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Across the valley from the villa, Montagne Garde Grosse reaches an altitude of 944 metres. On the peak there is a telecommunications tower and a cleared space where paragliders take flight on warm summer afternoons when the thermals are rising from the valley below. The village of Nyons rests there, hemmed in and sheltered by Garde Grosse and a set of hills, from the bitter winds of the Mistral from the north and the Vent du Sud from the south. Warmer than the surrounding countryside in this microclimate, Nyons takes the nickname ‘le petit Nice’.