The Library · Afore

The guides we give our clients. Now available to everyone.

Create a free account to purchase and access Afore's library of destination guides — the same research we use when planning trips for clients from the Riviera.

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    GPS coordinates and specific field locations

    Not 'visit the Valensole plateau.' The exact spot to stand, the exact time to be there.

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    Driving routes from your base

    Times from Cannes, Valbonne, Nice, Monaco, and Antibes — with recommended return routes.

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    Timing that accounts for altitude and variety

    We track which fields peak when. Valensole and Sault do not bloom on the same schedule.

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    Updated annually

    Farmers rotate crops. Fields disappear. The map we share with clients is reviewed each year.

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Most travel writing about the south of France stops at lavender. ValbonnMovies shot here.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival opens tonight. The Festival is for the films being shown. Here are the Tourrettes-sur-Loup.

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Hôtel Les Roches Rouges, Saint-Raphaël, on the Esterel coast where the red volcanic rock The Valbonne antique market.

The first Sunday of every month, Place des Arcades — the square that holds the Friday vegeA Provence wine day.

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