Traditions on the Côte d’Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes.
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. Young […]
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Autour de la Rose” festival A superb walk in Cap d’Antibes, only 30 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr This past May 14th, the charming village of La Colle-sur-Loup, in the Alpes-Maritimes, hosted the famous “AUTOUR DE LA ROSE” festival. This unmissable event, located just 20 minutes from our gîtes (www.locations-06.fr), was a great opportunity to
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Falicon carnation festival 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 houses
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Violets flowers Tourrettes sur Loup Tourrettes sur Loup and the cultivation of violets Violet is one of the emblematic flowers of the Grasse region, along with rose centifolia, orange blossom, jasmine grandiforum, polliantes tuberosa, mimosa, narcissus and iris pallida. This was the first flower to be offered in a bouquet of flowers for cutting. Grasse
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“Fête de St Blaise” in Valbonne A party not to be missed This weekend, January 26 and 27, the Fête de la St Blaise took place in Valbonne, just 20 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr. It’s a lovely traditional festival and a great family outing! Our son Guilhem Codera from Terroir-06, a farmer and organic
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Notre Dame de la Garoupe chapel Visit the Notre Dame de la Garoupe chapel Just 30 minutes from our holiday rentals on the Côte d’Azur www.locations-06.fr is the emblematic and heritage site of Cap d’Antibes, the Chapelle de la Garoupe which dates from the Middle Ages and is an exceptional place offering a remarkable panorama
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“La Fête de l’oranger” at le Bar sur Loup Created now a quarter of a century ago, the “Fête de l’oranger” of Bar sur Loup, our village and therefore the one where we have our gites www.locations-06.fr, puts the spotlight on this beautiful orange fruit every year. with bitter flavors which constitute the DNA of
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Provencal nativity scene Alpes-Maritimes What are the origins of the Provençal Crèche? If the first crèches date back to the 13th century, they are then tools of evangelization and catechism, the Provençal Crèche that we know today and that we find in all houses, churches and many town halls, is a tradition which dates back
Sébastien Fossat, nurseryman from Nice A nurseryman from Nice with a passion for citrus fruits Today, Guilhem Codera from Locations-06 went to an extraordinary nurseryman that Guilhem highly recommends. This is Sébastien Fossat, a nurseryman based near the famous Château de Cremat on the heights of Nice-St Isidore.In his greenhouses, in the company of his
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Niçoise cuisine, the 5 specialties to know 1/La socca. “Who doesn’t know socca is not Niçois”, one could sing.Socca is nothing extraordinary but for any self-respecting Niçois, nothing but the smell of socca fresh out of the wood oven, and it is the evenings spent eating socca, a small glass of rosé in hand, singing
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