This is the next instalment of a monthly feature going through the 95 Departments of France in numerical order to check out things of interest. I hope you enjoy it
Location – in the South
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Prefecture – Marseille – the oldest city in France
Signature foods – Bouillabaisse, Aioli, Pastis
Famous
places to visit – Marseille (Basilique de Notre-Dame de la Garde, Parc Borely, Chateau
d'If – setting for the Count of Monte Christo), Aix-en-Provence (Natural hot
springs, Called the Paris of the South, Lots of fountains, Les Deux Garcons –
Cezanne's local café), Arles (Ampitheatre – 90AD, Bullfighting!), Camargue
Nature Park (On the Rhone river delta
Salt marshes. Pink
Flamingoes. Wild white horses.), Les-Baux-de-Provence
(Hilltop castle), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence At the centre of Le Massif des
Alpilles – the rugged llimestone hills, One of the oldest towns in France –
more than 2500 years, Vincent Van Gogh got a lot of inspiration here – the
asylum he was committee to is here, Nostradamus born here)
Go to this Pinboard to see the Departments of France so far.
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