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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Things to see in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

134 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A long, historic stone building with arched windows and a fortified corner tower, situated along a riverside walkway with a distinctive curved lamppost and a person walking nearby.

Arles · Historic Architecture

Musée Réattu

Picasso drawings and photography in a historic Priory
The image shows a small, semi-circular stone amphitheater or garden seating area surrounded by trees and typical Parisian apartment buildings with mansard roofs.

Aix-en-provence · Historic Architecture

Jardin des Arènes

Roman amphitheatre ruins in Aix-en-Provence
A large, three-story pink villa with yellow stone trim and blue shutters, featuring a courtyard with white planters and young trees in the foreground.

Nice · Museums & Culture

Musée Henri Matisse

Birthplace of Fauvism in a 17th-century villa
A large white marble fountain sculpture featuring a central female figure holding a staff, flanked by two other female figures and two bull heads at the base from which water flows, set within an arched stone structure.

Marseille · Historic Architecture

Palais Longchamp

1869 water monument housing two museums
AI-generated illustration of Jardin des Salins

Saint-tropez · Nature & Parks

Jardin des Salins

Natural 500m beach with clear waters
A wide-angle view of a large, formal public park with manicured lawns, symmetrical tree-lined avenues, rectangular ponds, and a hillside cityscape in the background under a clear blue sky.

Marseille · Gardens

Parc Borély

Municipal park with gardens, lakes, and a castle
A sunlit public square in Grasse, France, featuring a central stone fountain, surrounding café tables with red-and-white checkered tablecloths, and pastel-colored buildings with white shutters; signage includes "BOULANGERIE" and a menu board readi

Grasse · City Centers

Place aux Aires

Free central square in Grasse's perfume capital
A coastal beach scene showing a sandy shore with calm blue water, backed by a stone seawall, dense pine and cypress trees, and white buildings with terracotta roofs on the right.

Antibes · Coastal & Maritime

Plage de la Garoupe

Tranquil beach on Cap d'Antibes backed by pine forests
A low, textured white wall with the name "Vincent" painted in large black brushstrokes, flanked by yellow and green paint marks, with a modern glass building and colorful glass panels visible behind it.

Arles · Art Museums

Van Gogh Foundation (Fondation Van Gogh Arles)

Van Gogh’s Arles home hosting contemporary art
Produce stalls under the plane trees at the Aix-en-Provence market

Aix-en-provence · Food & Wine

Marché d'Aix-en-Provence

Daily fruit and flower markets in Aix-en-Provence
A large, salmon-pink villa with white shutters and a terracotta roof, situated behind ancient stone ruins and a grassy field with yellow flowers under a blue sky.

Nice · Art Museums

Musée Matisse

Matisse villa in Cimiez Gardens
Palais du Pharo and its lawns, Marseille

Marseille · Coastal & Maritime

Parc du Pharo

19th-century imperial palace with panoramic bay views