Agriculture on the Côte d’Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Visit to the oil mills Le Moulin d’Opio For 7 generations, the Moulin d’Opio has belonged to the Michel family. The wheel of the traditional mill powered by water from the Brague turns quietly as time passes, until the day when Mr. Roger Michel inherits this business. He decided to shake up habits by installing […]
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Centifolia Rose In Pays de Grasse, from the end of April until May, the queen of flowers blossoms : the rose. And more particularly the centifolia rose, also called “May rose”. This simple-looking rose gives off a captivating scent which makes it a sure bet for perfumers who demand the single centifolia rose and not
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Share this article on: Lancôme’s “Domaine de la rose” is located 10 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr in Grasse, the world’s perfume capital. The LANCOME brand, part of the international L’Oréal group, is the first in the cosmetics sector to invest in the cradle of French perfumery, Grasse, to have its own fields of flowers.
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Chestnut festivals are synonymous with autumn colors and the smell of chestnuts…
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Fête du PNR des Préalpes d’azur Saint Vallier de Thiey Every year, the Préalpes d’Azur Regional Natural Park organizes a traveling festival in one of the 48 municipalities belonging to the park. This year, the festive, friendly and cultural event will take place in the center of the village of Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey! More than 80 stands
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Verbena, the magic plant Organic verbena from Guilhem Codera At Terroir-06, Guilhem CODERA, under the expert guidance of his grandfather Eugène MARIO, himself a former farmer, grows lemon verbena, a type of scented verbena. https://www.terroir-06.fr Around our gites www.locations-06.fr are our crops. You can discover Guilhem’s good products on his website www.terroir-06.fr where he proposes,
Verbena, the magic plant in terms of taste and properties. Read More »
Terroir-06 The Valdeblore Transhumance Festival On July 2, 2023 , Valdeblore, just 1h30 from our gites www.locations-06.fr, hosted a great party: LA FÊTE DE LA TRANSHUMANCE. The herds of goats and sheep set off from afar, guided by shepherds and volunteers, through hamlets and villages to reach Valdeblore. Valdeblore was abuzz with activity that day.
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Discover the world’s largest rose garden Ce lundi nous sommes allés voir Larry Passetti qui dirige LES ROSIERS DE MOUGINS situés à 5mn de notre gite de Mougins et 30mn de ceux du Bar sur Loup www.locations-06.fr. Depuis deux générations les Rosiers de Mougins sont cultivés par la famille PASETTI.Chaque jour, depuis 30 ans, ils
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Strawberry Festival This weekend, April 22 and 23, 2023, we were in Carros , 30 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr and our farm www.terroir-06.fr. It was the Carros Strawberry Festival. The famous Strawberry Festival was in its 48th year! Guilhem CODERA, farmer-processor, set up his Terroir-06 stand on the Place Louis Frescolini in Carros. This
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Falicon village of carnations The village of Falicon Falicon is a pretty village of 2,000 inhabitants located just 10kms from Nice and 1h from our gites www.locations-06.fr in Le Bar sur Loup. This pretty, authentic village sits on a small promontory with magnificent views over Nice and the Baie des Anges. The village abounds in
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