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Ideal for:
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
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Unique opportunity to visit the region that inspired so many of the world's greatest artists such as Cezanne and Monet. Top Tip:
Make sure you try to visit Arles - Situated on the River Rhone, see the magnificent Roman remains including the amphitheatre, temples and baths.
Unique opportunity to visit the region that inspired so many of the world's greatest artists such as Cezanne and Monet. Top Tip:
Make sure you try to visit Arles - Situated on the River Rhone, see the magnificent Roman remains including the amphitheatre, temples and baths.
School & College Tours to Provence
Rolling hills, twisted olive trees, clear blue skies, colourful houses, lavender fileds and sunflowers...
Artists such as Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso and Van Gogh have presented us with a visual feast of beautiful Provence. The warm hills bordering the Mediterranean embody a past of Roman cities, bullfighting and inspirational painters.
Van Gogh wrote that the landscape ‘fires the senses: makes your hand more agile, your eye sharper, your brain clearer’. Enjoy the sunshine, practise your language skills ordering local market produce and encourage your students’ creativity in beautiful Provence.
Top Provence Excursions
- La Camargue - The natural park covers 329 sq miles of the Rhone delta. The park was created to protect, preserve and monitor the area.
- Avignon Palais des Papes - The Palace of the Popes stands as the mighty symbol of the church’s influence throughout the western Christian world in the 14th century.
- Nîmes - See the Maison Carree, the best preserved Roman temple. There is also the Arenes, now used to stage bullfights.
- Pont du Gard bridge - The Roman aquaduct was part of a system that bought spring water from near Uzes to Nîmes.
- Haribo Museum and Factory - The remarkable history of a century in confectionery at the sweet museum in Uzès.
