PROVENCE-ALPES-
FRENCH RIVIERA

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is located in the south-east of France.

It has 6 departments and the administrative center of Marseille.

 

Distance : Paris - Marseille = 775 km

Distance : Paris - Nice = 879 km

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In the colors of Provence... the Côte d'Azur combines both the charm of the colorful and steep streets of Provence and the splendor of the luxury hotels of the Riviera.
The region lives to the rhythm of its international festivals: jazz in Juan les Pins and Cannes for the film festival, but also its traditional ceremonies such as the lavender and mimosa festivals, not forgetting to mention its famous carnival in Nice.

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Water sports - horse riding - golf - tennis - mountain walks or rafting in the rapids, your thalassotherapy stays can also be enjoyed easily!

 

 

MAIN TOWNS

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HIGH MOUNTAINS

• Briancon

• gap

 

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE

• Digne-les-Bains

 

ALPES-MARITIMES

• walking sticks

• Nice

• Grasse

• Mougins

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VAR

• Toulon

• Saint Tropez

• Frejus

• Draguignan

• Hyeres

 

VAUCLUSE

• Avignon

• Carpentras

• Orange

• Cavaillon

 

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE

• Marseilles

• Aix en Provence

• Salon of Provence

• Arles

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CURIOSITIES & ESSENTIALS

 

 COTE D'AZUR

• Raimu Museum in Cogolin

• Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence

• Fragonard perfumery in Grasse (French capital of perfume)

• Napoule Castle

 

VAR

• Visit of the harbor of Toulon and its military equipment

• Visit of the Annonciade museum in Saint Tropez (paintings from the Pointillist, Fauve and Nabis movements)

• Maritime Museum at the Citadel of Saint-Tropez

 

BOUCHES DU RHONE

• 4×4 photo safari along Vaccarès (bulls, horses and flamingos)

• Visit of the manade (traditional Camargue breeding of bulls and horses)

• Carriage ride 

• Bullfighting shows in the bullring

• Visit of Aigues-Mortes, a 14th century military port

• Discovery of the creeks and their limestone cliffs

• Promenade and market in Aix en Provence

• Visit of the Nostradamus museum in Salon de Provence (where Nostradamus lived)

 

VAUCLUSE

• Discovery of the Vaucluse by the Van Gogh route

• Visit of an estate in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyard and tasting

• Visit of the typical villages of the Luberon

 

SOUTHERN ALPS

• Visit of Saint-Véran, the highest town in Europe (2,042 m)

 

 

CULINARY SPECIALTIES

 

• Aioli (garlic mayonnaise and olive oil)

• Anchoïade (anchovy puree)

• Tapenade (mashed black olives and capers)

• Nicoise salad

• Pistou soup

• Bouillabaisse (broth of at least 12 fish with spicy sauce)

• Stockfish (dried cod with spicy sauce)

• Wolf with fennel

• In beef stew

• Rabbit In The Provence…

• Ratatouille and ravioli from Nice

• Aperitif: Pastis

• Wines: Côtes-du Rhône (red wine including Châteauneuf-du-Pape), Côtes-de-Provence (rosé wine, sometimes red

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

COTE D'AZUR

• Jet ski

• Sailboard

• water skiing

• Catamaran  

• Pedalo

• Buoys

• Big game fishing   

• Golf (about fifteen courses)

• Skiing at Isola 2000

• 4X4 in the Loup valley (Gourdon / Ascent of the Audibergue peak)

• Climbing in the Red Rocks

• Quad

• Canyoning and caving in the Tende region (Nice hinterland)

• Leisure center of the Sarre plateau: kart, quad, horse riding, pigeon shooting, archery

• Thalassotherapy Center (Villeneuve-Loubet, Antibes, etc.)

 

VAR

• Game hunting on the Cannet des Maures plateau (from September to February)

• Helicopter flight over the Gorges du Verdon, the creeks of Cassis, the massifs of Sainte Baume and the Massif des Maures

• 4×4 raid in the Pays des Maures in the footsteps of Maurin (famous smuggler)

• Equestrian raid in the Massif des Maures: remains, waterfalls, canyons, forests...

• Mountain biking, canyoning, rafting, kayaking and hydrospeed

• Raid in 4X4 on the wine route from Cassis to Bandol

• Introduction to the track and karting race on the Castellet circuit

• Sea trip from Le Lavandou

• Deep sea fishing

• Mountain biking on the island of Porquerolles

• Golf (a dozen courses in the department)

 

BOUCHES DU RHONE

• Horseback riding in the Espiguette region between the high dunes

• Flight over the Camargue in a hot air balloon, helicopter or microlight

• Flight over the Alpines in a hot-air balloon, ULM, glider…

• Classic car ride: Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza

• 4×4 ride on the wine route from Cassis to Bandol

• Climbing in the creeks of Cassis

• Golf (about ten in the department)

• Thalassotherapy (Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer)

 

VAUCLUSE

• Helicopter flight over Provence

• 27-hole golf course (near Avignon)

• Introduction to rock climbing

• Multiple sports activities in the region

 

 SOUTH ALPS

• Ski

• MTB

• Canyoning... in the Ecrins massif near Briançon

• Canoeing, kayaking, rafting, swimming in the white waters of the Guil, the Drac, the Ubaye and the Durance

• Introduction to paragliding from Saint-Jean-de-Monclar, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Digne les Bains, Saint-André-les-Alpes

• Climbing in the Gorges du Verdon

• Horse riding in the Gorges du Verdon via the Roman roads and the Templar tracks

• Golf (Gap/Bayard and Digne les Bains)

• Introduction to Astronomy at the CNRS Observatory (in Saint Michel)

 

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REGIONAL PRODUCTS

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• Perfumes of Grasse

• Different lavender-based products (soap, etc.)

• Scarves or pouches in Provençal fabrics

• Provencal figurines

• Reproduction of Provencal villages

• Earthenware from Moustiers

• Petanque ball

• Bottles of olive oil from the valley of Les Baux

• Camargue culinary products

• Bottles of Côtes-du-Rhône, Côtes-de-Provence

• Bottles of Pastis

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EVENTS CALENDAR - ANNUAL

 

• January : Monte-Carlo car rally    

• February : Nice Carnival

• April : Monte Carlo Tennis Open  |  Ferria d'Arles | Grand Prix Automobile F1 Paul Ricard

• May : Cannes International Film Festival  | Grand Prix Automobile F1 de Monaco |  International Festival of Humour and Laughter in Aubagne 

• June - July : Juan-les-Pins International Jazz Festival  |  International Athletics Meeting of Nice |  Jazz in Ramatuelle | International Jazz Festival-New Orleans in St Raphael  | Running Bull of the Golden Cockade  |  International Photography Meetings in Arles  |  International Opera and Music Festival of Aix en Provence

• July :  Grand Prix de France Formule 1 : circuit Paul Ricard (Var)

• September : Le Bol d’Or motocycliste sur le circuit du Castellet (Circuit Paul Ricard)

• October - November : Sailing Boats Race in Saint-Tropez |  Market with santons in Tarascon |  Women’s Film Festival in Marseille