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Discover Provence Alps Riviera and its nice tourist stations

 

Provence Alps Riviera

From the Beaches of the Riviera to the winter sports resorts of the Alps and small villages of Provence, the area Provence Alps Riviera offers a quasi complete range of tourist acivities.

Riviera attended since the XIXth century by the first tourists, knows since a few decades a popularity never contradicted. The countryside of Nice and the Provence have profited from the boom of the country holidays and offer splendid courses of excursion. The ski stations of the Alps have as much success.

Many festivals, some of international audience proceed during the year, the most famous of them being certainly the festival of film at Cannes which occurs every year in April. Nice has its carnival which takes place in February or January and its jazz festival which proceeds in July. In Aix in Provence is held between June and July the international festival of lyric art.

For holidays Jet Set, no place in France will of course dare to compete with Saint-Tropez firmly installed in this place since more than one half-century.

The sportsmen have the choice between water sports in summer over tens of kilometers of beaches and creeks and sports of snow, the winter in the stations of Auron or Isola 2000.

The gastronomy here, is subject to a wide Italian influence with the pastes, the pizza pie, or the fish, the whole accompanied by wines rosy of Provence.

No difficulty to find hotel or seasonal hiring but it should be noted that the prices are slightly higher than the average rates applied in other tourist areas of France.

Spain is an other holidays destination and you can find villas for rent in Ibiza, on the Balearic Islands.

Hotels French Riviera.

Campsites beach French Riviera.

Where to stay in Provence the Alps Riviera

  • In full board stay in Cassis, the tourists profit from the beach in a very beautiful village of Provence which inspired many painters.
  • Cannes: The city of Cannes proposes important cultural and artistic events, but it is also the place of shopping and luxury. Its marina, the port Pierre Canto is perfectly equipped to receive yachts of more than 80 meters. During a Stay in Cannes in April, you can attend the International Fim Festival on the condition of obtaining an invitation requested at the Palate of the Festivals. If renting, it's recommended to book your hotel or your villa for a stay this period of the year.
  • Holidays in Nice: At the time of a rent in Nice in July, the holiday maker will attend Nice Jazz Festival which occurs in the Arenas of Cimiez.
  • Saint-Tropez rental: If renting at Saint-Tropez in August, the tourist will see the transformation of this small village of fishermen into a rendez-vous of the Jet Set.
  • Apt: Located in the heart of the Luberon Apt is a perfect place to practise natural and family tourism. The village has a base of leisures where the holiday makers can practise the windsurf or the canoe. To find a seasonal hiring in Apt, contact the tourist office.
  • Briançon: close to the winter sports resort of Serre-Chevalier, Briançon proposes to the hikers the pedestrian courses in the middle of splendid panoramas in the Natural park of Queyras or the National park of the Jewel cases. The private individuals and the estate agencies propose to the tourist many offers for seasonal rentals between Briançon and Serre-Chevalier, house, country cottage or stay in hotel in half board or full board.
  • La Ciotat: Located in the Mouths of the Rhone, the seaside resort of La Ciotat offers to the amateurs of water sports the possibility for sail, deep-sea diving and other sports of beach. The night is always very animated in the bars and restaurants of the city. The rental offer is important and varied: hiring of villa in La Ciotat, hotels on the coast, camp-sites at the seaside…
  • Mougins: Located between the littoral and the ski stations of the Alps, Mougins is a middle-class city. In hiring at Mougins, the holiday maker will have the choice between the calm of a villa with swimming pool downtown and the animated life of the close tourist destinations (Antibes, Cannes, Auron…).
  • Les Baux de Provence: In hiring in Baux de Provence, the tourist is not far from any big city of the surroundings (Marseilles, Avignon…).
  • Greoux les Bains: The thermal spa of Greoux les Bains located between Luberon and the Verdon proposes many tourist and natural activities. In the thermal spa of Greoux les Bains rich in magnesium and oligoelements, one deals with the respiratory problems and the rhumatology.
  • Le Canet: near Mougins and located 2 kilometers from the sea, Le Canet is a tourist station which allows all the activities: Beach, night life, excursions maritimes ou many courses of golf in the surroundings. The tourist will appreciate a hiring in le Canet with sight on the panorama of the islands of Leyrins.
  • Nans les Pins: In seasonal hiring in Nans les Pins, the holiday makers can traverse the GR9 in the middle of the Mounts of Saintes Baumes.
  • Villefranche-sur-Mer: near Monaco, perfect place for holidays in a villa of prestige on the Riviera, Villefranche is perfectly appropriate to the followers of the clubbing and idleness.
  • Beausoleil: Beausoleil luxury Tourist resort, overhangs the Principality of Monaco.
  • Hyères: Located vis-a-vis the island of Porquerolles, Hyères has a lot of very beautiful beaches and school of veil and sub-Marine diving. In hiring at Hyères, you will spend nice sporting or family holidays.
  • Marseilles: In Marseilles, the Park of Pharo has several beaches perfectly equipped for the sail, the windsurf or the beach sports. The night, the numerous bars and restaurants of the port and the coast offer an animated night life. For a lodging in Marseilles in July and August, the rental offers, studio, apartment, villa or house is adapted to all the budgets.
  • Antibes Juan les Pins: On holiday at the seaside, the tourists will appreciate the nautical pleasures of the coast and the fun in Antibes by night.
  • Sainte-Maxime: Saint-Tropez and Sainte-Maxime are close cities with the same trendy way of life.
  • Lavandou: With its 12 kilometers of beaches, Lavandou offers a broad range of nautical leisures. The night life occurs around the marina where is concentrated the major part of the bars, restaurants and discotheques of the station. In addition, the visitors can go on the island of Porquerolles with the shuttle. Many proposals for a stay in full or half board in the hotels of Le Lavandou.
  • Isola 2000: This winter sports resort of the Maritime Alps, near Nice and Italy, has a 120 kilometers skiable field. Its 43 tracks are adapted to the skiers of any levels. Offers of seasonal renting in Isola 2000 in winter or in summer are important and varied. The night birds have several places to have fun.
  • Valberg: The Valberg ski station is appreciated for several reasons: The village is 80 kilometers far from the French Riviera, the skiable field adapted for all the levels, accommodates the children and the handicapped people, the seasonal rental offers in valberg are numerous, finally, the station has the label “Family Plus Mountain”.

To exactly choose its season in Provence the Alps Riviera

August and July is traditionally the months of crowd in the seaside resorts of the Riviera, but also the period at the end of December at the beginning of January and holidays of February for the holidays in the winter sports resorts of the Alps.

September and June constitute the mid season.

Lastly, the pensioners will appreciate to leave on holiday in March, April, May, October or November in the south of France to be given a soft climate and better tariffs from seasonal hiring.

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