Self-Catering in Provence

Despite planning to tour the South of France in a Campervan, we ended up taking a self-catering autumn break in Provence.

We stayed in a gite in the countryside, not far from the town of Sainte-Maximin, next door to where Nico Rosberg grew up. Indeed, there is a nearby racing circuit, Paul Ricard, and close to this is Le Castellet - the views from here are amazing, especially at sunset. Link to Google map. Scroll beyond these photographs for Aix and Monaco...

Verdon Gorge and lake

Photographs of and from Le Castellet

We visited the centre (and surrounding backstreets with historical significance) of Aix-en-Provence. 

On the coast, visit the ports of Le Lavandou, La Favière, Bandol (see photographs below):

Of course, the obligatory visit to Monaco, where the Prince's classic automobiles - and a few others, incuding F1 cars - were on display in one of the exhibitions (not the stamps and money exhibition, in a building opposite). For a refreshing change, here is a set of photographs of Monaco which does not include any multi-million £€$ yachts! If you visit, you can see those for yourselves.