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Contents
On the Road
2
Highlights
3
Getting Started
20
Snapshot
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History
24
The Culture
34
Food & Drink
42
The Arts
58
Environment
72
Outdoor Activities
80
Marseille Area
90
ITINERARIES
MARSEILLE
History
Orientation
Information
Dangers & Annoyances
Sights
Activities
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting Around
AROUND MARSEILLE
Les Calanques
Cassis
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Pays de Pagnol
Côte Bleue
Salon de Provence
PAYS D’AIX
Aix-en-Provence
Around Aix
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The Camargue
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ITINERARIES
ARLES
Orientation
Information
Sights
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
STES-MARIES DE LA MER
Orientation & Information
Sights & Activities
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
AIGUES-MORTES
Information
Sights
Boat Trips
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Away
SOUTHEASTERN
CAMARGUE
Arles to Digue à la Mer
Salin de Giraud & Beyond
Back to Arles
Avignon Area
ITINERARIES
AVIGNON & AROUND
Avignon
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
NORTH OF AVIGNON
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Châteauneuf du Pape
169
Orange
171
Vaison-la-Romaine
173
Enclave des Papes
& Around
176
Dentelles de Montmirail
& Around
177
Mont Ventoux
180
Carpentras
182
Around Carpentras
185
LES ALPILLES
189
St-Rémy de Provence
189
Around St-Rémy de
Provence
192
Tarascon & Beaucaire
194
ACROSS THE RIVER RHÔNE 194
Nîmes
194
Around Nîmes
199
The Luberon
209
ITINERARIES
NORTH OF THE N100
Apt
Around Apt
SOUTH OF THE N100
Le Petit Luberon
Cavaillon
Cavaillon to Cadenet
Le Grand Luberon
Manosque & Around
Haute-Provence
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ITINERARIES
GORGES DU VERDON
Orientation
Information
Dangers & Annoyances
Sights & Activities
Sleeping & Eating
Getting There & Around
LACS DU VERDON
Sights & Activities
Sleeping & Eating
RÉSERVE GÉOLOGIQUE
DE HAUTE-PROVENCE
Digne-les-Bains
VALLÉE DE LA DURANCE
Sisteron
Around Sisteron
Pays de Forcalquier
PARC NATIONAL DU
MERCANTOUR
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Orientation
Information
Vallée de l’Ubaye
Vallée du Haut Verdon
Vallée de la Tinée
Vallée de la Vésubie
Vallée des Merveilles
Vallée de la Roya
Nice to Menton
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ITINERARIES
NICE
Orientation
Information
Sights
Activities
Nice for Children
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
THE THREE CORNICHES
Corniche Inférieure
Moyenne Corniche
Grande Corniche
ARRIÈRE-PAYS NIÇOIS
Contes to Coaraze
Peille & Peillon
MENTON & AROUND
Menton
Around Menton
Cannes Area
ITINERARIES
CANNES TO NICE
Cannes
Îles de Lérins
Vallauris & Golfe-Juan
Antibes
Biot
Cagnes-Sur-Mer
St-Paul de Vence
Vence
Around Vence
INLAND TO GRASSE
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Mougins
Grasse
MASSIF DE L’ESTÉREL
Corniche de l’Estérel
St-Raphaël
Fréjus
St-Tropez to Toulon
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338
ITINERARIES
339
PRESQU’ÎLE DE ST-TROPEZ 341
St-Tropez
341
The Peninsula
352
Golfe de St-Tropez
354
NORTHERN VAR
356
Draguignan
357
Around Draguignan
357
MASSIF DES MAURES
360
Collobrières
360
Chartreuse de la Verne
361
La Garde Freinet
362
Cogolin
363
La Môle & Around
363
Forêt du Dom
& Bormes-les-Mimosas
363
Corniche des Maures
364
Le Lavandou
365
ÎLES D’HYÈRES & ÎLES
DU FUN
366
Île de Porquerolles
366
Île de Port-Cros
369
Île du Levant
370
Île de Bendor
371
Îles des Embiez
371
TOULON & AROUND
371
Hyères
372
Cap de Carqueiranne
376
Toulon
376
Towards Marseille
380
Monaco
Orientation
Information
Sights
Activities
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
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CONTENTS
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Directory
Accommodation
Activities
Business Hours
Children
Climate Charts
Courses
Customs
Dangers & Annoyances
Discount Cards
Embassies & Consulates
Festivals & Events
Food & Drink
Gay & Lesbian Travellers
Holidays
Insurance
Internet Access
Legal Matters
Local Government
Maps
Money
Photography & Video
Post
Shopping
Solo Travellers
Telephone
Time
Toilets
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Tourist Information
Tours
Travellers with Disabilities
Visas
Volunteering
Women Travellers
Work
Transport
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415
415
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417
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Entering the Country
Air
Land
River
Sea
GETTING AROUND
Air
Bicycle
Boat
Bus
Car & Motorcycle
Train
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419
421
421
422
422
422
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424
424
427
428
Health
BEFORE YOU GO
Insurance
Recommended
Vaccinations
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428
428
IN TRANSIT
Deep Vein Thrombosis
(Dvt)
Jet Lag
IN PROVENCE & THE
CÔTE D’AZUR
Availability & Cost of
Health Care
Diarrhoea
Environmental Hazards
Sexual Health
Travelling with Children
Women’s Health
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Behind the Scenes
439
Index
446
World Time Zones
454
Map Legend
456
The Lubéron p213
St-Tropez to Toulon p342
429
Glossary
Avignon Area p158
Marseille Area p94
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428
431
Haute-Provence p234-5
The Camargue
p136
428
Language
Regional Map Contents
Cannes
Area p300
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Monaco
p384
Nice to
Menton
p260