Full Day Private Tour of Provence Cities and Medieval Villages from Cannes
Cannes, France
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 7 hours
Enjoy a full day tour that covers Provence city and the medieval villages above the sea. During the private tour, you will visit the perfume capital of Grasse, the pirates' town of Gourdon and two famous cities for artists: St Paul de Vence and Tourrettes-sur-Loup.
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Enjoy a full day tour that covers Provence city and the medieval villages above the sea. During the private tour, you will visit the perfume capital of Grasse, the pirates' town of Gourdon and two famous cities for artists: St Paul de Vence and Tourrettes-sur-Loup.Meet your guide and hop aboard your private vehicle for a journey to the perfume capital of France. Your guide will take you to the Fragonard perfume factory. It offers you the opportunity to learn all the stages of perfume production. Make sure you enter the factory shop, where you can purchase your new perfume (own expense.)
Afterwards, your guide will take you to Gourdon, known as the Sarrasine city. Gourdon is perched on a rock on the edge of the steep Caussols plateau, which rises 700m above the River Loup. This remote, picturesque village is very attractive, with its 12 century castle built on the foundations of a Saracen fortress and its boutiques. Enjoy some free time where you can see and visited silk, perfumery and glass-making workshops, old restored houses or just buy souvenirs.
Continue the journey among the hills and valleys and stop in the Pont du Loup, renown for his home-made chocolate production. There, you can visit the chocolate factory and taste one of the best French chocolates.
Move on to Tourrettes-sur-Loup, which was an important weaving town in the Middle Age era. After the Second World War, it became a renowned center for hand-woven-fabrics. Take a stroll through the old town with your guide and visit several of the workshops in the winding streets which offer a varied range of cloth: reproductions of old Provencal fabrics, colorful textiles for the high fashion market or furnishings, and hand-woven-ties.
Next, head off to St-Paul-de-Vence: an old village visible from afar among the pleasant hills and valleys of the Vence landscape. St-Paul-de-Vence has retained its medieval appearance, so characteristic of the fortified settlements which protected the Var frontier until 1870. Take a stroll through the old town with your guide. You will have free time to visit the famous Modern Art galleries. This city will remind you of medieval era, and the guide will tell amazing stories about it.
Finally, your guide will drop you back at your hotel.
Afterwards, your guide will take you to Gourdon, known as the Sarrasine city. Gourdon is perched on a rock on the edge of the steep Caussols plateau, which rises 700m above the River Loup. This remote, picturesque village is very attractive, with its 12 century castle built on the foundations of a Saracen fortress and its boutiques. Enjoy some free time where you can see and visited silk, perfumery and glass-making workshops, old restored houses or just buy souvenirs.
Continue the journey among the hills and valleys and stop in the Pont du Loup, renown for his home-made chocolate production. There, you can visit the chocolate factory and taste one of the best French chocolates.
Move on to Tourrettes-sur-Loup, which was an important weaving town in the Middle Age era. After the Second World War, it became a renowned center for hand-woven-fabrics. Take a stroll through the old town with your guide and visit several of the workshops in the winding streets which offer a varied range of cloth: reproductions of old Provencal fabrics, colorful textiles for the high fashion market or furnishings, and hand-woven-ties.
Next, head off to St-Paul-de-Vence: an old village visible from afar among the pleasant hills and valleys of the Vence landscape. St-Paul-de-Vence has retained its medieval appearance, so characteristic of the fortified settlements which protected the Var frontier until 1870. Take a stroll through the old town with your guide. You will have free time to visit the famous Modern Art galleries. This city will remind you of medieval era, and the guide will tell amazing stories about it.
Finally, your guide will drop you back at your hotel.
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