Things to do in Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Around Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Notrebellefrance lists 15 tourist sites within 12 km, including 5 castles, 2 villages, 2 museums and 2 waterfalls. Not to be missed: Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cascade de Courmes and Les Grandes marmites.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A fortified village become a high place of modern art, Saint-Paul-de-Vence has drawn artists and galleries for a century into its cobbled lanes perched above the Baie des Anges.
Cascade de Courmes
A magnificent little village on the left bank of the Loup, Courmes clings to the mountainside, at 620 metres' altitude, in the hollow of the Pic des Courmettes.
Les Grandes marmites
The place called "Pont du Loup", on the road linking Grasse to Tourrettes-sur-Loup, marks the entrance to this defile. From there you must look up to the sky to see the village of Gourdon, perched above the cliffs.
La Cascade du Saut du Loup
The Saut du Loup is a waterfall nestled in the heart of the Loup gorges, in the Alpes-Maritimes, between the villages of Gourdon and Pont-du-Loup.
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet
Château-musée Grimaldi de Cagnes-sur-Mer
Château de Vaugrenier
Château de Crémat
Parc Phoenix
Musée des Arts asiatiques
Emerging from an artificial lake inside a seven-hectare floral park, facing the Nice-Côte d'Azur airport, this elegant building rests on the geometric forms of the square and the circle, symbols respectively of earth and sky in Asia.
Musée International de la Parfumerie
Inaugurated in 1989 in Grasse, the "cradle of traditional perfumery", the International Perfume Museum traces, through exceptional collections, the history of perfumes, but also of soaps, make-up and cosmetics, over four thousand years.
Eglise Orthodoxe de St-Nicolas de Nice
Gourdon
In the twelfth century, Gourdon was a military site providing protection against frequent Saracen raids.
Château de Gourdon
