Provence Alpes
Overview of Holidays in the Provence Alpes, Provence, France:
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur is one of the most popular holiday regions in the south of France. With its head in the Alps and feet in the Mediterranean Sea, the Provence-Alpes region offers an extensive palette of colorful landscapes, culture and history to attract a wide variety of visitors.
Holiday in Provence-Alpes - Geography
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur is home to the sophisticated French Riviera and is famous for sunny weather, colourful countryside (a favourite haunt for the painter Van Gogh), wine, food, and Provencal language. Provence-Alpes' has many places of interest including the city of Avignon and a vast array of villages just waiting to be explored.
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur is located in south-eastern France. It borders Italy to the east; the Mediterranean Sea and the principality of Monaco in the south, the Rhone-Alpes to the north, and the Languedoc-Roussillon to the west, with the Rhone river marking its western-most border. Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur encompasses the six French departmental areas of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhone, Var and Vaucluse.
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is the mountainous northern part of the historic Provence-Alpes. The Oriental Leburon and the Verdon Gorge are among the region's highlights.
- The Hautes-Alpes form part of the French Alps - among the highest regions in Europe.
- The Alpes-Maritimes region is home to the French Riviera, the Alpes Maritimes boasts 300 days of glorious Mediterranean sunshine per year.
- The countryside of the Bouches-du-Rhone is the area that inspired the painter Vincent van Gogh. It is also home to the picturesque village of Cassis, the wetlands of the Camargue and the rural landscape of the Alpilles.
- Var is best known for its fabulous seaside resorts - a favourite among the rich & famous and the yachting & sailing fraternity. However Var also has an interesting cultural history and is home to many Roman and mediaeval buildings.
- Vaucluse is particularly famous for the majestic mountainous regions known as the Luberon.
Provence Alpes - Our holiday accommodation and service:
If you visit the south of France with secretdestinations.com holidays you can choose from many privately owned holiday villas, apartments and villas with pools in authentic unspoiled Provence. All of our French holiday villa rentals have been hand-picked for their locations to give you a truly authentic taste of unspoiled secret France. So if you're looking for an activity holiday scuba diving, walking or cycling or simply relaxing on lovely beaches, surfing, enjoying watersports, a spot of sunbathing or a day trip around the vineyards to soak up the local history, call our holiday team today who wil help you find your perfect French villa holiday.
