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Beautiful Provence villages

Beautiful Provence villages

By admin on February 12, 2011

To list all of the lovely villages scattered across Provence would be a substantial job to say the least – at every turn there is another hamlet perched on a precipitous hilltop, a perfectly preserved medieval village with locals sitting on benches in the shade of ancient plane trees, or a small town where the [...]

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Marseille attractions

Marseille attractions

By admin on December 11, 2009

Marseilles is a city with an ancient seafaring vocation, so an essential route to see the attractions of Marseille should depart from the ‘old port’ of the city. Built in an area protected by the hills of Saint Lorent, Moulins and Carmes and two fortress (Saint Jean and Saint Nicolas) it is also a characterful [...]

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Triumphal Arch in Orange, France

By admin on December 1, 2009

The Triumphal Arch in Orange (near Avignon) is about 22 meters high and 21 metres wide, and consists of three arches. It is located on the ancient Via Agrippa (the Roman trade route from Lyon to Arles) and features numerous ornate carvings relating to the history of the conquests of Augustus, the Roman supremacy over [...]

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Grimaud, Provence village

By admin on July 24, 2009

The action packed town of Saint-Tropez stands just a few kilometres from Grimaud, and in dramatic contrast! If you are visiting the Riviera and want to leave the car behind, why not take the train? It is possible to get to Grimaud on a little tourist train that parts from Port Grimaud, the coastal ‘twin’ [...]

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Calanques National Park

By admin on March 23, 2009

On my travels last year I took a rare break from rushing around visiting and photographing places to chill-out on a two hour boat ride. Although I still called it work when I was telling Mrs B what I’d been up to. Setting off along the coast from Cassis towards Marseille, the trip was to [...]

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Exotic gardens of Monaco

By admin on February 12, 2009

Yes, I know that Monaco is not in Provence, or France.I’m allowed to take liberties, especially for somewhere so attractive as the Exotic Gardens of Monaco. If you are in this part of south-eastern France a visit to these gardens is indispensable. Covering about 3 acres the garden is set on a cliff overlooking the [...]

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Visit the Var

By admin on November 9, 2008

The coastal section of the Var department is quite well known, with the resorts including Toulon, Saint-Tropez and Saint-Raphael attracting very large numbers of visitors. But what lies inland in the Var department? Heading towards the centre of the region you pass first through the forested (or deforested, where fires have destroyed the ancient woodlands) [...]

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Marseille calanques

By admin on October 1, 2008

On a recent trip across southern France I at last give into temptation and stopped off at Cassis, south-east of Marseille, so that I could take a boat trip along the calanques. The coast in this part of France consists of high craggy cliffs that plunge into the turquoise sea below, with occsional inlets where [...]

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Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer

By admin on September 9, 2008

OK, I grant you, this picture could have been taken anywhere in France, or plenty of other places in the world. So you are just going to have to take my word for it, it was taken at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, a resort on the French Riviera betwen Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol. Be that as it may, it’s [...]

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Luberon

By admin on May 16, 2008

The Luberon is towards the west of the Provence region. It is the beautiful region made famous by Peter Mayle during his year in Provence. It is to the east of Avignon and to the north of Marseille. The Luberon is best known for its hilltop ‘perched’ villages – small, often steep, traditional villages built [...]

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