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PROVENCE

Most visitors to Provence arrive first in Marseille, the country's second-largest city.

Travelers can fly to Marseille via Paris, Nice or Rome; arrive by ferry from Corsica, Sardinia, Tunisia or Algeria; or take the TGV high-speed train from Paris -- a journey that takes only a few hours longer than the plane and offers sumptuous views of France's rich countryside.

Getting there is easy -- the problem is deciding where to go once you arrive. Some of the region's favored destinations include the cultural center of Aix-en-Provence; Arles, captured by Van Gogh in vibrant canvases; and historic Avignon, set on the banks of the Rhone River. But Provence rewards the off-the-beaten-track traveler with a multiplicity of riches -- from cobblestone streets to sophisticated eats, artful galleries to lyrical landscapes.

The moral is: Explore and enjoy!
March 25, 1997

For more information, contact:
French Government Tourist Office
444 Madison Ave., 16th floor
New York NY 10022
or
9454 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 715
Beverly Hills CA 90212
http://www.fgtousa.org

A general note about travel information: A wealth of travel-related information is available online from a variety of sources -- guidebook publishers, database "travel agents," government-sponsored tourist information and private sites. You can access such information by doing a destination-based word search -- e.g., Amazon, Provence or Rhine -- using any of the standard search engines. The information above is meant to provide the essentials you need to know before planning a trip. It is not meant to replace a Web search. We strongly encourage you to explore the extraordinary resources of the Internet to find the information best suited to you. And don't forget our Table Talk area -- another great source of detailed advice!

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