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Synopsis
From the beaches of St. Tropez to the Cannes Film Festival, the Riviera has long been a chic destination, and we've combined it with the rustic pleasures and rich artistic heritage of Provence, which has grown in popularity ever since the publication of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Look for expanded coverage and lots of new maps this year!
About the Author
About the Authors France and its southern tier are "second home" to Darwin Porter, a native of North Carolina, and Danforth Prince, who lived in France throughout most of his 20s. Darwin, who has worked in television advertising and as a bureau chief for the Miami Herald and who hopes someday to create a perfect bouillabaisse, wrote the original version of Frommer's France. Dan, who began his association with Darwin in 1982, worked for the Paris bureau of the New York Times between renovations of a historic building in the Loire Valley and bicycle trips through Provence and the Camargue. Both writers know southern France well, as they've made countless trips there, for both work and R&R.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.
1. The Best of Provence & the Riviera.
2. Planning Your Trip to the South of France.
3. Languedoc-Roussillon & the Camargue.
4 Provence.
5 The Western Riviera: From St-Tropez to Cannes to Cap d'Antibes.
7. The Eastern Riviera: From Blot to Monaco to Menton.
Appendix: The South of France in Depth.
1. History 101: A Few Thousand Years in Provence.
2. Art & Architecture from Paleolithic to Postmodern.
3. The Rise & Fall of Provençal.
4. A Taste of Provence.
Index.
General Index.
Accommodations Index.
Restaurants Index.