Rightmove Provence Cote D'azur (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between Provence and Cote d Azur? ›

The region is split into several distinctive parts, all of which were once administrative regions in their own rights in the decades gone by. While Provence is firmly located in the center south of France, the Côte d'Azur is situated in the southeast, between the Mediterranean Sea and the border with Italy.

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, often simply referred to as Provence, in southeastern France offers alpine adventures, rolling vineyards, olive groves and the French Riviera. Many famed and iconic cities and sites populate this region including Nice, Marseille, Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Cannes.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA (Occitan: Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur, Italian: Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille.

The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (IPA: [kot dazyʁ]; Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, IPA: [ˈkwɔstɔ daˈzyʀ]; lit. 'Azure Coast'), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.

THE MAGIC OF THE CÔTE D'AZUR

Bathed in warm golden sunshine for more than 300 days a year, it is famous for its beach resorts including Saint-Tropez and Cannes, its numerous pretty villages, beautiful landscapes, vineyards and national parks.

Famous people from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur include (chronologically): the prophet Nostradamus, the Nobel Prize writer Frédéric Mistral, the painter Paul Cézanne, the novelist Marcel Pagnol, the actor Fernandel, and the singer Mireille Mathieu.

The focus is on the production of fruits, vegetables, and wines. Fruits and vegetables are intensively cultivated especially in the Comtat-Venaissin to the east of Avignon, as well as in the major river valleys such as the Durance. Vineyards cover many of the hillsides of Var and Alpes-Maritimes.

Marseille or Marseilles (French Marseille, Occitan Marselha or Marsiho) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Is the cote d'Azur expensive? ›

So, accommodation and restaurants on the Côte d'Azur are expensive, and the shopping can be depending on where you go, but the rest of the region is actually really budget friendly! There are so many free things to do which makes going around the French Riviera on a budget easier than it seems.

Although they are often synonymous, the French Riviera proper only goes from the Italian border through the principality of Monaco and as far as the city of Nice, whereas the Côte d'Azur continues through the Var department and possibly includes La Ciotat in the Bouches du Rhône.

In Vésubie valley, on the road to the famous Col de Turini, you will find an emerald pool in the shape of a big pot. Les Marmites de la Bollène are among the must-visit swimming places on the Côte d'Azur. How to get there: from La Bollène-Vésubie, continue along the D70 towards Col de Turini.

The region comprises the Mediterranean coastline of southeastern France and its immediate (predominantly hilly or mountainous) hinterland. Provence is mostly Roman Catholic, though there are sizable Protestant enclaves around Marseille and in Vaucluse around Lourmarin and Merindol.

This region has long attracted artists, including Cézanne and Van Gogh, who along with countless wanderers over the centuries were entranced by the region's diverse natural beauty, elegant architecture, and colorful fields of sunflowers and lavender.

Marseille or Marseilles (French Marseille, Occitan Marselha or Marsiho) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.