Provence

This place is the symphony of colors: the blue of the sky, the sea and lavender, white stones and terracota houses with colored shutters. Millions of scents and tastes: lavender, olive oil, aioli, wines and anise liqueur. It is also the cheerful music of markets, the chirr of grasshoppers and singing of mistrals. The sea, the Alpes and the Rhone produce a wonder of contrasts, bathing in miraculous glow.

The most wonderful locality is the Camargue. It is divided into two parts - the Minore Camargue, a state-protected nature reserve with wild horses and bulls, cane and salt mines, and the Greater Camargue, a flat country with plenty of water, which is home to many agricultural holdings and vast private estates.

From Avignon, the Papal seat with its impressive Papal Palace, which is a grandiose sample of Gothic architecture and the Bridge of St. Benezette, the city best known today for its theatre, film and music festivals, through Arles, the ancient capital of Gauls with Preromanic theatres and arenas to Aix-en-Provence, a small university town, hiding below the Saint-Victoire mountain, and Marseilles, famous for its canebiere, bouillabaisse, anise liqueur and mistral.

No one knows for sure where the Cote d'Azur really begins, but judging by its summertime mood, it must begin in Saint Tropez, a small fishermen village that has become the vacation spot for the international Jet Set, and ends near the Italian border, way over Nice.

Saint Raphael, Cannes and its film festival, the Lerins Islands on the scene, Juan Les Pins, Antibes and the jazz festival that takes place in a pine forest, the ancient Italian city of Nice with its colored houses and the Principality of Monaco, ruled by the Grimaldis.

Let's not forget the inner part with its beautiful valleys, Verdon Gorge, the national parks of Ecrins, Mercantur, Mont Vantou and Esterel (amazing red rocks), the winding paths leading to fishermen villages that huddle on the steep shores, its mountains and ski-runs just several miles away from the sea. Take a trip to Grasse, the capital of perfumery that initially appeared as the city of glovers who began to aromatize gloves in accordance with the Italian fashion and thus determined the future destiny of the city.

The Papal Palace in Avignon, the Ancient Theatre (the Ninth Wonder of the World) and the Arc de Triomphe in Orange, the Saint Savair chapel and cathedral, the Senanque Abbey in Gordes, the Tarascon Castle and the Torone Abbey.

In Marseilles - the If Castle (which owes its fame to "The Count of Monte Cristo" novel by Alexander Dumas) and the Cantini Museum, the Fort Saint Agare on the Porcerole Islands, the famous Croisette Boulevard in Cannes, the fortress on the Island of Saint Margaret - the place of imprisonment of the Man in the Iron Mask, the Mag Institute at Saint Paul de Vence, the Chagall Museum, the Prince's Palace and the Oceanography Museum in Monaco, etc.

Try the ratafia of Aix, spice-cakes from Gurdon, fine wines, bouillabaisse (fish soup with tomatoes), garlic sauce, Pistoux soup, etc.

The Camargue Nature Park, Eldorado in Carrie-le-Rouhe, Oque Corral in Remanaux, Aqualand le Leque in Saint Sier Sur Mer, the Zoo in Toulone, Aquatica in Frejus, Marineland in Antibes and the Phoenix park in Nice.

Turning from Aix-en-Provence towards Nice and stopping on your way in large and small villages you will be able to admire the harmony of the modern look neighboring scenes of the past. If you love nature, choose the inner road from Avignon across the Durance Valley, Verdon and the national park of Mercantur, go to Entrevaux, a Medieval village and the Valley of Wonders.

Visit Nice with its famous panorama, then Eze, Saint Paul de Vence - the town of artists, Cannes and Antibes. Touch the legend: feel the luxury and splendor of Monaco and the Grimaldi palace.

The South of France is famous for its weather that remains fine throughout the year, as well as for its wine and gastronomy. Multiple hotels offer their services with true professionalism in many parts of this paradise on Earth.

Water sports, fishing, underwater sorts, golf - this list can be continued without end!