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Abbaye de Montmajour
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An extraordinary structure looming over the marshlands north...
Religious Sites Arles
 
Abbaye de Sénanque
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Gordes is surrounded by beautiful lavender fields and one of...
Religious Sites Gordes
 
Abbaye St-Victor
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Founded in the 4th century by St-Cassien, who sailed into Marseille's...
Religious Sites Marseille
 
Ancienne Halle aux Grains
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Built in 1761, this former grain market serves as a post office...
Archaeological Sites Aix-en-Provence
 
Arc de Triomphe
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North of the city center and in the middle of modern-day traffic...
Archaeological Sites Orange
 
Arènes
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Rivaled only by the even better-preserved version in Nîmes...
Archaeological Sites Arles
 
Arènes
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The Arènes (Arena) is considered the world's best-preserved...
Archaeological Sites Nimes
 
Atelier Cézanne
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After the death of his mother forced the sale of Paul Cézanne's...
Museums / Galleries Aix-en-Provence
 
Ateliers Thérèse Neveu
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The history of the craft of santon-making and other uses to which...
Museums / Galleries Aubagne
 
baptistery
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But if you're interested in early churches, head straight for...
Religious Sites Venasque
 
Bar de la Marine
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Even if you've never read or seen Marcel Pagnol's trilogy of...
Restaurants Marseille
 
belvédère
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Head downhill from the château and follow signs to the...
Viewpoints Gordes
 
Brignoles
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Although known as the market center for the wines of the Var...
Towns Toulon
 
Café-Brasserie les Deux Garçons
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Cézanne enjoyed his coffee and papers here, as have generations...
Restaurants Aix-en-Provence
 
Calanques
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Touring the Calanques, whose fjord-like finger bays probe the...
Bodies of Water Cassis
 
Cap Sicié
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From Notre-Dame de Pépiole, retrace your route toward...
Viewpoints Bandol
 
Castellet
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At its prow juts the Castellet, a 15th-century fortress...
Castles / Palaces Menerbes
 
Cathédrale d'Images
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About half a mile north of Les Baux, off D27, you'll find the...
Religious Sites Les Baux-de-Provence
 
Cathédrale de la Nouvelle Major
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A neo-Byzantine church, the largest built in France since the...
Religious Sites Marseille
 
Cathédrale Notre-Dame et St-Castor
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Destroyed and rebuilt in several stages, with particular damage...
Religious Sites Nimes
 
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth
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In the medieval Haute Ville, stop into the sober Romanesque Cathédrale...
Religious Sites Vaison-la-Romaine
 
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms
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First built in a pure Provençal Romanesque style in the...
Religious Sites Avignon
 
Cathédrale St-Sauveur
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Built, according to legend, on the site of an ancient temple...
Religious Sites Aix-en-Provence
 
Cathédrale St-Siffrein
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Once the seat of the bishopric and blessed with gifts from the...
Religious Sites Carpentras
 
Centre d'Art Présence Van Gogh
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The 18th-century Hôtel Estrine is now the Centre d'Art...
Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions St-Remy-de-Provence
 
Centre de la Vieille Charité
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Built between 1671 and 1749 and designed by Pierre and Jean Puget...
Museums / Galleries Marseille
 
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du Groseau
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Just east of town, the Chapelle Notre-Dame-du Groseau is all...
Religious Sites Malaucene
 
Chartreuse du Val-de-Bénédiction
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However, it was the bounty and extravagant lifestyles of the...
Religious Sites Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
 
Château
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Beaucaire's Château was built on the site of a Roman camp...
Castles / Palaces Beaucaire
 
Château
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If you're disinclined to spend your holiday sniffing and sipping...
Castles / Palaces, Archaeological Sites Chateauneuf-du-Pape
 
château
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Fontaine has its own ruined château, perched romantically...
Castles / Palaces Fontaine de Vaucluse
 
château
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The town château was built by the d'Agoult-Gordes family...
Castles / Palaces Gordes
 
château
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Its château is its main draw, though its Disney-perfect...
Castles / Palaces Le Barroux
 
Château
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Loumarin's Renaissance-era Château is its main draw, privately...
Castles / Palaces Lourmarin
 
château
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You can also clamber up to the ruins of the château, first...
Castles / Palaces Oppede-le-Vieux
 
Château
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Despite the town's modern-day drawbacks, with the walls of its...
Castles / Palaces Tarascon
 
Château d'If
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This wildly romantic island fortress, its thick towers and crenellated...
Castles / Palaces, Military Sites, Islands Marseille
 
Château de Cassis
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The imposing Château de Cassis has loomed over the harbor...
Castles / Palaces Cassis
 
Château de Sade
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Little but jagged ruins remain of the once magnificent Château...
Castles / Palaces Lacoste
 
Château des Baux
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The main site to visit in town is the 17-acre cliff-top sprawl...
Castles / Palaces Les Baux-de-Provence
 
Circuit Pagnol
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Even if you haven't read Pagnol's works or seen his films, you...
Trails Aubagne
 
citadelle
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At its stern rears up the 13th-century citadelle. These redoubtable...
Castles / Palaces Menerbes
 
Cloître St-Trophime
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Tucked discreetly behind St-Trophime, this pillared enclosure...
Religious Sites Arles
 
Collège Royal-Bourbon
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It's within these walls, which now belong to the Lycée...
Educational Institutions Aix-en-Provence
 
Collégiale Notre-Dame-des-Anges
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L'Isle's 17th-century church, the Collégiale Notre-Dame-des-Anges...
Religious Sites L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
 
Collégiale St-Martin
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St-Rémy is wrapped by a lively commercial boulevard, lined...
Religious Sites St-Remy-de-Provence
 
Cours Julien
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A center of bohemian flânerie (hanging out), this is a...
Squares Marseille
 
Cours Mirabeau
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At the heart of the city, with its deep shade of tall plane trees...
Neighborhoods / Streets Aix-en-Provence
 
Cryptoportiques
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At the entrance to a 17th-century Jesuit college, you can access...
Archaeological Sites Arles


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