Traditions
Traditions on the Côte d’Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Terroir-06 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 and old accompanied 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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Falicon village of carnations 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 with colorful facades
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Fête des violettes in March 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 perfumeries use the leaves of this delicate flower.
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“Fête de St Blaise” in Valbonne 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 processor, exhibited his products. Many other
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Notre Dame de la Garoupe chapel Visit the Notre Dame de la Garoupe chapel Only 30 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr is the emblematic heritage site of Cap d’Antibes, the Chapelle de la Garoupe, which dates back to the Middle Ages and is an exceptional site offering a remarkable panorama over the town of Antibes
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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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The Provencal nativity scene 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 over 200 years. To be more precise in
Niçoise cuisine, the 5 specialties to know “He who does not know socca is not from Nice”, we could sing.Socca is nothing extraordinary but for any self-respecting Niçois, nothing but the smell of socca fresh from the wood oven, and those are the evenings spent eating socca, a small glass of rosé. in hand, to
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The recipe for fougassette de Grasse The recipe for fougassette de Grasse, what is it? It is a small oval-shaped brioche, a sweet Provencal bread about 5 centimeters thick with holes. It’s an old and traditional gourmet recipe from Grasse which is one of our 13 desserts. You can find savory fougasses: with olives, with
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