Provence & its Medieval Villages
Grasse – Gourdon – Saut-du-Loup – Tourrettes-sur-Loup – St Paul de Vence
Departure – 09.00 / Duration – 9 hours
Monday / Wednesday
Price – 95 €/pax
Grasse
Welcome to Grasse, a city of perfumes since the 17th century, today the world capital of perfumery. It is also called the “capital of flowers and perfumes”. It is a typical city of Provence. You are offered a visit of the old town or Fragonard perfumery.
Gourdon
Discover Gourdon. The village perched as an eagle’s nest on the top of a rocky spur at 760 meters above sea level offers a magnificent panorama. Gourdon is an open balcony on the Gorges du Loup and the Mediterranean. This picturesque feudal village with authentic charm, rightly deserves to be ranked among the 156 Most Beautiful Villages of France. Between heaven and earth, the village of Gourdon is a place of the most appreciated ones of the region.
Saut-du-Loup
Admire the very picturesque waterfalls of the Saut du Loup with emerald colored pools
Tourrettes-sur-Loup
Tourrettes-sur-Loup is a charming medieval village perched on a rocky spur. It is called “City of Violets” because it is the only village in France where this flower is grown as a single or main plant. The village is fortified by the outer houses, which form a rampart. On its streets, you can find the workshops of ceramists, painters, sculptors, leather craftsmen and weavers.
St-Paul-de-Vence
Painters, writers, musicians, film-makers came to Saint-Paul de Vence from all over the world to enjoy this “little terrestrial paradise”, play petanque, dedicate themselves to the arts and to make Saint-Paul de Vence a myth. You have the opportunity to discover the streets where painters and sculptors (Chagal, Modigliani, Matisse …).