Wave Island Waterpark, Monteux
This huge waterpark covers an area of 4.7 hectares and includes a surf simulator, waterslides and a river feature called river land.

© Vatel Hotel & Spa, Nimes
A resort located 10 minutes from Nimes city centre with an indoor heated pool and spa centre
The hotel has 46 rooms and suites, two restaurants and free private parking. The spa includes a gym, jacuzzi, hammams and heated pool.
The rooms are well appointed and designed in a simple modern style, they are all en-suite and have a mini bar and a Nespresso machine. There are standard or superior rooms and four suites.
Choose from two eateries in the hotel, the Brasserie Vatel is open throughout the whole year and serves buffet style food inspired from the famous Parisian brasseries, with a Provençal twist. The restaurant offers a more gournet option, in a warm and cozy atmosphere serving southern French dishes.
The hotel can be hired as a wedding or conference venue. Please enquire for further details.
This huge waterpark covers an area of 4.7 hectares and includes a surf simulator, waterslides and a river feature called river land.
In the depths of the Drôme countryside in the French Provence, this 5 Star Residential Campsite comes complete with an entirely heated Aquatic Complex, which is open to the public.
This is probably the most family orientated waterpark on the Cote d'Azur. With several friendly slides, a fun pool, food and drinks, ice creams, and shopping all at hand.
Aqualand in St Cyr Sur Mer offer you 11 wicked slides in a great park environment with drinks, food, and shops for you to enjoy.
Waterpark complex that contains a lagoon, 25m pool, whirlpool basin, waterslides for children and adults, cascades of water, rivers, paddling pools and much more.
With numerous slides, including the King Cobra - unique is western Europe - this is the largest waterpark on the Cote d'Azur! Inludes a rest area, show area, clockroom, fast food, grill and pizzeria, ice creams, drinks, and shop.
Located right in the centre of Avignon on a well known shopping street is La Cour d'Honneur.
This is a popular place with both locals and travellers. It has a small cosy interior so if you want to dine there, best to get there earlier rather than later.
This organic Michelin starred restaurant is situated just 12km outside Arles on the road to Sambuc and is run by the chef Armand Arnal.
Small restaurant where you will never eat the same thing twice. Their menu is solely based on what good fresh ingredients the local market has to offer in the mornings.
This elegant restaurant is a must-visit for any lovers of modern cuisine and cooking methods. They embrace local produce and evolve their dishes according to the seasons.
This wonderful contemporary-styled restaurant features dishes that you may never have suspected to have existed.
The Scat Club plays live music every night, and not just jazz the club plays pop, rock, funk and R'n'B.
The Mistral is Aix-en-Provence's answer to those looking for a trendy night out listening to the latest DJ's.
This bar is located in the centre of Saint Remy de Provence. It has a good selection of wines by the glass, as well as bottles and champagne. They even serve charcuterie and cheese plates.
This place is a bar, restaurant and tabac all rolled into one, on the side of the river in the centre of Isle de la Sorgue.
This small bar has a nice seating area outside next to one of Aix's many fountains and it catches the sun late into the evening.
Small wine bar situated in one of the cobbled streets of Avignon that hosts regular market stalls.
This Roman monument may not have the grandure and scale of some of the other Roman buildings in Nimes, but is interesting and worth a visit nonetheless.
Noted to be the first European public garden, it consists of two landscaped areas: a classic garden of the seventeenth century and a Mediterranean garden landscape style.
Not only is this modern building home to the museum of contemporary art, but it also houses Nimes central library.
The Tour Magne, or the Great Tower, is the only remnant of the ancient Augustan fortifications of Nimes.
This museum was founded in 1821 and the collection was originally housed in the Maison Carree, moving to its current location in 1907.
A very well preserved Roman temple in the heart of Nimes.
Even though Nîmes lies just outside the PACA-region, the town is so linked to Provence, in style, in history and in atmosphere, that we think it deserves a place on this website.
A delightful historic town, Uzes is blessed with charming medieval streets, beautiful architecture and elegant mansions.
Arles is the 'third city' in the département of the Bouches-du-Rhône. Compared to its boisterous, historical rival Marseille and its worldly sister Aix-en-Provence, it can be quite sedate, though summer visitors might disagree.
You shouldn't let the lines of parked cars put you off stopping at Les Baux de Provence. This is one of the loveliest hilltop villages you'll come across, and it's worth the fight through the crowds to take a look. Ideally, don't come in midsummer, otherwise you will be sharing every nook and cranny with a thousand other tourists.
Nestled in the hills of Les Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a stylish town much favoured by the creative Parisien set. Its centre is full of narrow medieval alleyways, with fountains and shady squares and wonderful buildings.
Just across the Rhône river from Avignon, Villeneuve les Avignon offers a quieter place to base yourself but still be only a stone's throw from Avignon.
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