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France: Provence + the Côte d'Azur

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Things change. Every price, hour and rule here is stamped with the day we read it. Provence runs on seasons: sites trim hours after the first of November, reservations switch on for summer, and fire-risk closures can cancel a day with no warning. Where we could not open an official page we say so, and we name the page to check. Treat the stamps as a starting point, not a promise.

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Promise: eight days of Roman stone, medieval popes, Van Gogh and Cézanne country, and the Riviera, moved by train with one optional car day.
Trip length: 8 days (trim to 5 by dropping the Luberon and Les Baux days; extend to 10 by adding Antibes and Cannes).
Best months: May–June and September–October; lavender late June to mid July (general pattern).
Budget band: mid-range trip with a few free days; fill in your own lodging.
Best for: culture and food travellers who liked Paris and want a slower, warmer second act.

At a glance

Order of travel: Avignon, Luberon, Arles, Les Baux and Saint-Rémy, Aix, Marseille and Cassis, Nice, Èze, Villefranche, Monaco.
Rail spine: TGV Paris–Avignon/Aix/Marseille/Nice; TER between towns.
The money sights are listed with stamps in the chapters; the free sights carry the trip.
No card welcome-offer amounts appear anywhere in this guide; the points chapter uses only the transfer ratios we checked on 2026-10-08.