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• Immerse yourself in lively street festivals

• See hundreds of butterflies or visit a bird hotel

• Create your own unique perfume

• Discover works by famous artists including Picasso

• Plus: the best attractions, food, drink and accommodation

• Also: lots of evocative photos and regional maps

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February . 41 13

March 46 16

April 46 18

May 46 23

June 25 27

July 15 29

August 25 30

September 64 25

October 94 21

November 6 14

December 8 11

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4 Grasse & the

Visitor Information 91 What To See & Do 92 Family-Friendly Dining 107 Family-Friendly Accommodation 110

5 The Western Côte &

Inland Var 115

6 Marseille &

Aix-en-Provence 141 Visitor Information 143 What To See & Do 144 Family-Friendly Dining 160 Family-Friendly Accommodation 163

About the Author vi

An Additional Note vii

Provence & the Côte

Visitor Information 18

Essentials 29

Accommodation & Eating Out 40

The 21st-Century Traveller 47

Fast Facts: Provence 49

3 Monaco & the

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9 Alpes de

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List of Maps

Provence & the Côte d’Azur 16

Monaco & the French Riviera 56

Cannes 64

Monaco 66

Nice 67

Grasse & the Arrière-Pays 90

The Western Côte & Inland Var 116

St.-Tropez 122

Marseille & Aix-en-Provence 142

Aix-en-Provence 147 Marseille 149 Nîmes & the Camargue 168 Arles 174

Nîmes 175 Avignon & the Vaucluse 194 Avignon 199

Alpes de Haute-Provence 222

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About the Author

Lead author Louise Simpson is a travel writer

based in Southern France Having studied French and Spanish at Cambridge University, she worked for a decade in London as a PR director for two leading travel PR agencies and as a writer for numerous UK newspapers

and magazines including The Independent on

Sunday, Vogue, Timesonline and Financial Times She moved to Provence eight years ago, where she lives with

her husband and two children She has co-written this book with

Robin Gauldie.

Robin first visited Southern France in 1972 and has returned

almost every year since then, exploring every corner of the region

As a result, he could now drive most of Provence’s winding mountain

roads blindfold, but prefers not to He spends part of each year in a

ramshackle house in a tiny mountain village, from which he makes

frequent forays in search of great places to eat and drink and things to

do A regular contributor to many British newspapers and magazines,

Robin is the author of more than 20 guidebooks to destinations

around the world, including France

Acknowledgements

Special thanks are due to my husband, Jason, who shares my passion

for food, travel and France His patient support, as well as his

food-tasting, pillow-testing and even proof-reading skills have proved

invaluable to this book

This book would never have happened without my dear friend,

travel writer and editor par excellence, Anna Goldrein, or without the

wise advice and understanding ear of Mark Henshall – our editor on

this project

Eternal gratitude is due to my parents for introducing me to

Provence, to my parents-in-law for their ongoing support, to all my

wonderful friends from the Mother-and-Baby group for sharing their

advice and travel tips and to Fabrice at Chez Pascal in Beausoleil for

keeping Jason, Alexandra, Charlie and me well-fed at all times

Robin and I would like to give additional thanks to all those who

have given their support over the course of this book including: Jill

Emeny, Sally Smith and Karen Hamilton

Dedication

To my lifelong travel companions – Jason, Alexandra and Charlie

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An Additional Note

Please be advised that travel information is subject to change at any

time and this is especially true of prices We therefore suggest that you

write or call ahead for confirmation when making your travel plans

The authors, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for the

experiences of readers while traveling Your safety is important to us,

however, so we encourage you to stay alert and be aware of your

surroundings

Star Ratings, Icons & Abbreviations

Every hotel, restaurant, and attraction listing in this guide has been

ranked for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using

a star-rating system Hotels, restaurants, attractions, shopping, and

nightlife are rated on a scale of zero stars (recommended) to three stars

(exceptional) In addition to the star rating system, we also use

5 feature icons that point you to the great deals, in-the-know advice,

and unique experiences Throughout the book, look for:

made of

The following abbreviations are used for credit cards:

AE American Express

DC Diners Club

MC MasterCard

V Visa

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A Note on Prices

In the Family-Friendly Accommodation section of this book we have

used a price category system

An Invitation to the Reader

In researching this book, we discovered many wonderful places –

hotels, restaurants, shops, and more We’re sure you’ll find others

Please tell us about them, so we can share the information with your

fellow travelers in upcoming editions If you were disappointed

with a recommendation, we’d love to know that, too Please email:

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Bernard); p 151 (© David Kilpatrick); p 153 (© Yadid Levy); p 154

PCL: p 5, p 70, p 148, p 180, p 221 (© Yann Guichaoua); p 6,

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Wrona); p 93 (© John Miller); p 115 (© David Barnes); p 181

Lawrence); p 227 (© Brian Lawrence)

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remote lavender fields of Haute Provence to the cheek-by-jowl golden

beaches bordering the dazzling-blue Mediterranean, there’s a corner of

this southern French region to fit every family’s agenda

Beachcomb-ers can choose between watBeachcomb-ersports and posh nosh on the Côte

d’Azur’s sandy beaches, or the long, untamed coastline far from the

crowds in the Camargue Art lovers can admire works by the likes of

Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Cézanne and Renoir in galleries across the

region Activities for sporting families vary from tree-climbing to

sail-ing, canyoning and white-water rafting; anyone with younger children

can take advantage of the theme parks and adventure playgrounds

cheese wrapped in chestnut leaves from Banon

The new decade has brought renovation and innovation to

south-ern France, in particular to its twin capitals, Nice and Marseille The

former is recapturing its Golden Age with the restoration of Belle

Epoque landmarks and its high-tech tramway Europe’s largest-ever

urban regeneration project is under way in Marseille with plans for a

new rail terminal and port, with cutting-edge architectural designs

dreamed up by Zaha Hadid and film director Luc Besson

Contemporary architecture has been showcased in recent openings:

Monaco’s space age Ni Box entertainment complex complete with

bowling alley and rooftop skating rink, Fréjus’s neoteric Forum

Théâtre modelled on the city’s ancient Roman amphitheatre, and

Marineland’s 3.5€ million state-of-the-art polar bear home, complete

with year-round snow, maternity den and seawater pool Much-loved

museums across the region, such as the International Perfume

Museum in Grasse, Fondation Maeght in St.-Paul de Vence and

Musée Picasso in Antibes, underwent top-to-toe renovations The

Oceanographic Museum in Monaco celebrated its 100th anniversary

with the purchase of a 150-million-year-old reptile called Anna

From new discoveries to long-running family favourites, my

co-writer Robin and I offer you our tried-and-tested recommendations

across Provence and the Côte d’Azur for this new edition

But when you do look up, there are treats galore: from the striking

Marseille and Cassis to the region’s three national parks, Mercantour, Verdon and Luberon, where rare flora and fauna abound, as well as gorges offering watersports

BEST THINGS TO DO

Best Free Family Experiences

You don’t have to raise your head

from your beach towel to enjoy

two of the region’s best attractions

for free: the sunshine and the

bright-blue Mediterranean Sea

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be it a flower, fruit and vegetable market or a full-on affair with live chickens and fluffy bunnies They can be a revelation to British chil-dren used to being trailed around boring supermarkets

Best Attractions for Teens

Keep active teenagers busy with every imaginable watersport along the French Riviera coast-

famous for its windsurfing champions Further inland, Haute Provence and the Alpes-Maritimes are home to the

near Breuil-sur-Roya, and the

the Vallée de la Tinée With their waterfalls and jaw-dropping descents, these gorges are perfect for rafting, canyoning, aquatic hiking, canoeing, tubing, hot dog, kayaking or swimming in rapids

The best place for biking, karting and all things related (p. 211) is the Vaucluse Vroom

around the vineyards near Bedoin

the piste in a soapbox-style cart

Da Vinci Code addicts can

explore the mystery of Mary

while no museum in Provence

is more child-friendly than

(p. 156), where tots to teens can

learn about artists and even create

their own masterpieces

Fit in a free visit to a working

glass-blowing factory where the

sight of men in shorts and sandals

blowing on molten glass down

the end of long metal pipes is

molten blobs into glassware of

surprising beauty and complexity

A must for all kids who’ve

the Chocolate Factory, traditional

(p. 101) in Tourrettes-sur-Loup

lets you watch its workers

hand-dipping fruit into

orange-coloured chocolate

No trip to Provence would be

complete without rummaging for

lemons and smelling lavender in a

185, 212, and 236) Most towns

have their own produce market,

No trip would be complete without smelling freshly cut lavender at a market

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Another perfect place for

Carpentras, where 25 miniature trains putter through a garden of scale-model landscapes complete with stations, roads and villages

(p. 77, 132, 157, 182, and 209)

all over the region are also an easy way to explore cities with toddlers

Best Indoor Activities for

(p. 72) in Nice, Antibes, Cannes

and Monaco on the French

Marseille are easy indoor ners for older kids

Another way to pass a rainy day is with a kids’ cookery class:

de la Cuisine des Fleurs

(p. 102) near Vence or

Heracle’s Cooking School

(p. 156) near Aix-en-Provence.

when it rains, making them the

Camargue offers some of the

world’s best riding, on the backs

of its famous white horses Our

(p. 183), with 30-minute pony

rides for little ones

After a busy day on the

Riv-iera, teenagers will love watching

a Hollywood blockbuster (in

English) splashed up against

Best Attractions for Toddlers

A sure-fire winner for young

perfect places to coo at rabbits

and baby chicks Meanwhile,

turtles are the order of the

sick or abandoned turtles My

toddler son loves watching them

nesting, incubating and bathing

in pools

Daredevils can try out kayaking

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which older children can take part in demonstrations of sword-play and quarterstaff combat.

Best Cities, Towns & Resorts

Nice (p. 64) are filled with

world-class museums, art galleries

perfect wet-weather destination

(p. 102), kids (aged 4 and up)

who have dreamed of designing

their own perfume can take

30-minute workshops

culminat-ing in the presentation of a

diploma and a bottle of their

personally designed perfume

Best Child-friendly Events

Whatever time of year you’re

planning to visit, local events

can add colour to your trip:

www.discoversouthoffrance.com

has event listings covering the

whole region Some of Europe’s

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