Southern France with Luxury & Style (11 Days): A Sample Itinerary
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DavidTravel Itinerary Highlights
include:
•
Walk with
your local guide through the papal stronghold of Avignon and
visit the Clock Square and
Palais des Papes, adorned with 14th-century frescoes • Wander through L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue's famous
flea market, crammed with antiques, food stalls and street
musicians. Continue to the 12th-century
Abbaye de Senanque in Gordes • Watch an expert demonstrate the local bowling
game, petanque. Visit Matisse's
Chapelle du Rosaire • Sightseeing on the
Côte d'Azur, including stylish Cannes, picturesque Le Suquet
and Antibes • Wander the Old Town and open-air market in
Nice
before visiting the Matisse Museum • Explore Monte Carlo's extravagant
Palais Princier and the Oceanography Museum. Continue to
cliffside Eze, with dramatic coastal views, and stop in Beaulieu
to see its Belle Epoque mansion,
Villa Kerylos
Overview:
Provence, the Midi,
these are magical names in a luminous landscape that inspired
Van Gogh and Cézanne, and changed the course of modern painting.
They have also created a new current in contemporary travel.
With its feet in the Mediterranean and its
head in the Alps, the region has an extensive palette of
colorful landscapes.
In 19th-century European high society, people
would often talk of a magical land where winter never came -
that land of unending sunshine and azur waters.
A few miles back from the shore is a less
publicized side of the
Riviera --- a world of romantic hill towns and perched
villages balanced on craggy peaks. Worn-down stone stairs and
cobbled byways lead through modest hamlets crowding around
ancient châteaux.