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PLACES TO VISIT IN AND AROUND VENCE AND ST. PAUL DE VENCE
GOLF
Golf de Saint Donat - Grasse
Two steps away from Saint Paul de Vence and the City of Cannes, in the heart of an estate full of history, Saint Donat Golf course will welcome you all year round.
20 minute drive to Villeneuve-Loubet with its 60 place driving range with 9 hole putting green.
22 minute drive to Golfe Juan.
30 minute drive to Valbonne Golf Course
PARFUMERY
Parfumerie Fragonard - Grasse
Here you can admire the finest private collection of perfumery objects, relating 5000 years in the history of perfume.
GUIDES
The Guides du Soleil
The Guides du Soleil - Professional guides and interpreters with an official title. Discover the famous beauties of Provence and of the French Riviera. With the Guides du Soleil, tourism in the French Riviera is possible in six languages.
REJUVENATION
Néocéa Spa by Daniel Jouvance
Awaken your senses to a new experience of well-being.
The Néocéa Spa is a unique aquatic experience, a place of replenishment, designed by Daniel Jouvance
Each booth tells a story that is like an echo of the treatment offered. Every ritual combines Daniel Jouvance marine expertise with the skills of ancient well-being practices. This fusion ensures that every treatment will take you on an extraordinary multi-sensorial journey.
VINEYARDS - WINERIES
In 1990, the municipality awarded a lease on land in the commune reserved for winegrowing to an association. Responsible for running the vineyards, the association planted Mourvèdre, Braquet and Clairette grape varieties. By 1998, a good twenty producers had gained reputations for the quality of their wine and their care of the land, vines and harvest, not to mention the wine making and ageing processes and the upkeep of their barrels.
Grape varieties for white wine:
- Clairette, Ugni, Rolle and Clairette de Vence (also called Pissoua)
Grape varieties for red wine:
- Cinsault, Carignan, Alicante, Grenache, Braquet, Mourvaison, Grassenc.
The most recent varieties :
- Mourvèdre and Folle Noire (a Mediterranean grape)
Non-classified varieties:
- Ampelographical research is currently underway to classify two century-old varieties of black grape.
Where to find them:
La Petite Cave de Saint-Paul
A sommelier welcomes you in an authentic cellar from the XIVth century and propose you the best selection of the nicer Provence wines and the wines from the village too. Groups welcome for tastings on the theme of Provence.
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