Top 10 Places to Visit in the South of France

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It’s so much more than the luxury destinations the celebs frequent. Welcome to MojoTravels and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Places to Visit in the South of France.

For this list, we’re looking at all of the most appealing regions, towns and cities in, or near, the southern part of the country.

10: Monaco
9: Antibes
8: Porquerolles
7: Saint-Tropez
6: Avignon
5: Carcassonne
4: Cannes
3: Nice

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#SouthofFrance #Provence #France

[charleyluckey]

There’s nothing sweeter than being able to afford the luxury of traveling to different locations as enchanting and beautiful as this

[FaDeNitroz]

France is a really beautiful country. I was impressed by the beauty of their cities.

[michealmoore]

All of southern France is stunning....one jewel not mentioned is Cassis

[mw]

The area of Nice, Beaulieu Sur Mer and Monaco is great for the kids. I look forward to exploring a bit further west.

[alistairt]

I was really surprised when I visited Avignon. People were so friendly, the city is so historic, it's big enough that you have amenities but not crowded like Paris or Marseilles. You can make it as a base as well and visit other towns outside. Nîmes isn't far and has some of the best Roman architecture that's still intact and still in use, Aigues-Mortes is also a Medieval walled city and the surrounding Camarague is a very interesting geographical area with sand dunes, salt flats and wild white horses, then also got to see the town of Gorde where there's a historic Abbey of Sénaque nearby that's famous for it's lavender, and finally I got to visit the Sentiers des Ochres near the town of Rousillon where they used to make Ochre ink from the rocks in the area which is a natural reddish brown colour.


When you find yourself in Nice, Vieux-Nice, the oldest part of the city, is great to walk around and explore and has a famous ice cream shop called Pinocchio, you can climb up the the Colline du Château and have the best view of the city, go to the Matisse Museum and see the artist's home and houses some incredible Impressionist art, and you can take a cheap train ride over to Monaco and make it a day trip. There's also the town of St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat where you can stroll on the trail that goes around the peninsula and check out the cafés in town.


Provence has got to be my fav region of France. Lots to see that caters for different types of people. You can go for history(Roman buildings, Medieval walled cities, sleepy villages, etc), you can go for luxe like Cannes and Saint-Tropez, you can enjoy a city life like Marseilles, Montpellier, Nice, etc, you can go hiking and enjoy nature, you can go wine tasting, buy lavender oil and try lavender liquour, and there's also a town that specialises in perfumes, Grasse, which supplies many luxury brands, and finally go to the same spots that many famous painters stayed and were inspired by the beautiful landscape(Van Goug, Picasso, Gauguin, Matisse). Def gonna head back the next time i'm in France.

[axelfau]

It's only about the south east. You don't talk about bordeau, toulouse

[jerrytatu]

The timming for this video couldn't be more perfect... time to plan a trip to the South of France

[RTT]

Checkup all the Unesco World Heritage list for this area. Only Carcassonne and Avignon are from this list.
Checkup also for: Episcopal city of Albi, Arles (Roman and Romanesque Monuments + Camargue and Parc Ornithologique du Pont de Gau), Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct), Saint-Emilion, Lion.

[tiairisper]

Nîmes definitely ! with his Roman monuments ! and why not : Les beaux de Provence ?

[gandunthargay]

France is my favourite country

I have been visited most part of the France

[MsElke]

We shot this romantic song video in the south of FRANCE. It was a beautiful experience!!
Regardez ce videoclip tourne a AVIGNON et Lacoste et Nice et Eze!!
FEMME D'AUTREFOIS...tres romantique! @

[juyonglee]

France is the most beautiful country in the world

[raygalades]

I am french and i love my country and Marseille, m'y city

[naracambo]

Avignon is beautiful. I was impressed by city its

[billbergendahl]

I've had the pleasure of visiting Nice, Cannes and Monte Carlo.

[bacchus]

where are bordeaux and toulouse ? these are two of the most beautiful french cities

[fernandoarroyo]

Thank you so much for including Marseille Ⓜ️, its so nice and its the first city i went in Europe

[Valle-ffgj]

My grandma and grandpa has an apartment in Antibes which we visit once in a while!

[voxpopjuli]

You forgot ARLES in Provence.!!! So beautiful... gorgeous...

[xqatrez]

It is a typically Parisian slant to refer to southeastern France only when speaking of the south. Similarly "la côte" usually means the Riviera - "côte d'azur" in French. Southwestern France gets left out. Yet places like the Ile de Ré and the Bassin d'Arcachon, not to mention the Basque country are easily as trendy as any on the RIviera. Also, Bordeaux and Toulouse are two stunningly beautiful cities