Heritage 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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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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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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Where can you visit a picturesque Côte d’Azur Where can you visit a picturesque Côte d’Azur village just 3km from the sandy beaches of Cannes? Located 30 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr is a very pretty village-like commune…it’s the village…the village…only 3kms from the sandy beaches of Cannes?… Le Cannet revolves around boulevard Carnot, a
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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Visit to the Russian Church in Nice Welcome to the Cathédrale Saint Nicolas, more commonly known as the Russian Church of Nice, an architectural and spiritual jewel nestled in the heart of the city. This Orthodox church, located in downtown Nice, is a living testimony to Russian history and culture in the region. With its
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Belvedere hilltop village Belvedere, village tour An hour from the sea and our holiday rentals, it peaks at an altitude of 830 m, offering a wide panorama of the Vésubie Valley and the two villages of Roquebillière: Roquebillière-vieux and Roquebillière-neuf. Hence the name Barver in the local dialect, meaning “beautiful view”. Its narrow streets, little
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A new museum Visit the “Lou Casau” museum at 2, place de la tour in Bar sur Loup Just 800m from our gites www.locations-06.fr,“Lou Casau” brings together memories of the agricultural history and traditions of Bar sur Loup. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., local volunteers take turns explaining the
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Autour de la Rose” festival Ce 14 mai dernier se déroulait la fameuse fête « AUTOUR DE LA ROSE » à la Colle sur Loup 06. L’occasion de se balader à seulement 20mn de nos gites www.locations-06.fr et de découvrir le beau stand de Guilhem Codera de www.terroir-06.fr. A cette fête il y avait de nombreux stands
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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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