Paris

Paris is a city of a thousand clichés - the City of Lights, and Hemingway's much quoted "Moveable Feast". Travel to Paris with its awe inspiring attractions, one of the worlds truly great cities, a metropolis that lavishly satisfies the desires of travellers and business people alike.

Paris travel is easy with the compact centre easily navigable on foot, with the efficient and comprehensive Metro system always on hand enables one to ensure one covers most of Paris’ attractions. The lifeblood River Seine splits the city neatly in two and the useful arrondissement (districts) system neatly carves Paris into manageable chunks.

One could not travel to Paris without visiting some of the most famous attractions and landmarks in the world.  The Eiffel Tower, the world’s most recognisable landmark, the Louvre featuring the world’s most celebrated painting, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Centre Pompidou a fantastic centre of modern art, Musee D’Orsay with the best Impressionist collection in the world and the Arc de Triomphe fantastic views from the top in the centre of ’L’Etoile’ all add up to make your Paris travel experience unforgettable.

WHEN TO TRAVEL to Paris

Travel to Paris anytime, there is no off season. The best time to travel to Paris is, of course, during the famous Paris Spring between April and June, when the days are sunny but not too hot. The autumn and winter months can also be another good time to travel to Paris when there are fewer crowds.

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French Riviera

The concept of leisure travel in the contemporary sense evolved on the French Riviera back in the 1920s. Travelling the French Riviera is the time to indulge solely in the pleasures of relaxing and sun worshipping. This is where Picasso spent the summer with his family in Cap d'Antibes (an area he loved as a painter for its limpid light and vibrant colours) and since then travelling to the French Riviera as a destination has flourished into the glittering playground of conspicuous wealth and glamour you see today.

Nowadays, many feel the original lyrical charm of the French Riviera lies in the less developed hinterlands, where one can gaze down from more peaceful retreats to the congested shoreline, overflowing with summer revellers and million-dollar yachts.

The French Riviera stretches from Marseille to the Italian border. It twists and turns for more than 160 kilometres, and is dotted with glitzy legends such as St-Tropez and Cannes, Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Nice. The French Riviera remains one of Europe’s most glamorous holiday destinations and unlike many resort areas, it does not close down completely in winter.

WHEN TO TRAVEL to the French Riviera

Beautiful warm weather can be enjoyed from May to September in the French Riviera, August being the busy peak season.  Autumn in the French Riviera October/November and early spring March/April is the rainy season. 

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Provence

Provence travel has stirred the imagination and stimulated the senses more strongly than any other region of France. The soft light and its vivid landscape of pastel colours have inspired writers and artists from F. Scott Fitzgerald and Pagnol to Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso to travel to Provence. The fragrant countryside of Provence redolent with wild herbs is scattered with historic fortified medieval towns such as Avignon and Aix-en-Provence and the ancient Roman towns like Orange and Arles with their great monuments, arches and coliseums. On the coast is the great port of Marseille, a melting pot of cultures so in contrast to the traditional social landscape of most French provincial towns.

As a destination, elegant Aix-en-Provence has museums, fountains, and the gracious Cours Mirabeau Boulevard. Charming and laid-back Arles and crowded Avignon have bewitched Roman legionnaires, popes, and Vincent van Gogh.  But Provence travel works its charms most potently in rural places, aided in no small part by cypress trees, vineyards, and a cooling glass of pastis.

 
WHEN TO TRAVEL to Provence

May and June are the best times for Provence travel, followed by September and October. Lavender fields blaze purple for two or three weeks any time between late June and mid-July. In September vines sag with plump red grapes. The Provence vendange (grape harvest) starts around 15 September, followed by the cueillette des olives (olive harvest) from 15 November through to early January. If you ski, late December to March is for you. 

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Nice

Nice has a strong cultural heritage. Among its best attractions are the Opera House; the Chagall, Matisse and naval museums; and the fine-arts museum, with its Monet, Degas, Renoir and Rodin collections. Also the flower market and St. Reparate Cathedral in the old city, most of which is closed to cars. Stroll down the Promenade des Anglais along the (pebble) beach that passes some very old and exclusive hotels, such as the Hotel Negresco.

Old Town Nice has a surprisingly charming, small-town feel. You can shop for locally made olive oil and perfume, dine in one of dozens of top-rated restaurants or visit the antiques market in the Cours Saleya every Monday.

WHEN TO TRAVEL to Nice

July and August on the French Riviera can be stifling, not only because of the intense heat but the crowds of tourists. June and September are the best months to be in the region, as both are free of the midsummer crowds and the weather is summer-balmy. Try to avoid the second half of July and all of August, when almost all of France goes on holidays. Huge crowds jam the roads and beaches, and prices are hiked up in resorts.

Off-season has its charms—the pétanque games are truly just the town folks' game, the most touristy hill towns are virtually abandoned, and when it's nice out, more often than not, you can bask in direct sun in the cafés.

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