Towning on the Cote d'Azur, the first couple of days the traveler enjoys the sea, the sun, delicious food, drinking a beautiful french wine. But then it will necessarily get tired of sitting on the spot, and the azure coast is just the place where you can travel around Nice without prejudice to the budget.
In most cases, tourists guide their eyes towards Italy, because before it is some 2.5 hours by train, without easily forgetting about the northern direction. Very many recommendations and delights about the village of Saint-Paul de Vans. She became the last refuge stamp Shagal. No wonder so many artists still prefer to create there.
You are very easy to get to the Saint-Field. On Promenade de england, buses №400 go, every 15 minutes. Travel 1.5 euros. There is such a bus to Vanz village. If you have time to visit her and what we did. We got to the ultimate, walked through Vanse. There is a very beautiful observation deck in the old town. The town is small and quiet, lies between the mountains.
Then, on the same 400th bus returned to Saint-Paple (2 stops from the final, serpentine). It is impossible to drive it, there are almost everything, and it is seen from afar, another path to the village. If a tourist tells the bus, better stock medicine, because Road mountain, then down, then up. The village is very atmospheric and picturesque, approximately 2500 people live in it.
Saint-Paul is on the hill and almost from any edge of the village offers awesome views of the sea or mountains. All houses are made of stone. There are mass galleries with all sorts of paintings and sculptures. The whole village is simply drowning in colors, and its ancient walls attract filmmakers and professional photographers. Here you can take pictures of every centimeter for so much picturesque.
The village itself is small, you can bypass it in the day. But if there are photo shoots in the plans, then the trip will leave all day. Souvenirs here are expensive - minimum of 7 euros per magnet. At the entrance to the village there is an official store Fragonard perfumery. If suddenly there is no visit to the perfumery factory in the Grass, then the visits to Fragonar will quite be enough. Products on an amateur, all natural, real floral spirits of different types, good cosmetics for the body.
With the small territory of the Saint-Field in it, the mass of small cafes. So that the hungry tourist will not remain. Mass of shops with ice cream. The cost of three balls from 5.50 euros, which is more expensive than in Nice.
One advice to tourists - the roads in the Saint-Field are completely and close from the rocky paving, only the fortress wall has a little asphalt. Therefore, you should wear comfortable shoes, and without heels.