Apart from enhancing your UV exposure, 20th-century art is one of the main reasons to come to the French Riviera and Provence. It was here that Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, Dufy, Chagall, Cocteau, Léger, Soutine, Signac, Giacometti, Gauguin, and Van Gogh all altered the course of art history. Today, you can embark on your own voyage of discovery by exploring the Côte d'Azur's "Modern Art Road."... (More)
Famed as Pablo Picasso's grandest home and hallowed as his final resting place, the Château de Vauvenargues is set to open its doors to the public for the first time ever, 35 years after his death. Here's what you need to know....
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The sunkissed south of France has always beckoned travelers, but Robert Fisher, editor of Fodor's Provence & the Côte d'Azur, recently found yet another reason to visit: the 2006 Paul Cézanne Year, a 12-month-long celebration of Provence's immortal painter. Why Provence? Sooner or later, everyone wants to make a pilgrimage to the land that inspired one of modern art's greatest painters. Blown away by Cézanne in Provence, the blockbuster show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., I decided the time was now. I spent a week wandering through the region, and discovered that Cézanne Country is a great way to get a peek into Provence's soul. What was the Highlight of Your Trip? Aix-en-Provence. The town is packed (More)
Once upon a time, vacationers would spend a full month here, but it only took five days for Robert to be spoiled forever . . . (More)