Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Provence & The Côte d'Azur

10  INTRODUCING PRO ve NC e

Discovering Provence

The following tours have been designed sites along the banks of the River Rhône from
to include as many of Provence’s highlights Orange to the Camargue, including some of
as possible, with a minimum amount of France’s best-preserved Roman and medieval
travelling. First come a pair of two-day tours monuments. The third, designed specifically
of the region’s most popular cities, Nice and for drivers, covers many of the most iconic
Avignon; either can be followed individually landscapes and villages of Provence. All have
or as part of a week-long tour. These are extra suggestions for extending trips to 10
followed by three seven-day tours of the days. Pick one or mix and match, but before
region. The first covers the Côte d’Azur, with setting out, be sure to check the listing of
its beaches, dramatic scenery and exceptional events (pp36–9) and perhaps adjust a tour
art museums. The second takes in the major so as not to miss any of the fun.

Orange
Nîmes
Nice
Nice
Côte d’Azur
Main map inset Châteauneuf-
du-Pape

Pont du Gard Avignon
Rhône
Nice
Stylish umbrellas and sun loungers lined up Nîmes
along the shore at the promenade des Tarascon St-Rémy-
Anglais Beach Club. Beaucaire de-Provence
GARD
Les Baux-
A Week on the de-Provence
Côte d’Azur St-Gilles-
du-Gard Arles
• Wander through the morning
market in Nice, and visit the
delightful Musée Matisse.
Aigues-
• Tour the spectacular Villa Mortes
Ephrussi de Rothchild at
St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and
watch the sun set over the Rhône
Riviera from Eze.
• Marvel at the sea life
in Monaco’s Musée
Océanographique; see the
Roman “trophy” at La Turbie.
• Delve into contemporary ALPES-MARITIMES Menton
Gorges
art at St-Paul de Vence, du Loup La Turbie
and visit Renoir’s home in Vence Monaco
Cagnes-sur-Mer. Gourdon Eze
St-Paul Nice Villefranche-sur-Mer
• Discover the joyful Picassos in de Vence St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Antibes, and relax on the beach Grasse Cagnes-sur-Mer
at fashionable Juan-les-Pins.
• Take in the glamour of Mougins Antibes
Cannes and the tranquillity Juan-les-Pins
of the Iles de Lérins. Cannes 0 kilometres 15
Iles de Lérins 0 miles 15
Entrance to the port of Marseille, 1754, by Joseph Vernet