Exploring the South of France

EXPLORING THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

Day by day trip plan in the south of France. Our vacaon travel plan in France. France travel Inerary or best things to do in the south of France: Bordeux, Carcassonn, Arles and more aracons and things to do in the sounth of france from Bordeaux to Marseille, europe trip planner.

Day 1 - Bordeaux

1. Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport Rating: 4.7 Monday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: Open 24 hours Duration ~ 2 Hours WIKIPEDIA Wednesday: Open 24 hours Thursday: Open 24 hours 33700 Mérignac, France Place de la Bourse is one of the most recognizable sights of Bordeaux. Its architect was Ange-Jacques Gabriel. It was built Friday: Open 24 hours from 1730 to 1775 In the original plan, there was a statue of Saturday: Open 24 hours Monday: Open 24 hours Sunday: Open 24 hours King Louis XV. However, the statue was destroyed during the Tuesday: Open 24 hours French Revolution. After the destruction of the more.. Wednesday: Open 24 hours Telephone: +33 5 56 00 66 00 Thursday: Open 24 hours Website: www.bordeaux-tourisme.com Friday: Open 24 hours Rating: 4.4 Saturday: Open 24 hours 3. Bordeaux National Opera - Grand Theatre Sunday: Open 24 hours Duration ~ 1 Hour 5. Bordeaux Cathedral Telephone: +33 5 56 34 50 50 Duration ~ 1 Hour Website: www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr Place de la Comédie, 33000 Bordeaux, France Rating: 2.9 Place Pey Berland, 33000 Bordeaux, France Monday: Closed WIKIPEDIA Tuesday: 1:00 – 6:30 PM Monday: 3:00 – 7:30 PM Wednesday: 1:00 – 6:30 PM Bordeaux–Mérignac Airpors the internaonal airport of Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM Thursday: 1:00 – 6:30 PM Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM Friday: 1:00 – 6:30 PM commune of Mérignac, 12 kmwest of Bordeaux, within the Thursday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM Saturday: 1:00 – 6:30 PM département of the Gironde. In 2016, the airport served Friday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM Sunday: Closed 5,759,194 passengers, making it the sixth-busiest airport in Saturday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM France in more.. Telephone: +33 5 56 00 85 95 Sunday: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 – 7:30 PM Website: www.opera-bordeaux.com Telephone: +33 5 56 52 68 10 Rating: 4.5 Website: www.cathedrale-bordeaux.fr 2. Place de la Bourse Rating: 4.5 4. Monument aux Girondins Duration ~ 1 Hour WIKIPEDIA Duration ~ 1 Hour Quai du Maréchal Lyautey, 33000 Bordeaux, France The Cathedral of Saint Andrew of Bordeaux, commonly known 2792 Place des Quinconces, 33000 Bordeaux, France as Bordeaux Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church dedicated Telephone: +33 5 56 10 20 30 to Saint Andrew and located in Bordeaux, France. It is the seat Website: www.bordeaux.fr

Day 1 - Bordeaux

6. The Grosse Cloche

Duration ~ 1 Hour

45 Rue Saint-James, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Telephone: +33 5 56 48 04 24 Website: www.bordeaux-tourisme.com Rating: 4.5

7. Jardin Public

Duration ~ 1 Hour

33000 Bordeaux, France

Rating: 5

8. Marche des Quais

Duration ~ 2 Hours

142 Quai des Chartrons, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Rating: 4.4

Dinner

Day 2 - from Bordeaux to Cordes sur Ciel

1. Bordeaux Monday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Duration ~ 2 Hours Tuesday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Bordeaux, France Thursday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Friday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Saturday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM WIKIPEDIA Sunday: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:30 – 6:00 PM Bordeauxis a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France. The municipalityof Telephone: +33 5 63 56 02 40 Bordeaux proper has a populaon of 243,626. Together with Website: artdusucre.fr Rating: 3.9 its suburbs and satellite towns, Bordeaux is the centre of the Bordeaux Métropole. With 749,595 inhabitantsand 1,178,335 The entry fees are slightly pricey - then again with Yves in the more.. Thuries' reputaon, I didn't except otherwise - approx 8€/person The sugar museum is truly a wonder and it's amazing to think that all the artwork is potentially edible. 2. Porte de la Jane

Duration ~ 1 Hour 5. Historama de Cordes Porte de la Jane, 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France Duration ~ 1 Hour

20 Grand Rue Raimond VII, 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France 3. Halles de Cordes-sur-Ciel Telephone: +33 9 52 10 25 33 Duration ~ 1 Hour Rating: 5

4 Place de la Halle, 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France 6. Porte de l'Horloge Rating: 3.3 Duration ~ 1 Hour

4. Sugar Arts Museum and Chocolate 7-9 Grand-Rue de la Barbacane, 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France Duration ~ 1 Hour Rating: 4 33 Grand Rue Raimond VII, 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France

Day 3 - From Cordes sur Ciel to Carcassonne

Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM 1. Cordes-sur-Ciel Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Duration ~ 2 Hours Telephone: +33 6 03 84 13 86 81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel, France Website: www.musee-inquisition-carcassonne.com Rating: 2.3 WIKIPEDIA Cordes-sur-Cielis a commune in the Tarn department in 4. Basilique Saint Nazaire southern France. The forﬁed town was built in 1222 by Raimon VII, the Count of Toulouse, who, though not a Cathar, Duration ~ 1 Hour tolerated what other Catholics considered heresy. Since the La Cité, Place Saint-Nazaire, 11000 Carcassonne, France late 20th century, the village has become a popular tourist more.. Telephone: +33 4 68 25 27 65 Website: www.tourisme-carcassonne.fr Rating: 4.5

2. Cite Médiévale

Duration ~ 2 Hours

11000 Carcassonne, France

Website: www.tourisme-carcassonne.fr Rating: 4.6

3. Museum of the Inquisition

Duration ~ 1 Hour

7 Rue Saint-Jean, 11000 Carcassonne, France

Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Day 4 - Carcassonne

created by the building of a 23 metre high dam in 1988 aer 1. Carcassonne severe forest ﬁres aﬀected the area in 1985. The surface more.. Duration ~ 2 Hours

11000 Carcassonne, France 3. Pont Vieux WIKIPEDIA Duration ~ 0.2 Hours Carcassonneis a forﬁed French town in the Aude department, Rue du Pont Vieux, 11000 Carcassonne, France of which it is the prefecture, in the Region of Occitanie. Inhabited since the Neolithic period, Carcassonne is located in Rating: 4.4 the Aude plain between historic trade routes, linking the Atlanc to the Mediterranean sea and the Massif Central more.. 4. LE PARC AUSTRALIEN

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Chemin des Bartavelles, 11000 Carcassonne, France 2. Lac de la Cavayère Telephone: +33 4 68 25 86 83 Duration ~ 4 Hours Website: leparcaustralien.fr Lac de la Cavayère, France Rating: 4

Rating: 4.2

A relaxing day at the Lac de la Cavayère. So many acvies are available during the season and some available outside. Free Parking, Long or short walks, cycling, canoeing , swimming This facility has soon much to oﬀer. Great for young or old and particularly families.

WIKIPEDIA Lac de la Cavayère is an arﬁcial lake in the Languedoc- Roussillon région of France, close to the mediaeval town of Carcassonne. The lake, also known as Carcassonne Plage, was

Day 5 - From Carcassone to Collioure

Wednesday: Open 24 hours 1. Carcassonne 3. Le Moulin de Collioure Thursday: Open 24 hours Friday: Open 24 hours Duration ~ 2 Hours Duration ~ 1 Hour Saturday: Open 24 hours 11000 Carcassonne, France Parc Pams, 66190 Collioure, France Sunday: Open 24 hours

Website: collioure.com WIKIPEDIA Monday: Closed Rating: 4.5 Tuesday: Closed Carcassonneis a forﬁed French town in the Aude department, Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM of which it is the prefecture, in the Region of Occitanie. Thursday: Closed 6. Ansa Gerbal Inhabited since the Neolithic period, Carcassonne is located in Friday: Closed Duration ~ 1 Hour the Aude plain between historic trade routes, linking the Saturday: Closed Atlanc to the Mediterranean sea and the Massif Central Sunday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Ansa Gerbal, 66660 Port-Vendres, France more.. Telephone: +33 4 68 82 15 47 Website: www.lemoulindecollioure.com Seafood Market Rating: 4.7 2. Fort Saint Elme

Duration ~ 1 Hour 4. Church of Our Lady of the Angels 7. Port-Vendres Fort Saint Elme, 66190 Collioure, France Duration ~ 2 Hours Duration ~ 1 Hour 66660 Port-Vendres, France 2 Place de l'Église, 66190 Collioure, France Monday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Tuesday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Telephone: +33 4 68 82 05 66 WIKIPEDIA Wednesday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Rating: 4.5 Thursday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Port-Vendresis a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Friday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM department in southern France. A typical Mediterranean Saturday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM 5. Collioure Lighthouse ﬁshing port, situated near the Spanish border on the Côte Sunday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Duration ~ 1 Hour Vermeille in south west France, Port-Vendres is renowned for Telephone: +33 6 64 61 82 42 its numerous fish and sea food restaurants. 2 Rue de l'Église, 66190 Collioure, France Website: www.fortsaintelme.fr Rating: 4.4 Monday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: Open 24 hours

Day 6 - Collioure

1. Collioure 4. Redoute du Fanal

Duration ~ 2 Hours Duration ~ 1 Hour

Collioure, France 18 Chemin de la Mirande, 66660 Port-Vendres, France

WIKIPEDIA 5. Fort du Fanal Collioureis a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Duration ~ 1 Hour

18 Chemin de la Mirande, 66660 Port-Vendres, France

2. Plage de l'Olla Rating: 3.5

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Plage de l'Olla, 66190 Collioure, France

3. La côte Vermeille

Duration ~ 2 Hours

Quai Fanal, 66660 Port-Vendres, France

Monday: Closed Tuesday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Wednesday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Thursday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Friday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Saturday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM, 7:30 – 9:30 PM Sunday: 12:00 – 1:45 PM

Telephone: +33 4 68 82 05 71 Website: www.restaurantlacotevermeille.com Rating: 4.4

Day 7 - From Collioure to Montpellier

Duration ~ 1 Hour 1. Collioure 148 Rue François Desnoyer, 34200 Sète, France Montpellier, France Duration ~ 2 Hours Monday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM Tuesday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM 66190 Collioure, France WIKIPEDIA Wednesday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM Rating: 4.1 Thursday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM Montpellieris a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Friday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM Hérault department. Montpellier is the 8th-largest city of WIKIPEDIA Saturday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM France, and is also the fastest-growing city in the country over Collioureis a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department Sunday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM the past 25 years. In 2014, 589,610 people live in the urban area and 275,318 in the city itself. Nearly one more.. in southern France. Telephone: +33 4 99 04 76 16 Website: museepaulvalery-sete.fr Rating: 4.2 2. Marine Aquarium Cap d'Agde 6. Polygone Montpellier

Duration ~ 2 Hours 4. Maguelone's Cathedral Duration ~ 2 Hours

11 Rue des 2 Frères, 34300 Cap d'Agde, France Duration ~ 1 Hour 1 Rue des Pertuisanes, 34000 Montpellier, France

Domaine de la Maguelone, 34750 Villeneuve-lès- Monday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Maguelone, France Monday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Tuesday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Wednesday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Monday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Thursday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Friday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Saturday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday: 2:00 – 6:00 PM Sunday: Closed Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Telephone: +33 4 67 26 14 21 Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Telephone: +33 4 67 99 41 60 Website: www.aquarium-agde.com Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Website: www.polygone.com Rating: 3.3 Rating: 3.9 Telephone: +33 4 67 50 63 63 Website: www.compagnons-de-maguelone.org 3. Musee Paul Valery Rating: 4

Duration ~ 2 Hours 5. Montpellier

Day 8 - From Montpellier to Arles

Duration ~ 1 Hour 1. Montpellier Rating: 4.7 Boulevard des Lices, 13200 Arles, France Duration ~ 2 Hours 5. Boutique Les Arènes Montpellier, France Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Duration ~ 1 Hour Wednesday: Closed 20 Rond-Point des Arènes, 13200 Arles, France WIKIPEDIA Thursday: Closed Friday: Closed Montpellieris a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Saturday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Monday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Hérault department. Montpellier is the 8th-largest city of Sunday: Closed Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM France, and is also the fastest-growing city in the country over Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM the past 25 years. In 2014, 589,610 people live in the urban Telephone: +33 4 90 49 36 36 Thursday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Website: www.ville-arles.fr area and 275,318 in the city itself. Nearly one more.. Friday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Rating: 4.2 Saturday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM – 7:30 PM Whatever you do, try to make sure you’re in Arles for this 2. Vincent van Gogh Foundation Arles Saturday market. The stalls on the Boulevard des Lices near Telephone: +33 4 90 49 64 40 Duration ~ 1 Hour the Boulevard Emile Combes range from clothing to knives Website: www.souvenirs-arenes-arles.fr to makeup to cooking utensils to live chickens and ducks. Rating: 4.7 35 Rue du Dr Fanton, 13200 Arles, France Farther west and down the street it turns into the food market. Olives, cakes and tarts, sausages, ﬁsh and shellﬁsh, Monday: Closed roast chicken, spices, lavender, clams and oysters, giant slabs 6. Place de la République Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM of nougat, baklava, giant pans of paella, pastries and breads, Duration ~ 1 Hour Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM vegetables. It's fantasc even if you're just looking, and Thursday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM even better if you're buying and eating! Place de la République, 13200 Arles, France Friday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM WIKIPEDIA 4. Saint-Trophime Church The Place de la Républiqueis a square in Paris, located on the Telephone: +33 4 90 93 08 08 border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The Website: www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org Duration ~ 1 Hour square has an area of 3.4 ha. It is named aer the French Rating: 4.1 6 Place de la République, 13200 Arles, France Republic, was called the Place du Château-d'Eau unl 1879, Telephone: +33 4 90 96 07 38 and contains a monument which includes a statue of the 3. Le Marché d'Arles Website: www.paroisse-arles.com more..

Day 9 - Arles

Sunday: Open 24 hours 1. Arles Rating: 4.7 Duration ~ 2 Hours

Arles, France 4. Chemin du Moulin

Duration ~ 2 Hours WIKIPEDIA Chemin du Moulin, 13104 Arles, France Arlesis a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence. A large part of the Camargue is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of more..

2. Place du Forum

Duration ~ 1 Hour

Place du Forum, 13200 Arles, France

3. Aqueduc Romain de Barbegal

Duration ~ 1 Hour

Route de l'Acqueduc, 13990 Fontvieille, France

Monday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: Open 24 hours Wednesday: Open 24 hours Thursday: Open 24 hours Friday: Open 24 hours Saturday: Open 24 hours

Day 10 - Arles

Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM 1. Baths of Constantine Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Duration ~ 1 Hour Sunday: Closed Telephone: +33 4 90 49 37 58 Rue du Grand Prieuré, 13200 Arles, France Website: www.museereattu.arles.fr Rating: 4 Rating: 4 Monday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM WIKIPEDIA Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Musée Réauis an art museum in Arles, housing painngs, Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM including works by Arles-born painter Jacques Réau, drawings Saturday: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM by Picasso, as well as sculptures and a large collecon of Sunday: Closed photographs. It regularly holds exhibitions of contemporary art.

Telephone: +33 4 90 52 02 06 Website: www.arles-tourisme.com Rating: 3.5 3. Boulevard des Lices Duration ~ 1 Hour WIKIPEDIA Boulevard des Lices, 13200 Arles, France Baths of Constannewas a public bathing complex built on the Quirinal Hill in Rome by Constanne I, probably before 315. Ancient Constannople and Arles also had complexes known Open air market, on suterday morning. It is full of local as Baths of Constantine. products (vegetables, cheese etc) but also other staﬀ (clothes etc).

2. Musée Réattu 4. Jardin d'été Duration ~ 2 Hours Duration ~ 1 Hour 10 Rue du Grand Prieuré, 13200 Arles, France 6- France, 14 Boulevard des Lices, 13200 Arles, France

Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Monday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Day 11 - To Marseille Provence Airport

Marseille Provence Airport or Aéroport de Marseille Provenceis 1. Arles an internaonal airport located 27 kmnorthwest of Marseille, Duration ~ 2 Hours on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches- du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Arles, France région of France. The airport's hinterland goes from Gap to more.. WIKIPEDIA Arlesis a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence. A large part of the Camargue is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of more..

2. Marseille Provence Airport

Duration ~ 2 Hours

13727 Marignane, France

Monday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: Open 24 hours Wednesday: Open 24 hours Thursday: Open 24 hours Friday: Open 24 hours Saturday: Open 24 hours Sunday: Open 24 hours

Telephone: +33 820 81 14 14 Website: www.marseille.aeroport.fr Rating: 3.2

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