 years of human presence, more than 93,000 archaeological objects; discovered by Bernard Bottet in December 1946; listed as a Monument Historique on 7 April 1992. Entrance at 410 m altitude, overlooking the Verdon (43.7003 N, 6.0558 E). Guided visits only, via the museum (booking 04 92 74 09 59).
Musée de Préhistoire des gorges du Verdon
Route de Montmeyan, 04500 Quinson. Archaeological objects from Haute-Provence and the Verdon, with a reconstructed prehistoric village nearby (Préhistosite).
Garde Canal trail
A historic loop along the former Canal du Verdon (built 1866-1875, supplied water to Aix-en-Provence); about 3.3 km laid out as a trail since 2014; wooden footbridges, chapelle Sainte-Maxime.

Culture, markets & festivals in Quinson

Market days

  • Monday morning (July–August only) — market · village

Festivals & events

Week-end préhistoire du Musée — third weekend of July
Activities and demonstrations on the theme of prehistory at the Museum and the Préhistosite
Les Écrans du Lac — summer (July–August, dates vary; screenings at the Musée de Préhistoire)
Travelling open-air cinema around the lakes of the Verdon and the Durance: free screenings of documentaries on shared water and the history of the dams. Organised since at least 2014 by the associations Cinéma de Pays and Culture Loisirs et Patrimoine (based in Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon), with the town halls, tourist offices and the support of EDF. Quinson is one of the stopover municipalities listed on the organiser’s official page.

Culture & living heritage

Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon (prehistory museum) — museum
presented by the museum itself as “one of the largest prehistory museums in Europe”; more than 4,000 m² according to the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Département, building designed by the architect Norman Foster; a route through 400,000 years of human evolution
Préhistosite (prehistoric village) — museum | heritage
life-size reconstruction of prehistoric dwellings and techniques, in the open air, a stone’s throw from the museum; free access

Local tips & secrets in Quinson

  • local tip The Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon, designed by the architect Norman Foster, brings together objects from about sixty sites in Haute-Provence. An ideal cultural refuge on heatwave days. — museeprehistoire.com / hominides.com
  • local tip The Baume Bonne cave can be visited only on a hike accompanied by a museum guide, with compulsory booking. Allow about 1 h 15 min of walking from the museum, on a steep but accessible path. — tourisme-alpes-haute-provence / museeprehistoire.com
  • family For families, the museum offers hands-on workshops: lighting a fire without matches, prehistoric archery, spear throwing with a spear-thrower. To be booked according to the schedule. — tourisme-alpes-haute-provence
  • to avoid Visits to the Baume Bonne take place in season (about mid-March to the end of October) according to the schedule: check the museum’s calendar before coming, as they do not run every day. — tourisme-alpes-haute-provence
  • little-known spot The Basses Gorges (between Quinson and Esparron) are best discovered by water, by electric boat, canoe or pedalo: cliffs, turquoise water and caves, in a much wilder and more secluded atmosphere than the Grand Canyon. — verdonsecret / laperleduverdon.fr
  • to avoid The ban on combustion engines and the absence of heavy infrastructure preserve the calm: this is the area to choose if you are escaping the crowds of the main gorges. — laperleduverdon.fr
  • free From Quinson, a hiking trail runs along the lower gorges on the land side: a free alternative to hiring a boat for admiring the cliffs. — tourisme-alpes-haute-provence
  • local tip Combine the outing on the water with the nearby Musée de Préhistoire de Quinson: a half-day of nature plus a half-day of culture, sheltered from the heat in the afternoon. — museeprehistoire.com

Addresses in Quinson

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Near Quinson

Hikes in the area

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Other communes in the Basses Gorges / Quinson / Gréoux area

Allemagne-en-Provence →Brunet →Esparron-de-Verdon →Estoublon →Ginasservis →Gréoux-les-Bains →La Verdière →Montmeyan →Saint-Julien-le-Montagnier →Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon →Saint-Martin-de-Brômes →Vinon-sur-Verdon →

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