Peter

On 4 Mar 2003 11:02:50 -0800, [email protected] (jsberry) wrote:

    >My fiance and I are staying in Provence for a few days in April, and
    >we want to go to another nearby area for a few more days after that.
    >Probably in the French alps or the area west of Provence. I was
    >hoping somebody could recommend a good place to stay (town or specific
    >hotel) as a "base of operations" for seeing the whole area. Thanks!

Depends on your interests. In the Alps, you might find Briancon or Barcelonnette
a good base camp if you want to find lots of mountains, nature or the ancient
military fort by Vauban at Guillestres.
More to the west of the provence, you might take the ancient cities of Narbonne
and Carcasonne as a base to visit pyrenees mountains and the demolished castels
of the cathares (religious group, killed in order of the pope around 1200, 1300
AC).


--
Peter Koster

French Toilets, travel guide about France
http://www.hurktoilet.nl/hurk-en.htm

Forrest

"nhampton" wrote in message > If you want coastal
resorts you can head over to the French Riviera. I
    > stayed in St Jean Cap Ferat and toured the cliff villages like St.
    > Paul de Vence. Then visited Nice and Monte Carlo.

We like Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Villefranche. The latter has a lovely harbour
situation (which is very deep - submarines were kept in it during WW2).

Michael Forrest

St?Phane Mugnier

[email protected] (nhampton) wrote in message news:...
yes ! annecy is a beautifull place to visit :

watch my photos of annecy : http://annecylac.multimania.com

bye bye

stephane

    > [email protected] (jsberry) wrote in message news:...
    > > My fiance and I are staying in Provence for a few days in April, and
    > > we want to go to another nearby area for a few more days after that.
    > > Probably in the French alps or the area west of Provence. I was
    > > hoping somebody could recommend a good place to stay (town or specific
    > > hotel) as a "base of operations" for seeing the whole area. Thanks!
    >
    > Annecy is lovely, beautiful canals, lake and mountains. I've also
    > really enjoyed Megeve in the French Alps.
    >
    > If you want coastal resorts you can head over to the French Riviera. I
    > stayed in St Jean Cap Ferat and toured the cliff villages like St.
    > Paul de Vence. Then visited Nice and Monte Carlo.
    >
    > These two sets of destinations are totally different so you'd need to
    > decide what you'd like to do.
    >
    > Nancy

Roger Van Gerwen

If you're willing to travel just a little further, go to Arc-en-Barrois.
There's a beautiful Chateau there which is also called Chateau
d'Arc-en-Barrois. I've stayed there and it's a great place with a lot of
nature, but also a little city-hopping is an option (Dijon, Troyes, Langres)
Really worth it.

--
Roger

"stéphane mugnier" schreef in bericht
news:[email protected]...
    > [email protected] (nhampton) wrote in message
news:...
    > yes ! annecy is a beautifull place to visit :
    > watch my photos of annecy : http://annecylac.multimania.com
    > bye bye
    > stephane
    > > [email protected] (jsberry) wrote in message
news:...
    > > > My fiance and I are staying in Provence for a few days in April, and
    > > > we want to go to another nearby area for a few more days after that.
    > > > Probably in the French alps or the area west of Provence. I was
    > > > hoping somebody could recommend a good place to stay (town or specific
    > > > hotel) as a "base of operations" for seeing the whole area. Thanks!
    > >
    > > Annecy is lovely, beautiful canals, lake and mountains. I've also
    > > really enjoyed Megeve in the French Alps.
    > >
    > > If you want coastal resorts you can head over to the French Riviera. I
    > > stayed in St Jean Cap Ferat and toured the cliff villages like St.
    > > Paul de Vence. Then visited Nice and Monte Carlo.
    > >
    > > These two sets of destinations are totally different so you'd need to
    > > decide what you'd like to do.
    > >
    > > Nancy