Alain Robert
Outside the sign
Hall of Fame
Those who came
Those who came
through here
La Palud-sur-Verdon is known worldwide for climbing, put on the map by Patrick Edlinger in the 1980s. The largest canyon in Europe, known the world over: since 1974, this café has seen a great many people come through.
Photo © Fernando « Féfé » Ferreira
The Verdon of the 1980s, when the rock face drew the best climbers in the world and every one of them came back down to the village.
Outside the sign
They stopped
François Guillot
They stopped
at Lou Cafetié
Stefan Glowacz
A snowy day in the village
François Guillot
and Joel Coquegniot
Outside the sign
Also through here: Jonathan Edwards and Jean-Michel Bayle.
On the walls
What the café
Photo © Sam Bié
What the café
has kept
The climber poster above the bar, and the Rolling Stones bill from 1979 still on the ceiling. Nothing has been taken down.
Photo © Sam Bié
Your table is ready
Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm · Dinner 7.30pm – 9.30pm · Closed on Wednesdays
Coffee is on the house.