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| The Var-Provence region | DESTINATION REPORT |
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So near, so Var...
The 10-port alliance of the
FRANCE
Var-Provence Cruise Club offers
ITALY
SPAIN
MEDITERRANEAN
attractive and lucrative add-on
NORTH AFRICA
Only Paris
receives more
and tailored package options and
tourists in France
than the Var-
excursion possibilities Report by Tony Peisley
Provence region,
T
he 10 members off and tender passengers to forests, valleys, gorges,
of the Var a landing pier in the harbour plains and vineyards as well
which is also the Provence Cruise but St Tropez is probably the as along the coast.
southernmost
Club are in the best-known cruise port. It is a region where
heart of both The Var countryside is a people enjoy their lives with
point on
Provence and the French testimony to the region's good food and wines, crafts
the French
Riviera as they stretch from colourful history with its and food markets, and
Saint Cyr-sur-Mer near collection of Gothic historical, music, wine and
Mediterranean
Marseille in the West to churches, Romanesque flower festivals.
coast, encom-
Saint Raphael near Nice in abbeys, Moorish villas and Sport also plays a major
the East. medieval castles. part whether it is golf and
passing 430kms
Toulon is the only There are also 1,600km tennis on land or water-
member where cruise ships of signposted footpaths skiing, diving, fishing and
of coastline. can dock rather than anchor through the lakes, hills, windsurfing offshore
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