Digne :
Lavender trading center, Digne is a spa where between two cures you could visit its cathedrale and its museums. Discover also the citadel of Sisteron, the Roman pillars and the Merovingian baptistry of Riez.

Do not miss the Gorges of Verdon, the canyon of Oppedette and the Ubaye and Lure moutains. The panorama is unique.

Visit also the natural Park of Lubéron and sites as the Ganagobie priory (12th century), the citadel of Entrevaux and the old villages (Simiane, Banon, Lurs, Annot).

Les Hautes-Alpes

Gap :
Highest town of Europe (1,324m), Briançon is a fortified city untill its churches. Saint-Véran is the highest commune of Europe (2,042m, the communal area extends from 1,800m to 3,800 m). On the road, you should not miss Embrun, a touristic station with its fortified city and its Notre-Dame cathedrale (12th -14th centuries).

The mounts of Pelvoux, Meije, Champsaur and Dévoluy are famous natural sites housing many grottos and «chourums» (swallow holes). Visit also the Ecrins park, lakes and rivers and ski stations like Super-Dévoluy, Serre-Chevalier, Montgenèvre.

Les Alpes-Maritimes

It is undoubtfully the most attractive touristic region of France after Paris.

Nice, Cannes, Monaco or Vallauris and Grasse are only themselves towns which names are associated to flowers and perfumes, to carnival and international film festival. Finally, you can enjoy here a certain Art of life under the Mediterranean sunlight.

Nice, its Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels), and its Promenade des Anglais (English promenade) on the sea front lead you from the international airport to the old city. Here you will immerse yourself in the real historical center. Its Baroque churches (Saint-Augustin, Saint-François-de-Paule), the Lascaris palace (17th century), the villa Masséna, the Cimiez cloister and gardens and its flowers market are a must when visiting the city. So, you can also feel the presence of an important Russian emigration at the beginning of the 20th century. A perceptible trace is the Orthodox church (1912), in Tsarévitch street.

Grasse remains the capitale of perfume we continue to elaborate here from the most refined extracts like rose (Grasse’s rose is highly valued Worldwide). To these scents we could associate Fragonard. Grasse houses this great painter museum.

Antibes is a sea resort between Nice et Cannes. At Biot, you should visit museums Grimaldi and Fernand-Léger.

Cannes, the stars, its festival palace. Is it useful to present its Croisette ? But you could discover other treasuries as Suquet, Castre museum and, off Cannes, islands of Lerins with the monasteries of Sainte-Marguerite (Do not miss the famous jail of the "Mask of Iron" too) and Saint-Honorat.

Art city, Vallauris becomes famous for its potteries. Here, you ought to visit the Picasso museum.

Les Bouches-du-Rhône

Marseille :
Marseille is a port open on the Mediterranean as a door on the East. How many merchants, traders and travellers landed there ? Marseille is a vivid illustration of a melting pot of religions, cultures, personal stories and histories. Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde church dominates the old-harbour, ancient Phenician trading post. Do not miss the Pharo’s castle, the palace of Longchamp, the museum and the fine-Arts museum and the Saint-Victor abbey. Have a rest on the famous Cannebière to sample a Pastis accompanied with tapenade (spicy olives purée). Off Marseille, you should visit the castle of If. On this island you could remind literary or cinematographic souvenirs with Earl of Monte-Cristo.

Arles conserves Roman vestiges, arenas (4h century), therms ruins of Constantin’s palace and its theater.
You should discover other interesting vestiges at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence with an ark (1st century BC) and the Jules mausoleum (5th century).

Le Var

Toulon :
Naval dockyard as well as commerce and yachting port, Toulon history is connected to Royale Marine. Here you should visit  the Marine Museum, the Faron Mount, the Royale tower (16th century) and the roadstead. Do not miss the Sainte-Marie-Majeure cathedrale which dates from the 11th and the 12th centuries.

Var declines along its coast famous beaches. Their names are famous : Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Tropez, Juan-les-Pins, or Sainte-Maxime, Bandol, Sanary and Hyères. It is the stars or the sunlight lovers rendez-vous (3,000 hours of sunlight per year).

Le Vaucluse