If you think of Antibes, in the first instance you think of a fashionable seaside resort with luxury villas and a harbor with imposing yachts. But do not be mistaken, Antibes is a beautiful city that has a lot to offer in cultural and culinary terms too! Antibes is the largest city in the Alpes Maritimes department after Nice, followed closely by Cannes. By coincidence,  Antibes is...

Port Grimaud is the outer and seaside resort of the southern French fortified town of Grimaud. The French architect François Spoerry realized this ambitious project of a town in the water in 1966. Protected against the wind from the east and the Mistral from the west, he developed the harbor town of  Port Grimaud in the bay of Saint-Tropez. The town is built on lagoons and drained...

The dreamvillage Gordes The village of Gordes  is a natural beauty that you cannot deny. It is noteworthy that Gordes, just as Roussillon, is named one of the ‘les plus beaux villages’ of France. The view on top of the hill is breath-taking, and the authentic buildings are utterly beautiful. Gordes is likely to be the most famous village in the Vaucluse ....

Driving through the Provence you can hardly miss the endless lavender fields. Lavender is thé symbol of the Provence. We know the smell of lavender in perfume, bath oil and scentend candles, but lavender is also seen as a medicinal herb. According to the alternative medicine has lavender a soothing, antiseptic and healing effect. Lavender routes in the Provence There are six...

The southern French Menton is located on the Côte d'Azur, about 20 minutes from Monaco and only 5 minutes from the Italian border. It is a town to fall in love with instantly. The colorful houses in the center, the well-preserved buildings, the cozy shops, the six beautiful botanical gardens and of course the markets make this town a pleasant place. It is not for nothing that Menton...

Roussillon is a village in the French department of the Vaucluse . The village is considered one of the 'plus beaux villages' of France, because anyone who has visited Roussillon once will not soon forget the village. What you see is truly unique! If you drive to the village of Roussillon you can see the ocher-colored houses on the top of the hill from a distance. Once you arrive...

The southern French coastal towns of Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus were mentioned in an earlier blog post as the ideal starting point for sporting activities in the Estérel mountains. That these places are popular holiday destinations for that reason speaks for itself. In and around Saint-Raphaël and Frejus, often referred to together as Saint-Raphaël-Frejus,...

The beautiful coastal town of Antibes is located next to Cannes (10 km) and opposite Nice (23 km) at the Baie des Anges. For centuries, Antibes was the only city between Marseille and Italy. Because of its location opposite the Nice of today, on the other side of the Baie des Anges, the settlement was called Antipolis, which means 'the city on the other side'. Later the name changed to...