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Generations of artists, stars and beautiful people have made this village square possibly the best known in the world. But it remains just that – the rich and famous may come and go, but the Tuesday and Saturday markets are always here (see Place des Lices).

This beach offers a range of adrenaline sports that includes bungee-jumping, waterskiiing and parascending.

Watersports on this beautiful beach include waterskiing, wind-surfing and parascending, as well as more relaxing boat excursions.

Exciting parascending and, for the even more adventurous, breathtaking flights aboard micro-light float-planes.

One long beach stretches all the way along the Cannes esplanade, sectioned off into tiny private beaches, with umbrellas, loungers and snack bars with waiter service. Most offer water-skiing.

In the second half of the 16th century religious strife erupted in the Luberon between reforming Vaudois (Huguenot) factions and conservative Catholic forces. The plague of 1580 added to the region’s woes.

Restaurant, café and disco, owned by film stars, comes into its own during the Film Festival but is a hot spot year round and is easy to get into.

Launched by action heroes Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Planet Hollywood is part of a worldwide chain of movie-themed bar-restaurants and is affordable fun, with potential star-spotting thrown in (see Planet Hollywood, Cannes).

The Romans considered this 49 m- (160 ft-) high three-tiered bridge to be clear testimony to their empire’s greatness. The top tier was part of an aqueduct that supplied Nimes with water for up to 500 years. Constructed from dressed stone blocks without mortar, the bridge is 275 m (900 ft) long and an enormous feat of engineering.

In 1177 a shepherd boy named Bénézet received orders from God that a bridge should be built across the Rhône. Avignon people were sceptical, so the lad picked up a rock which 30 strong men couldn’t shift and carried it to where Pont St-Bénézet was to begin (see Pont St-Bénézet).