• Français
• English
• Italiano
• Español

Change language

• La Provence

• The Luberon

• The Alpilles

• Camargue

• The Verdon

• The Alpes

• The Calanques

• The Blue Coast

• The French Riviera

• Les départements

• Towns and Villages

• Hebergement

  • Hostels

  • Gîtes and Locations

  • Belles demeures

  • Guest House

  • Campings

  • Gîtes d'étape

  • Mariages/ Séminaires/ Traiteurs

  • Villages de Gîtes

  • Maisons d'Hôtes

• Vins et Gastronomie

  • The restaurants and restaurants at home

  • Les Caves

  • Cooking Classes

• Local Products

  • The markets

  • The Producers

• Culture

  • Festivals / events

  • Museums

  • Monuments

  • Art Gallery

• Craft

Home » La Provence

La Provence

   La Provence is located south-east of France, stretching from the left bank of the Rhone (east shore) to the right bank of the Var where it borders the former county of Nice located on the left bank.

More broadly, in a sense of culture and tourism, Provence extends to the east of the Gard (beyond Rhone to Nîmes) to the southern Ardeche and Drome.

In the Middle Ages, Provence was more extensive, it encompassed including Southern Alps and the country Nice. The historical divisions have posted a portion of the Alps (covered in the province of Dauphine) and the country Nice (attached to the States of Savoy in 1388, in which he eventually form the county of Nice). Since the second half of the twentieth century, the creation of the administrative region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur has restored more or less the original space of the great medieval Provence, with the Hautes-Alpes and the country Nice.