Contents - Lonely Planet
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Contents - Lonely Planet
© Lonely Planet Publications 17 Contents On the Road 2 Highlights 3 Getting Started 20 Snapshot 23 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 91 93 93 95 96 96 97 102 104 104 104 108 111 111 113 114 115 115 116 Pays de Pagnol Côte Bleue Salon de Provence PAYS D’AIX Aix-en-Provence Around Aix 119 119 121 123 123 131 The Camargue 133 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 134 138 139 140 140 142 142 143 144 145 145 146 146 146 147 147 147 148 149 149 149 149 149 150 150 150 150 150 150 151 152 154 155 157 157 168 169 18 CONTENTS 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 210 212 212 215 219 219 223 225 226 229 231 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 232 234 234 234 234 235 237 239 239 239 241 241 242 245 245 246 246 248 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 249 249 249 251 252 253 254 255 257 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 258 260 260 261 265 268 269 269 270 270 272 275 276 277 278 279 279 280 285 286 288 288 289 290 290 294 296 297 299 299 310 310 312 318 318 319 321 322 324 Mougins Grasse MASSIF DE L’ESTÉREL Corniche de l’Estérel St-Raphaël Fréjus St-Tropez to Toulon 324 325 328 328 331 333 338 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 382 383 385 386 390 390 390 391 392 395 395 396 CONTENTS 398 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 398 400 400 401 401 402 402 402 403 404 405 405 407 407 408 408 408 409 409 410 410 410 411 411 411 412 412 Tourist Information Tours Travellers with Disabilities Visas Volunteering Women Travellers Work Transport 412 413 413 414 415 415 415 417 GETTING THERE & AWAY Entering the Country Air Land River Sea GETTING AROUND Air Bicycle Boat Bus Car & Motorcycle Train 417 417 417 419 421 421 422 422 422 423 424 424 427 428 Health BEFORE YOU GO Insurance Recommended Vaccinations 428 428 428 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 429 429 429 429 429 430 437 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 428 428 431 Haute-Provence p234-5 The Camargue p136 428 Language Regional Map Contents Cannes Area p300 19 Monaco p384 Nice to Menton p260