Places to see in south east france?

Question

camping in area for a few days after travelling up from italy on way back to uk. top ten sights to see?

is there a new high bridge across a deep narrow valley?

Answer 1

You mean the "Grand Canyon du Verdagne" didn't here about (am in southGermany not 2 far from "la region provençale")

let us look who knows it..

Ramatuelle is nice from my ptOF view..

Gap and Digne..

Aix en Pro

Montreux

greetinx

Answer 2

that one bridge =]

Answer 3

provence or nice

Answer 4

Cest La vi

Answer 5

Well, I would not skip the Cote d'Azur as it's a special place.

If you're traveling by train, you'll pass right through it, most likely.

A Top 10

(places in order of driving from Italy;

not ranked as best to worse)

1. Monaco: casino & nearby garden with meat eating plants

2. Nice: various impressionist art museums.

3. Nice old town. It's beautiful and filled with fun little shops and places to eat.  Did you know that the streets are narrow as a natural 'air conditioning'-system for the town; not because towns at that time were build that way....

4. St. Paul de Vence: the world famous Maeght Foundation museum; and the fantastic old town itself. Walk along the outskirts of the town and make sure you get a coffee with a view.   Gorgeous view, gorgeous town, gorgeous art everywhere!

5. Antibes: see the old market, and the old fort where Picasso used to work (there's a Picasso museum now), and of course the wonderful harbour. Eat fish in the old town.

6. Villefranche: the Musee Renoir there was the artist's home for the last twelve years of his life.

7. Biot is an ancient town known for its pottery. Very pittoresquely set on a mountain top.

8. Cannes: old town and harbour side. Gorgeous. Have a wonderful meal on a terrasse with ocean view and enjoy the sun, year round.

9. Grasse: visit the parfume factories and their nearby flower fields

Go beyond this, and drive for a couple of hours more and you'll be in ..

10. Comptes: a town in inland Provence which is 'in the middle of nowhere'. In the Auberge you can get a beautiful room and a wonderful 3-course meal that is just unbelievable for its location. Besides the auberge, the pub, the police station, a shop and the great, region-serving bakery, there's nothing there, ... oh  besides, of course, its tower church.  Beautiful hiking trails nearby.  A once in a lifetime experience to be in a town where nothing seems to happen.  Therefore, the road is just 1 horse (car) wide.  There are campsites/ chambres d'hote not too far out of town.

For the coastal destinations 1-8, I'd find a campsite near Antibes and take daytrips to the other towns.  All towns can be reached by train/bus.

There you have it.  A great top 10 in the south east of France.

Answer 6

The high bridge you are thinking of must be the Millau viaduct, it's not really in the South East, it's a little further west: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viad...

I need to know a little more to answer your question:

Where in Italy will you be travelling from?

Where in Provence will you be camping?

Will you be driving? Hitch-hiking? Using public transportation?

Answer 7

camp in le Vercors.  fantastic mountain roads (especially "la route des ecouges" and dramatic scenery.  

Camp in La Grande Chartreuse.

new bridge is not completed yet