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Provence Time diversification. Regular services DIRECTORY
Provence is one hour ahead in English are held at the Anglican
of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). churches in Nice and Marseille. Travellers with
It is in the same time zone as Disabilities
Italy, Spain and other western Federation des Malades
European countries. Standard time Responsible Travel et Handicapes
differences between Provence Throughout France there 17 blvd du General Leclerc,
and other areas of the world may has been a rapid growth in 95100 Argenteuil.
vary according to local summer environmental awareness. Tel 01 39 82 45 73.
alterations to the time. Echoway is one of the leading Federation of the Blind
The French use the 24-hour French ecotourism organiza- & Visually Handicapped
military clock rather than “am” tions, which encourages Paris.
and “pm”. responsible travel. Provence Tel 01 44 42 91 91.
has a long-running rural tourism ∑ aveuglesdefrance.org
network, with farmhouse
Electrical Adaptors Groupement pour
accommodation available
The voltage in France is 220 through the central Gîtes de l’Insertion des Personnes
volts. British appliances of France. There are also smaller Handicapées Physiques
61 rue du Faubourg Poissonniere,
240 volts can be used with an organizations with a more 75009 Paris.
adaptor, while American 110 defined ecological stance such Tel 01 43 95 66 36.
volts appliances will need a as Accueil Paysan, which is a ∑ gihpnational.org
transformer (transformateur). network of small-scale farmers
Plugs have two small round practising low-impact, Le soutien aux Parents
pins; heavier-duty installations sustainable agriculture. Finally d’Enfants Déficients Visuels
have two large round pins. there are hundreds of fully ∑ apedv.fr
Some of the more upmarket equipped campsites through- Gay and Lesbian
hotels offer built-in adaptors out Provence (see pp196–7). Travellers
for shavers. Multi-adaptors, Information on local green
useful because they have both tourism (tourisme vert or (tourisme vert or (tourisme vert eco) La France Gaie
large and small pins, can be initiatives and activities can be et Lesbienne
bought at most airports before found through département and département and département ∑ france.qrd.org
departure; standard adaptors local tourist offices. Many towns Gay Provence
can be purchased from have weekly markets selling ∑ gayprovence.org
department stores. only organic and traditional
produce (usually called a marché International Gay
bio), which allow visitors to give & Lesbian Travel
Association
back to the local community. If ∑ iglta.org
a town does not have a separate
market dedicated to organic Student
produce, there are often stalls Information
within the main market that
are exclusively bio, as is the case Aix-en-Provence
at Nice’s market on the cours BIJ, 37 bis blvd Aristide-Briand.
Saleya. Market days have been Tel 04 42 91 98 01.
provided throughout the guide. Marseille
CRIJ, 96 La Canebière.
Tel 04 91 24 33 50.
Conversion Chart ∑ crijpa.fr
Imperial to metric Nice
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres CRIJ, 19 rue Gioffredo.
1 foot = 30 centimetres Tel 04 93 80 93 93.
1 mile = 1.6 kilometres ∑ ijca.fr
1 ounce = 28 grams
Façade of the Russian Orthodox 1 pound = 454 grams Responsible
church in Nice 1 pint (UK) = 0.6 litre Travel
1 gallon (UK) = 4.6 litres
Accueil Paysan
Religious Services ∑ accueil-paysan.com
Metric to imperial
Provence is a strong Catholic 1 millimetre = 0.04 inch Echoway
region, with many religious 1 centimetre = 0.4 inch ∑ echoway.org
services and festivals dating 1 metre = 3 feet 3 inches Gites de France
back 500 years. In recent 1 kilometre = 0.6 mile ∑ gites-de-france.com
decades, immigrants have 1 gram = 0.04 ounce
brought increasing religious 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds