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St Tropez,
Nice, Antibes,
Collioure, Gruissan and La Clape |
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St Tropez The sun beating down, you, the sand, the magnificent blue The night, walking, watching other worshippers The yachts, the lights, the silhouette of the Citadel The golden dome and the tall ships competing for the sky Walk the alleys, sit in a cafe drink and watch Here the world passes by and enjoys Brigitte Bardot, and Guy de Maupassant Signac and Matisse and Dufy and Derain and Colette Clint Eastwood, Dustin Hoffman and Elton John all have come and loved Visit the Musée de l'Annonciade, Strong with post impressionists and fauves. Dig deep in those colors Vlaminck, Derain, Dongen, and more Live life to the full where the topless rebellion was born. |
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Nice Vibrant city on sparkling azur blue Mediterranean Promenade des Anglais with palm trees and roller blades Museums and art galleries - Matisse, Chagall, Picasso Roman ruins amongst olive groves, and marriage of hills and water Cour Salaya with boutiques, shops, and night clubs Watch the busy port with yachts boats ferries Casino, opera where mammoths roamed 450,000 years ago |
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Antibes Antibes Juan Les Pins - vibrant center on Riviera Colorful provençal market, rose gardens Magnificent Marineland for all the family Home to Picasso, Graham Greene, Sydney Bechet World famous jazz festival - first one in Europe Beaches - water skiing, skin diving, sunbathing Art galleries and museums Picasso Museum - one of the world great collections Stunning nature walks along the coast of Cap d'Antibes Sumptuous mansions to see Casinos, night clubs, over 200 restaurants... |
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Collioure Once the port city for Perpignan in the Middle Ages The town that the fauves loved. A town for artists past and present. Matisse, Derain, Dufy, and Picasso, stayed to play with the effervescent light. They visited and painted the church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges They pondered inside listening to the sound of sea as it swelled Swelling up ideas of color, painting, and image. The Château Royal designed with care for war and defence, Under the stern eyes of Vauban, Louis XIV master genius, Shows its proud walls over the old town area called the Mouré, The center of the thriving Collioure Where tradition and creative vision continues. |
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Gruissan and La Clape Come to the simple life, to Gruissan, where out on the sea flats Houses are perched on stilts, became the home of the hedonist Betty Blue In the movie of the same name. Walk and bathe off the sands here, From the clothed to the nude, there is a bit of heaven for everyone. Inland climb the steep path to the massif, following stations of the cross, Where sailors are buried from the turbulence of the sea Climb to the chapel, Notre Dame des Auzils with its models and paintings of ships, And look beyond to the harsh moor, for glorious walking And views of where the French Airforce boom the sky with fighter planes. Beyond walk inland, and discover the Gouffre de l'Œil Doux , A deep volcanic pool, at the bottom of cliffs, with dramatic trees, Go further in to the vineyard owned by the descendants of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The man, the visionary of the Little Prince, and Wind Sand Stars who made air flight poetry, And another vineyard once in the family of Toulouse L'Autrec. Now filled take a run and a slide, and a good swim in the sea that beckons here When the heat asks for nothing less.. More information on Gruissan and area rentals |
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