Whether your tastes are for star-spotting or hill walking,museum visiting or sunbathing, the Time Out South of France Guide gives an honest, critical account of this mythical region.It takes in glamorous resorts, historic hill towns, hidden monasteries, dramatic gorges and tropical gardens, and goes from France's oldest city and finest antique remains to the burgeoning electronic music scene.

The South of France guide includes:

Expanded coverage of France's most vibrant city, Marseille

The best of Provencal food and drink, from daubes and tropeziennes to the mysteries of pastis

Accommodation-recommendations for each area

Where to go scuba-diving in summer and skiing in winter

An overview of the southern arts scene, with comprehensive listings of annual festivals, from opera to film, bullfighting to lemons

Introduction

In Context

History

The South of France Today

Art & Modemism in the South

Proven~al Food & Drink

Arts & Entertainment

The Festive South

The Rhone Delta

Nimes & Pont du Gard

St-Remy & the Alpilles

Aries

The Camargue

Avignon & the Vaucluse

Avignon

Orange & Around

Carpentras & Mont Ventoux

The Drome Proven?ale

The Luberon

Marseille & Aix

Marseille

Aixen-Provence

The Western Cote

Cassis to Toulon

Hyeres to the Maures

St-Tropez

St-Raphael & the Esterel

Inland Var

Brignoles & the Sainte Baume

The Var Heartland

The Gorges du Verdon

The Riviera

Cannes

Antibes to Cagnes

Nice

The Comiches

Monaco & Monte-Cado

Roquebrune to Menton

Inland Alpes-Maritimes

Grasse & the Gorges du Loup

Vence & St-Paul

The Arnere Pays

Into the Alps

Directorv

Getting There & Around

Accommodation

Resources A-Z

Essential Vocabulary

Further Reference

Index

Maps

The South of France

The RhSne Delta

Avignon & the Vaucluse

Marseille & Aix-en-Provence

Inland Var & the Westem CSte

Inland Alpes-Maritimes

The Riviera