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Cultural Landscapes of Southern France: the Côte D'azur Cultural Landscapes of Southern France: The Côte D’Azur, Provence & the Cévennes 2 JUN – 17 JUN 2015 Code: 21514 Tour Leaders Kenneth W. Park Physical Ratings Explore the sparkling Côte d'Azur, historic Provence and the little-known mountainous Cévennes - visiting picturesque ports & villages, villas, castles and numerous artists' houses & art galleries. Overview Tour Highlights Led by Kenneth W. Park, this tour offers a feast of splendid art galleries, great monuments and natural landscapes of Southern France. Journey from the sparkling Côte d'Azur, through Provence, the Luberon Ranges and Avignon to the mountainous area of the Cévennes, and explore one of the world's most important examples of interactions between magnificent landscapes and the human creative spirit. Enjoy a range of museums devoted to major modernist artists including Matisse, Picasso, Léger, Miró, Marc Chagall and Cocteau. Visit Cézanne's Atelier, Renoir's home and studio, and Château Grimaldi which served as Picasso's studio in 1946. Visit the beautiful chapels painted by Matisse in Vence and Jean Cocteau in Villefranche-sur-Mer. See the paintings, sculpture and furniture of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, a mansion set in extensive gardens; and the nearby Villa Grecque Kérylos, a luxurious re-creation of an ancient Grecian dwelling, complete with wall decorations and furniture. By special appointment visit Villa Santo Sospir decorated with frescoes by Jean Cocteau in 1950. Enjoy an evening of classical music under the shade of Frances' oldest magnolia tree at the Château de Brantes. In the foothills of the Luberon tour the 12th-century Abbey Notre-Dame de Sénanque and view the settlement of stone huts in the Village des Bories. Explore Roman Arles, the Pont du Gard and the huge medieval Papal Palace, Avignon. Observe colourful wildflowers in the UNESCO listed Cévennes National Park Cruise through the precipitous Tarn Gorges - a limestone canyon carved by the Tarn River and dotted with medieval castles. Savour haute cuisine at establishments such as Mauro Colagreco's Restaurant Mirazur, perched above the Mediterranean at Menton, and La Petite Maison de Cucuron with Michelin-star chef Eric Sapet in the Luberon Ranges. Stay in carefully chosen hotels including the lovely family hotel, Hotel des Gorges du Tarn in the mountain village of Florac. 16 DAYS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE Overnight Nice (6 nights) • Aix-en-Provence (3 nights) • Avignon (3 nights) • Florac (3 nights) Overview Explore the sparkling Côte d'Azur, historic Provence and the Luberon Ranges, to the little-known mountainous Cévennes, visiting picturesque cities, ports and villages, great villas, castles and numerous artists' houses and art galleries. We'll examine interactions between artists, writers, architects and gardeners with the area's stunning urban, coastal, rural and mountain landscapes. From the late 18th century British and Russian aristocrats, French and American middle classes, were drawn to this warm healing climate, creating lush villas and gardens for an experience of 'eternal' France, far from busy, industrial Northern Europe. Artists followed, attracted by its brilliant sunlight: Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Matisse, Picasso, Dufy, Bonnard, Miró, Léger, Chagall and Jean Cocteau are a few whose studios, houses, and museums we'll explore. Highlights include Jean Cocteau's frescoes in the privately owned Villa Santo Sospir and small Saint-Pierre chapel of Villefranche-sur-Mer, Matisse's stunning Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, and the studios of Renoir and Cézanne in Cagnes-sur-Mer and Aix-en-Provence. We'll explore great villas like Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Villa Grecque Kérylos, and Château de Brantes - where we'll enjoy a classical music concert under France's oldest magnolia tree. We'll dine at cafés where famous painters, literati and film stars met, and view the landscapes that inspired Paul Cézanne. In the scenic landscapes of the Luberon Range we visit the medieval Cistercian abbey of Notre-Dame de Sénanque, famous for its lavender; and the Village des Bories consisting of over 20 dry-stone huts whose design dates from the Bronze Age. We'll experience Provence's rich Roman and medieval architectural heritage at Arles, Avignon and the Pont du Gard, and spend two days in the UNESCO listed Cévennes National Park, France's least developed wilderness. Here we follow in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose Travels with a Donkey celebrated its awesome landscapes and distinctive local culture and take a boat through the dramatic Gorges du Tarn. Taste the flavours of Provençal France. The tour features 13 meals including two Michelin-star restaurants, Mirazur and La Petite de Maison de Cucuron; several Tables Distinguées and a selection of traditional local brasseries. Cultural Landscapes of Southern France: The Côte D’Azur, Provence & the Cévennes August 2014 Page 2 Leaders Kenneth W. Park Art consultant, curator, presenter, fund-raiser, writer, inveterate traveler & popular public lecturer across Australia, Kenneth has led over 40 ASA tours to Europe, the USA & Canada since 2003. Kenneth W. Park is Curator of Collections, Wesley College Melbourne and is a consultant art curator, presenter, fund-raiser, tour leader and writer. Over the years Kenneth has been involved with many arts/cultural organizations and professional associations including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Trust, International Council of Museums, Museums Australia, American Association of Museums and many more. As a lecturer/tour leader, Kenneth makes well over 140 presentations annually for universities, museums, conferences and cultural organizations in Australia and abroad. During his career, he has lectured at every state art gallery in Australia. Kenneth's strong professional and personal interest and clear love of culture, art and architectural history is reflected through longstanding and regular lecturing and tour leading commitments with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), the City Club of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the National Gallery of Victoria. An inveterate traveller who has visited well over one hundred countries, Kenneth enjoys the journey as much as the destination. Making at least ten overseas trips a year, he lives by the motto that 'life is a grand tour, make the most of it'. With tertiary studies in fine arts, museum studies, history and international relations and interests in travel, food, wine, arts, architecture and history, Kenneth is undeniably an expert on 'the good life'. Kenneth joined ASA in 2004 and has led numerous ASA tours. He has great admiration for the passion and commitment of ASA Directors, Chris Wood and Kristen Hellstrom, and the ASA team, in developing and delivering inspiring programs that offer the very best in cultural travel. Kenneth thrives on exploring new destinations, however, he equally enjoys revisiting old familiar places, as with each new group he discovers different ways of looking and appreciating much loved cultural landmarks and treasures. Combine this tour with Islands Apart: Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Alderney & Sark 21 MAY – 1 JUN 2015 Cultural Landscapes of Southern France: The Côte D’Azur, Provence & the Cévennes August 2014 Page 3 Itinerary The following itinerary describes a range of museums, gardens, restaurants, villas and châteaux which we plan to visit. Many are accessible to the public, but others require special permission which may only be confirmed closer to the tour's departure in 2015. The daily activities described in this itinerary may change or be rotated and/or modified in order to accommodate alterations in opening hours, flight schedules and confirmation of private visits. Participants will receive a final itinerary together with their tour documents prior to departure. Meals included in the tour price and are indicated in the itinerary where: B=breakfast, L=Lunch and D=evening meal. Nice - 6 nights Day 1: Tuesday 2 June, Arrive Nice Welcome Apéritif in ‘La Rotonde’ & private tour, Hotel Negresco Travelers taking the ASA ‘designated’ flights are scheduled to arrive at Nice airport in the early afternoon. Here you will be met by your private coach and transferred to the Westminster Hôtel. Note: if you are not arriving on the ASA ‘designated’ flight you will be required to make your own way to the hotel, or you may wish to contact ASA to arrange a private transfer. Nice became an important English resort in the nineteenth century, not only because of its brilliant sunshine and sparkling landscapes, but because warm climates were believed to cure tuberculosis. The great seaside boulevard, the Promenade des Anglais, reflects this popularity. You will pass the impressive nineteenth-century architecture of the waterfront and its verdant parks filled with exotic vegetation on your journey from the airport. In the late afternoon, we shall walk along the Promenade des Anglais to the Hotel Negresco, a famous Belle Époque hotel, which sets the theme of this tour, the interaction of luminaries of European twentieth-century culture with the extraordinary Côte d’Azur. This hotel has a ground-floor grande salle with a ceiling designed by Gustave Eiffel, builder of Paris’ tower. We will enjoy a short tour of the hotel’s wild, eclectic collection of art and exotica; tapestries, paintings, silk curtains and sparkling chandeliers, which hang from every wall and ceiling above rugs, porcelain, sculpture and antique furniture that lines each wall, kept shimmering and shiny by a large team of full-time restorers. Celebrities as diverse as Picasso, Salvador Dalî, Charles Aznavour, Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve and Gina Lollobrigida frequented this incredible ‘watering hole’. After our visit, we shall enjoy an apéritif in the extraordinary La Rotonde restaurant which features brightly painted cabins of an eighteenth-century merry-go-round. (Overnight Nice) Day 2: Wednesday 3 June, Nice – Menton – Cap Ferrat – Nice Cultural Landscapes of Southern France: The Côte D’Azur, Provence & the Cévennes August 2014 Page 4 Provence, which made the place incredibly popular with the British. The restaurant, La Bastide de Marie, is situated in the vineyards of the Luberon Valley.
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