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Secret Provence Guide

A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar

Jean-Pierre Cassely author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Jonglez

Published:25th Mar '19

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Let Secret Provenceguide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.

Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Provence guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing region. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike.

The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. Now in its fourth edition, Secret Provence features 200 secret and unusual locations.

Inside Secret Provence: A statue of a pregnant Virgin Mary, an astronomical observatory in a former nuclear missile silo, a hotel room in a tree or a gypsy caravan, primitive Provencal artists, the mark of Christ's knee, a fountain that flows with wine, a caiman dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a church in a theatre, an erotic medieval bas relief, a countess who returned to life, a Provencal Villa Medicis, a false volcano at La Roquebrussane, a 'sheep bridge' at Arles, a rain-making saint, an alchemist's garden, a magic palindrome at Oppede...

Don't miss - Each chapter of this Secret Provence corresponds to a different part of the region so that one can always find a hidden or secret place to discover.

Perfectly planned walks - Make sure that you do not miss any Secret location, by discovering each one featured in this guide by planning a walking tour of each region.

ISBN: 9782361953119

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 340g

288 pages

2nd edition