France - Provence-Alps-Côte d’Azur

Chappelle du Rosaire

A Karen Brown Recommendation

Vence is located just 10 kilometers above the coast and Riviera. The hillsides surrounding Vence afford a lovely coastal panorama and are dotted with palatial homes and villas. Entering through the gates into the old village, you find dozens of tiny streets with interesting shops and little cafés where you can enjoy scrumptious pastries. The Place du Peyra was once the Roman forum and it’s now the colorful town marketplace. In 1941 the French artist, Henri Matisse, moved here and, in gratitude for being nursed back to health by the Dominican Sisters, he constructed and decorated the simple Chapelle du Rosaire. (Follow the Avenue des Poilus to the Route de Saint Jeannet La Gaude.) (Closed Sundays, tel: 04.93.58.03.26.) Vence makes a wonderful base from which to explore the coast and the hilltowns, and its location affords spectacular views across the hills to the blue waters.

Located along this Karen Brown Itinerary:

Hilltowns of the French Riviera

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Nearby Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts:
Listed Alphabetically, Not By Distance.

• L’ Auberge des Seigneurs et du Lion d’Or
• Bastide aux Oliviers at Vence
• Bastide Saint Mathieu
• Le Cagnard
• Château de la Chèvre d’Or
• Château Eza
• La Colline de Vence
• Hôtel la Colombe d’Or
• Hôtel le Hameau
• Le Manoir de L’Etang
• La Mas Samarcande
• Les Moulins de Ramatuelle
• Romantik Hotel La Ferme d’Augustin
• Romantik Hotel La Grande Bastide
• Les Rosées
• Hôtel Le Saint-Paul
• Villa d’Estelle
• Villa Panko
• Le Yaca