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Saint-Paul-de-Vence

A walled hilltop village of galleries and artists, near one of France's finest modern art foundations.

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Always; the foundation keeps its own hours
Price
Free; paid for the Fondation Maeght
Time Needed
Half a day
Address
Rue Grande, 06570 Saint-Paul-de-VenceDirections
Getting There
About 45 minutes by bus from Nice.

Why Go

Inside its 16th-century ramparts, cobbled lanes are lined with galleries, and Marc Chagall is buried in the village cemetery. Just outside, the Fondation Maeght shows Miró, Giacometti, Braque and Chagall in a building set among pines and sculpture gardens.

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