

Provence & Southeast France Road Trips
Discover the freedom of the open road with Provence & Southeast France Road Trips. We’ve selected four amazing road trips through Provence and southeast France, from four-day escapes to week-long adventures, and packed them full of expert advice and inspirational suggestions.
This is the Camargue chapter from Lonely Planet’s Provence & Southeast France Road Trips guidebook.
Take this semicircular tour from Arles to the coast and back to experience Provence at its most wild, lush and lovely. This trip will plunge you into an utterly unique world of cowboys, fishermen, beachcombers, the Roma and all their enduring traditions.
- watch flamingos swoop over wetlands at the Salin de Badon
- pick the right route with inspirational images and key trip highlights
- stroll along miles of windswept beach on the Plage de Piémanson
- get around easily with colour maps and route directions in easy stages
- hang out in Provence’s hippest square in Arles
- discover even more with detours and ways to link your trips
Coverage includes: Arles, Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau, Stes-Maries de-la-Mer, Étang de Vaccarès, Salin de Badon, Domaine de la Palissade, Plage de Piémanson, Le Point de Vue, Le Sambuc and France travel guide.
This is the Roman Provence chapter from Lonely Planet’s Provence & Southeast France Road Trips guidebook.
Follow Roman roads, cross Roman bridges and discover that most of Provence’s Roman ruins aren’t ruins at all. Many are well preserved, and some are integrated into the modern city. With Provence’s landscape as a backdrop, history never looked so good!
- explore a beautiful 1st century AD temple in Nîmes
- pick the right route with inspirational images and key trip highlights
- be awed by the Pont du Gard, an aqueduct of dizzying scale
- get around easily with colour maps and route directions in easy stages
- spot ancient ruins in a bustling city square in Arles
- discover even more with tips on kayaking down the Gard River, plus background information on key historical sights
Coverage includes: Nîmes, Pont du Gard, Arles, Glanum, Orange, Vaison-la-Romaine and France travel guide.
Provence & Southeast France Road Trips - Road Trip Essentials.
This chapter contains the Welcome to Provence & Southeast France, Provence & Southeast France Highlights, Paris City Guide, Nice City Guide, Need to Know France Driving Guide, France Travel Guide and French Language chapters from Lonely Planet’s Provence & Southeast France Road Trips guidebook.
Start your planning here. We reveal the ultimate road-trip list for Provence and southeast France PLUS the highlights you’ll discover on the way and practical advice to kick-start your trip.
- road trip essentials: from hiring a car to road rules and playlists
- expert advice: discover even more with our city guides to Paris and Nice, plus practical need-to-know information
Coverage includes: Welcome to Provence & Southeast France, Provence & Southeast France Highlights, Paris City Guide, Nice City Guide, Need to Know France Driving Guide, France Travel Guide and French Language.
This is the Modern Art Meander chapter from Lonely Planet’s Provence & Southeast France Road Trips guidebook.
Provence is where many 20th-century artists found their greatest source of inspiration. Cross this photogenic, good-time region and discover its vibrant, creative history along the way, all bathed in Provence’s glorious light.
- check out fascinating contemporary architecture at Musée Jean Cocteau
- pick the right route with inspirational images and key trip highlights
- see an impressive collection of 20th-century art at Fondation Maeght
- get around easily with colour maps and route directions in easy stages
- see exuberant huge oils, stained glass and mosaics at Musée National Marc Chagall
- discover even more with detours and ways to link your trips
Coverage includes: Menton, Nice, St-Paul de Vence, Musée National Fernand Léger, Antibes & Juan-les-Pins, Vallauris, Le Musée Bonnard, Aix-en-Provence, Arles, St-Rémy de Provence and France travel guide.
This is the Lavender Route chapter from Lonely Planet’s Provence & Southeast France Road Trips guidebook.
Luberon and Vaucluse may be well-trodden destinations, but they retain their rustic charm. This trip takes you to exquisitely beautiful sights and also gets you exploring back roads, sleepy villages, and fields of glorious purple blooms.
- see the dreamy 12th-century Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque framed by rows of lavender
- pick the right route with inspirational images and key trip highlights
- stop off for wonderful sweets and nougat at confectioner André Boyer in Sault
- get around easily with colour maps and route directions in easy stages
- breathe in the scent of a re-created medieval herb garden, Prieuré de Salagon
- discover even more with detours and ways to link your trips
Coverage includes: Coustellet, Gordes, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, Sault, Banon, Forcalquier, Prieuré de Salagon, Manosque, Plateau de Valensole and France travel guide.
Wonder at the scale of the Pont du Gard, watch wild horses gallop in the Camargue, explore the lavender-field-framed Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Provence & Southeast France and begin your journey now!
- Get inspired with highlights, expert recommendations and gorgeous images
- Discover even more with detours and ways to link your road trips
- Get around easily with colour maps, detailed directions and practical tips
- Plus planning advice to help you pick the right route
Coverage Includes: Plan Your Trip, Roman Provence Road Trip, Lavender Route Road Trip, Modern Art Meander Road Trip and Camargue Road Trip.
ISBN: 9781786573957
Edition: 2nd
Publication Date: June 2019
Writers: Oliver Berry, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gregor Clark, Hugh McNaughtan, Nicola Williams
128 pages, 128pp color, 25 maps | Dimensions: 128mm × 197mm
Next edition due: Not yet determined
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These guidebooks are suited to travellers who want to explore the best of an area by car. They concentrate on just a handful of road trips, with more space given to destinations you’ll visit along the way, their top sights, activities and tours, and where to sleep, eat and drink.
- Divided into four sections: Plan your trip, Road trips, Destinations, Rules of the road
- Regional highlights and advice to help you plan the perfect trip
- Maps, detailed directions and expert tips for easy navigation
- Full of in-depth reviews, well-kept secrets and local knowledge