Leisure set off (3)--Provence

Preface:

April, because too many semester report, so didn't go to the Netherlands at the Tulip Festival.

This time though the task of the graduation thesis, or bite, decided to go to Provence see Lavender flowers. 2008 's third European tour plans into effect.

Schedule:

D1 July 21, 2008 (Monday): Alan bridge-AIX, live HOTEL DU GLOBE FR1287 20 18: 22: 05 Edinburgh-Marseille-Provence (1 hour time difference)

From the Bridge of Allan train to Edinburgh airport about one and half hours.

Sat 14: 00 15: 00 the train to (£ 4.30/person, one-way), a station is 10 minutes by car to 100 road feeder, Edinburgh Airport nearly 25 minutes (£ 5.00/person, round trip). Because of the low-cost airlines do not provide food, in the airport's PAUL dinner (£ 4.45).

Riding is RYANAIR to Berlin MARSEILLE PROVENCE (MRS) Airport (£ 115/roundtrip, online booking, ticket prices subject to float), flight time 2 hours 10 minutes, rare also arrive.

Although it is a small airport, but immigration is relatively strict, ready for return ticket to inquiry.

Considering the Marseille as China Guangzhou, less secure, so the decision to live that evening to the small town of AIX.

Airport 1, Hall a shuttle car for export, 22: 30 acres of sit on a bus (? 7.8/person), about 40 minutes and reach the small town. Get off at the bus station (GARE ROUTIERE), find a good one will only ask to the road, and then dragging luggage to go about 15 minutes at 11: 30 meters to the hotel (? 79.4/day). Room conditions in General, feel good, 2 stars also lived a day, or general hardware compare hotel chains.

D2 July 22 (Tuesday): AIX town, Anita Gagnon small spell Ibis AVIGNON CENTRE GARE

8: 00, 8: 30 excursion on foot from the hotel out of AIX.

The town is small, approximately 1 and a half hours to walk around. AIX is a quiet and elegant town, the main Boulevard of COURS MIREABEAU, feel like markets, many classic basic focus in this surrounding. Such as: Moss warm water fountain, MA de Lana Church, court square, etc. Road to the end of round big fountain, statues, is a sign of the city, next to the visitor centre, travel problems, go to the consultation. Walk like a maze of small town, a few steps of the distance, you can see a fountain, is worthy of "Spring".

11: 30 in acres of bus station get on to ioanion bus (? 14/person), a day for 6 class, departure venue and frequency will go to the ticket office inquiries.

Approximately 12: 45 arrive ioanion bus station. Get off at the first thing is to find a home at night. Go to the visitor centre, the results of a find, because it is the Festival period, the room was tensions, recommended accommodation is not a lot is not good, is very expensive. In consultation with the stall, the decision to the railway station of IBIS luck, get a lot of kind people, give us extrusion 2-day double room (? 119.44/day), so the housing problem finally solved.

Then there is the purchase of tickets on the day after tomorrow to go to Nice, then go to the visitor center is scheduled to see Lavender tour tour packages, all make the transposition to 15: 00.

Anita Gagnon and sure enough it is concentrated in the 14th century when the city of Arts and culture, with the exception of reputation, the main street in the bustling COURS JEAN JAURES full of tourists, a bit like Shanghai, Nanjing pedestrian street. The weather was good, there is a visitor centre take the map, we visited the medieval Papal Palace, the magnificent Church obligated Rock Park and broken bridge. Get tired to sit down at the PLACE DE L ' HORLOGE eat an afternoon tea, due to hot weather, a vegetable Salah juice (? 26.5). Eat after the continue shopping in the town, in the square to see street performances, also went to the pedestrian streets.

Summer night, the weather is not very hot, cool breeze blowing very cool, 21: 00 on the square to select a visible past restaurant for dinner (?), about 10: 30 slowly walked back to the hotel, at that time still very much alive in the Plaza, a Carnival feel.

D3 23 July (Wednesday): Lavender tour, live Ibis AVIGNON CENTRE GARE

See Lavender is the main purpose of this trip, in the visitor center is scheduled for a day trip in small groups (LAVENDER ROUNT FULLDAY), mini bus ride up to 6 guests, from 9: 00 in the morning to the hotel door, to the evening 18: 00 back to the hotel (line 90/person).

9: 00 drivers and tour guides to the gate of our hotel, the way and then connected to the other four tourists, a day of excursions.

July just is blooming sunflower, 50 minutes later, the first stop is a sunflower flower paddies, approximately 10 minutes here to stay, let everyone into the colored field photography.

Then continue to open nearly 1 hour to the SAULT, here is a concentration of lavender.

11: 00 drivers found a large Lavender fields here drop to 30 minutes of free time, while watching a harvest. 11: 40 ~ 13: 00 to the town's MARKET for shopping, rest and lunch. Choose a bird's eye view SAULT panorama can, buy a pizza (? 6.50), while listening to the locals playing music, feel the hard-won leisure time。

14: 00 train to the postcard, the little church, Church of lavender are harvested, so not so beautiful, and over 30 minutes, by the way, a tour of the Church Interior and use it free of charge.

15: 10 arrival GORDES VILLAGE heard this is France one of the most beautiful buildings.

Drivers by sending each of them a small town map, here free 50 minutes.

16: 20 Lavender Museum as Lavender in the last scene, where over 1 hour, watch a relevant scientific introduction of lavender, Lavender varieties, cultivation and uses.

Then visit the planting and refining lavender oil apparatus, the last is a store that sells each kind of lavender products.

17: 30 return, in the end is not participating in the mission, own ideas, all the way to sleep on the bus back to Anita Gagnon.

20: 00 or to ioanion center square dinner (? 32.50), experience the small town of nightlife, 22: 30 before the fond return hotel, Pack tomorrow to start going to Nice.

D4 24 July (Thursday): Monaco, nice Ibis NICE CENTRE GARE stay

7: 00 the hotel check-out.

7: 16 in lignon gate post office before sitting the shuttle bus to the TGV railway station (? 1.1/one-way), 7: 28.

07: 43-iron 6815 times from AVIGNON TGV station, after about 7 points, total 3 and a half hours, at 11: 01 reach NICE VILLE (? 43.50).

Train along the beautiful blue coast, passing through many cities, such as Cannes, Saint Tropez, the solarium, free or you can choose a tour points.

(AIX round sculpture fountain)

(Provence sunflower flower paddies)

(SAULT)

(Harvest of lavender fields)

(Sun-lignon Cathedral)