LIFESTYLE IN PROVENCE PRESS KIT 2016 [ CONTENTS ] HOW TO GET THERE? 3 NATURAL HERITAGE 4 WALKS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK 6 MARSEILLE-PROVENCE AIRPORT TOULON-HYÈRES AIRPORT IN MARY MAGDalene’s steps AT SAINTE-BAUME AvIGNON AIRPORT ANDY GOLDSWORthy’s ART TRAIL, PAYS DIGNOIS EUROSTAR THE NATURAL HARBOUR OF TOULON REMEMBER MARCEL PAGNOL IN THE MASSIF OF GARLABAN 4 MAJOR EXHIBITIONS IN 2016 IN PROVENCE-ALPS-Côte d’AZUR 4 THE CULINARY ARTS 7 “PICASSO, A GENIUS WITHOUT A PEDESTAL” The “Sardinades” AT MARTIGUES AT THE MUCEM IN MARSEILLE THE “Vendanges étoilées” FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL IN CASSIS “TURNER AND Colour” AT THE HÔTEL DE CAUMONT FÊTE DE LA GASTRONOMIE PROVENCE ART CENTER IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE VAUCLUSE, A LAND of “Terroir” “ VAN GOGH IN PROVENCE: MODERNISED Tradition” AT THE VAN GOGH FOUNDATION IN ARLES “PICASSO, ART Legend” AT THE SALLE JEAN DESPAS EVENTS 8 IN SAINT-TROPEZ LES JEUDIS ÉTOILÉS (STARRY THURSDAYS) 2016, ISTRES THE INTERNATIONAL OPERA FESTIVAL OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE CULTURAL HERITAGE LES VOILES DE SAINT-TROPEZ SAILING EVENT CHRISTMAS IN PROVENCE SPOTLIGHT ON 4 LANDMARKS IN PROVENCE 5 CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PROVENCE PONT DU Gard – THE HIGHEST ROMAN WITH THIS ABC OF MUST-SEE SITES! BRIDGE-AQUEDUCT IN THE WORLD ARLES - BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERNITY AvIGNON, CITY OF THE POPES CELEBRATES CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PROVENCE ITS FESTIVAL OF THEATRE WITH THIS ABC OF MUST-SEE SITES! 9 MARSEILLE, THE INDOMITABLE A, B. C, D, E… 10 Regional TourismRegional Board Tourism Board Press contact:Press [email protected] contact: [email protected] - +33 (0)4 - 91 +3356 47 (0)4 00 91 562 47 00 22 www.pressetourismepaca.frwww.pressetourismepaca.fr [ HOW TO GET THERE? ] 01. 02. 03. 04. MARSEILLE-PROVENCE AIRPORT TOULON-HYÈRES AIRPORT AvIGNON AIRPORT EUROSTAR Marseille-Provence airport is the third biggest in France Toulon-Hyères airport, located between the mediae- 10 minutes from the city centre, between Avignon and 1 May 2016, is the first anniversary of the London- in terms of passenger numbers (after Paris and Nice), val town and the harbour of Hyères, across from the the Luberon, Avignon airport hosts 3 direct routes in Marseille train route. around 8,200,000 passengers per annum. Golden Islands, hosts 2 direct links with the UK in summer with the UK : 5 trains in summer and between 1 and 3 in winter, this The towns and cities of the region are linked to the summer: 3 flights per week from Southampton (Flybe) new rail line links to Avignon in 5 hours 49 minutes and airport by bus and train. 3 flights per week from Southampton (Flybe); 2 flights per week from Birmingham (Flybe) Marseille in 6 hours 27 minutes. www.marseille.aeroport.fr 3 flights per week from London City (Cityjet); 2 flights per week from London City (Cityjet) www.eurostar.com www.toulon-hyeres.aeroport.fr www.avignon.aeroport.fr British travellers are the largest foreign clientele of the Marseille-Provence airport. As an indicator of the po- pularity of the route, traffic continues to rise (561,700 passengers from the UK in 2015) and following on the Manchester-Marseille route in 2015, the Glasgow- Marseille route opened in February 2016. Direct flights: 7 daily flights from London: Heathrow (with BA); Gatwick (with Easyjet); Stansted (with Ryanair) 1 flight per week from Glasgow (Easyjet) 1 flight per week from Manchester (Easyjet) 2 flights per week from Bristol in summer (Easyjet) 2 flights per week from Edinburgh in summer (Ryanair) CCONTENTSONTENTS Regional TourismRegional Board Tourism Board Press contact:Press [email protected] contact: [email protected] - +33 (0)4 - 91 +3356 47 (0)4 00 91 563 47 00 33 www.pressetourismepaca.frwww.pressetourismepaca.fr [ 4 MAJOR EXHIBITIONS IN 2016 IN PROVENCE-ALPS-Côte d’Azur ] 01. 02. 03. 04. “PICASSO, A GENIUS “TURNER AND Colour” “VAN GOGH IN PROVENCE: WITHOUT A PEDESTAL” AT THE HÔTEL DE CAUMONT ART MODERNISED Tradition” AT THE AT THE MUCEM IN MARSEILLE CENTER IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE VAN GOGH FOUNDATION IN ARLES 27 April - 29 August 2016 4 May - 18 September 2016 14 May - 11 September 2016 “PICASSO, ART Legend” 270 works which strive to show how Picasso, both a In partnership with the Tate Britain of London and the An exhibition of 30 paintings by Van Gogh, a fair num- man of his time and attached to his roots, fed his work Turner Contemporary of Margate, this exhibition of ber of which are from his time in Arles and Saint Rémy, AT THE SALLE JEAN DESPAS on influences from popular arts and crafts traditions. around a hundred pieces allows a re-evaluation of a period often called the “zenith” or “culmination” of IN SAINT-TROPEZ The exhibition brings together essential and iconic Turner’s art from his explorations and researches re- Van Gogh’s artistic work. Drawn by the light and bright works with new discoveries such as Pablo Picasso garding the use of colour. colours of Provence, Van Gogh decided to leave Paris and André Derain: Four Still Lifes (Oil on four traditional The Hôtel de Caumont, opened in May 2015 is the finest in 1888 and to come to live in Arles. In a little more than 3 July - 28 August 2016 ceramic floor tiles assembled with plaster) New Haven, mansion in Aix-en-Provence. Completely renovated in a year here he created more than 300 works, some of This summer, Saint-Tropez hosts an exhibition of pho- Yale University Art Gallery, never exhibited in Europe 2015, it has quickly become a major location of the which are among his finest. tos about Picasso, "Picasso, Art Legend". since 1921. cultural life of the city. Over and above its exhibitions, it His psychological instability led to his admission to Edward Quinn, Jean-Jacques Lartigue and André From his sources, essentially Spanish, to Picasso’s en- hosts a café-restaurant, tea-room where a French “high Saint-Paul de Mausole hospital in St-Rémy-de- Villers are the photographers who cast an intimate counters with figures who were expert in arts and crafts, tea” can be enjoyed. www.caumont-centredart.com Provence, where he spent a year. During this fertile eye on the prodigious artist in this astonishing and Picasso’s roots were varied. Amidst these foundations, period he completed nearly 150 paintings. enlightening exhibition. his childhood environment was a very fertile ground. NB: The nearby Musée Granet will accommodate, from The Vincent Van Gogh Foundation opened to the public Also on display will be a remarkable and unique collec- Popular arts and crafts traditions constituted a huge 11 June - 2 October 2016 the exhibition, “Camoin in in 2014 under the presidency of Maja Hoffmann who tion of original ceramics created by Picasso. part of the artist’s emotional and aesthetic baggage. the Light” bringing together more than 60 works by is also working in Arles to open the LUMA Foundation, Rendez-vous at the Salle Jean Despas, 3 July - 28 Find out more: link to Picasso press kit Camoin, Cézanne, Matisse, Manguin, Marquet. concentrating on contemporary art, in 2018. August. http://www.mucem.org/fr/exposition/picasso-un-ge- www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org http://uk.sainttropeztourisme.com nie-sans-piedestal CCONTENTSONTENTS Regional TourismRegional Board Tourism Board Press contact:Press [email protected] contact: [email protected] - +33 (0)4 - 91 +3356 47 (0)4 00 91 564 47 00 44 www.pressetourismepaca.frwww.pressetourismepaca.fr [ CULTURAL HERITAGE, SPOTLIGHT ON 4 LANDMARKS IN PROVENCE ] 01. 02. 03. 04. PONT DU GARD - THE HIGHEST ARLES - BETWEEN TRADITION AvIGNON, CITY OF THE POPES MARSEILLE, ROMAN BRIDGE - AQUEDUC AND MODERNITY CELEBRATES ITS FESTIVAL THE INDOMITABLE IN THE WORLD OF THEATRE Arles, city of art and history, is a Unesco World Heritage That’s the view the foreign press takes of the Phocean The Pont du Gard, a tiny remnant of a 50km aqueduct site for its ancient centre, the complex of Roman and Avignon is known worldwide for the famous Saint- City. In the last few years Marseille has risen to the between Uzès and Nîmes is listed as a Unesco World Romanesque monuments and also as a natural envi- Bénezet Bridge which inspired the famous song, “Sur status of a major European metropolis. This oldest Heritage site. With 1.5 million visitors a year, it is the ronment of global interest with the Camargue. le Pont d’Avignon”. It is also known for its Papal Palace, French city has become a design and fashion centre. most visited ancient monument in France. The quarries Known as the City of the Image for its interest in photo- an imposing edifice of 15,000sqm the largest Gothic She will be a host city for football’s EURO 2016, then which supplied the construction of the bridge and the graphy (Rencontres d’Arles photo festival and Superior grand palace in the world. Both monuments are listed European Capital of Sport in 2017. vestiges which mark the former route of the aqueduct School of Photography) and several art and photogra- by Unesco as World Heritage sites. Marseille is the fish market on the Vieux-Port, pastis are also visible. phy galleries, Arles enjoys above all that exceptional From 7 - 30 July this year, the Festival d’Avignon on a terrace bar, the Bonne-Mère who dominates and light which inspired Van Gogh, Picasso and Clergue takes over the city and each square is transformed protects the city, the castle of If and the legend of Event: The Fééries of the Pont and charms other contemporary artists. into an open-air theatre.