25 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr, discover the “Reflections of a Rural World” museum in Mouans-Sartoux, a very pretty Provençal village. The museum “Reflets d’un monde rural”, located at 13 rue du Château in Mouans-Sartoux, is an ethnographic museum dedicated to the preservation and promotion of local rural heritage. Housed in the former stables of […]
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Mimosa, or Acacia dealbata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and subfamily Mimosoideae. It is a tree or shrub, commonly referred to as mimosa. The tree is native to Australia and was later introduced to Europe. In France, they are found in the Mediterranean basin and on the Atlantic coast. How
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15 minutes from our lodgings locations-06.fr, the village of Valbonne has preserved the charm of a traditional Provencal village where all the streets are more beautiful than the others. Each facade is colorful, each door is well preserved. The atmosphere is pleasant, jovial, and in the evening we like to eat on the terraces, the
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Village Cabris Côte d’Azur Discover Cabris 25 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr Cabris, whose name comes from the Latin capra which means “goat”, is one of these beautiful hilltop villages in the Alpes Maritimes. Village located 7km from Grasse, world capital of perfumes and 25 minutes from our lodgings www.locations-06.fr When you arrive, you first
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olive oil mills alpes-maritimes Le Moulin d’Opio Located in Opio, 10 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr and our farmer-processor company www.terroir-06.fr. For 7 generations, the Moulin d’Opio belonged to the Michel family. The wheel of the traditional mill powered by the water of the Brague turned quietly as time went by, until the day when
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Discover “le Parfumoir” Parfumoir perfume shop Grasse We particularly like and recommend a perfume shop unlike any other in Grasse, located just 9 kms from our gites www.locations-06.fr. This perfumery is neither like the large chains which sell eau de parfum from major brands that you can afford anywhere in the world, nor like the
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The Ephrussi de Rothschild villa in St Jean Cap Ferrat. Located 1 hour 15 minutes from our lodgings www.locations-06.fr This majestic baroque style villa is a jewel from which you can see the sea from any window on all the facades. Its immense pond where koi carps swim offers a bucolic aspect and at certain
Château de Cremat Nice If you are asked which is the most beautiful wine estate in the Alpes Maritimes, you must answer without hesitation that it is Château De Crémat, located on the heights of Nice in the heart of the AOC Bellet territory. This estate, located some twenty kilometers from our locations-06.fr gites, has
Discover one of the most beautiful villas The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint Jean-Cap Ferrat is a belle époque palace surrounded by magnificent gardens just 1 hour from our gites www.locations-06.fr Located between Nice and Monaco, at 1 avenue Ephrussi de Rothschild – St Jean Cap Ferrat, this early 20th century villa is one
When the month of May arrives in Grasse, located 9kms from our gites www.locations-06.fr, the fields around the town are covered with beautiful light pink flowers: this is the centifolia rose, the aptly named “rose de mai”. It’s a hundred-leaf rose, Rosa ×centifolia, which is a species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. It
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