Le Mistral
Le Mistral, the steady, cold northerly wind compressed in the Rhone Valley. Strengthened by the pressure difference to the north of two mountain ranges (the Alps and the Pyrenees), Le Mistral blows through the Alps with great force and flows along the Pyrenees into the Mediterranean Sea. Upon reaching the Gulf of Lion, Le Mistral follows its powerful course around Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Le Mistral is the birthplace of many wind-related water sports and is inextricably connected to the Cote d’Azur, as is the brand Mistral, for that very same reason.
