Discover some of the most beautiful villages in South of France!
Did you know the French Riviera is not only beaches and clear water, but it’s dotted with lots of tiny villages, provencal style? We’ve chosen our top 5 on the Côte d’Azur that you absolutely have to see. One thing they all have in common? They’re hilltop villages (“villages perchés”) dating back to the middle ages. And that’s definitely part of their stunning beauty!
So, let’s go and check out
- Gourdon
- Eze village
- Saint-Paul-de-Vence
- Biot
- Mougins
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Useful links & info:
GOURDON
📍Gourdon: [ Ссылка ]
📍📷 Place Victoria/view point: [ Ссылка ]
ℹ️ Tourist office: [ Ссылка ]
🍦Ice Cream place “Le Glacier de Gourdon” (opens mid march, closed in winter): [ Ссылка ]
📍Meadow for picnic/ball games etc: [ Ссылка ]
🪂 paragliding: Centre de Parapente (tandem flights etc.): www.ascendance06.com
EZE VILLAGE
📍Eze village: [ Ссылка ]
📷 Exotic garden Eze (attention: entrance fee was raised to 7€): [ Ссылка ]
ℹ️ Tourist office: [ Ссылка ]
🍽️ Château Eza (restaurant with a view): [ Ссылка ]
🍽️ Le Nid d’Aigle (restaurant/salon de thé): [ Ссылка ]
🍽️ Chèvre d’Or (hotel/restaurant/2 Michelin stars): [ Ссылка ]
📍🥾Start of Nietzsche trail in Eze village (Chemin de Nietzsche): [ Ссылка ]
SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE
📍Saint-Paul-de-Vence: [ Ссылка ]
ℹ️ Tourist office: [ Ссылка ]
🎨 Maeght Foundation: [ Ссылка ] (closed for extension works until July 2023), [ Ссылка ]
🍽️ Colombe d’Or: [ Ссылка ], [ Ссылка ]
🪦 Chagall’s tomb: [ Ссылка ]
📍📷 viewpoint: [ Ссылка ]
📍🥾Fortification discovery walk: [ Ссылка ]
BIOT
📍Biot: [ Ссылка ]
ℹ️ Tourist Office: [ Ссылка ]
🏺Verrerie de Biot: [ Ссылка ]
🏺Verrerie Pierini: [ Ссылка ]
📍⛪ Church Sainte Marie-Madeleine: [ Ссылка ]
🥁 Templar festival 2023: [ Ссылка ]
🎶 Classical music festival “Les Heures Musicales de Biot”: usually in early summer, ask for date at tourist office!
🎶 “Fête de la musique”: 21 June (in all of France)
🍽️ Restaurant Les Arcades: [ Ссылка ]
MOUGINS
📍Mougins: [ Ссылка ]
ℹ️ Tourist office: [ Ссылка ]
👨🍳 Culinary Festival “Les Etoiles de Mougins”: [ Ссылка ]
🍽️ Restaurant L’Amandier: [ Ссылка ]
🎨 MACM - Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins: [ Ссылка ]
📷 Centre de la Photographie de Mougins: [ Ссылка ]
Aila’s website with lots of info on the French Riviera: [ Ссылка ]
Music:
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Photos/Maeght Foundation:
1) Cour Giacometti. Alberto Giacometti: L’Homme qui marche I 1960. L’homme qui marche II 1960. Grande Femme Debout I (Femme debout I). 1960 Grande Femme debout II, (Femme Debout II) 1960 Grande tête, 1960. © ADAGP, Paris 2022. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation
2) Le Jardin des sculptures. Joan Miró, Personnage 1972, Résine. Joan Miró, Personnage 1970, Bronze. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation © ADAGP, Paris 2022
3) Le Jardin des sculptures. Alexander Calder, Les Renforts, 1964, Tôle peinte. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation Maeght © ADAGP, Paris 2022
4) Georges Braque, Les Poissons, 1963, Mosaïque. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation Maeght © ADAGP, Paris 2022
5) Le Labyrinthe, Miró. 1964-1973. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation Maeght © ADAGP, Paris 2022
6) Impluvium - Architecture de la Fondation. Photo Olivier Amsellem - Archives Fondation
Footage Templar festival: thanks a lot to the city of Biot!
Drone footage: © Oliver Murko
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Gourdon
02:30 Eze village
05:20 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
07:36 Biot
09:27 Mougins
12:41 summary/preview
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