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Enclosed by the alpine summits and the Mediterranean coast, this region is full of contrasts, following the rhythm it of her nature and her culture. Back to back with the massif des Ecrins, the Provence opens out her charms voluptuously until the coastline: in the heart of the plâteaux of the Haute-Provence where grows the olive tree, vine and lavender; with the passing of the rice fields of Camargue where the Rhone stretches with languor; through the medieval villages situated at the flanks of the Lubéron or in the hills of the Var.
Feasts and traditions are omnipresent: feasts taurines, bravados, feast of lavender, feast of the transhumance… The region possesses a treasure of greeds with a very fragrant kitchen, enough to delight the most demanding gourmets.
What characterizes most the Provence is a style of life where legends and myths, dances and feasts, costumes and customs are faithfully maintained and protected.
Aix-en-Provence: "Ville de 1000 Fontaines": Cours Mirabeau; Atelier de Cézanne:
Tel. (33) (0)4-42210653
Cathédrale de St-Saveur
Arles: Amphithéâtre romain; Eglise St-Trophime.
Grasse: Musée Internationale de la Parfumerie
Tel. (33) (0)4-93368020
St-Paul-de-Vence
Syndicats d'Inititative:
Arles: Tel. (33) (0)4-90184120
Aix-en-Provence: Tel. (33) (0)4-42161161
Marseille: Tel. (33) (0)4-91138900
Cassis: Tel. (33) (0)4-42017117
St-Tropez: Tel. (33) (0)4-94974521
Grasse: Tel. (33) (0)4-93360356
Cannes: Tel. (33) (0)4-93392453
St-Paul-de-Vence: Tel. (33) (0)4-93328695
www.aixenprovencetourism.com
www.cr-paca.fr
Beaches, pittoresque villages, markets, lavender, jazzfestivals, bullfights, autoraces, casinos and jeu-de-boulestournaments.
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