Originally Posted by
menton1
Provence covers 6 departments. A vast area. For me, Provence is the back country, the rural areas, stopping at little wineries to taste in the middle of the countryside, discovering little restaurants in tiny towns.
Impossible to do without a car!...
Cannot agree more strongly with this, after spending 10 days in Provence (with a car). The cities/towns are OK but hardly worth visiting for the most part ... the villages are fabulous and difficult to get to without a car. It is pointless to visit Provence and stay in the cities, you will not get any of the benefits and endure all the hassles. Even many of the museums, for example the perfume museum, require a car to be reached -- this is not Paris!
I was astonished at the contrast, how much nicer the 'rural' parts of Provence were than the bigger towns.