Friday, April 27, 2007

St. Paul De Vence

After doing some research in Nice and on the Internet, Andy and I decided to visit a small village up in the hills called Saint Paul De Vence. With an average of 300 days of sunshine a year, St Paul's climate is suitable for both international and domestic tourism. St Paul contains over 1.700 acres, and has a population of 3.000 inhabitants, 300 of which live within the village itself. At the top of the village contains a small older style Roman Cathatlic Church in which we both saw a local saturday wedding take place. It was quite a beauitful place to be and I took advantage of the camera to capture the mood.

Located 40 minutes transit bus ride from Nice, between the mountains and ocean, this medieval village has 60-feet rocky outcrop, overlooks the surrounding landscape, with the Mediterranean sea and the Cap D'Antibes, the Alps and the Esterel Mountains at it's back.

Both Andy and I took lots of photos and even checked out the local art work. Afterwards we continued our venture to Vence which was located about 20 minutes by bus. This smaller town was higher up in the mountains however did not have the same look and feel as St. Paul medieval style. We did some walking around the town however we found a nice church and found a Jesus Christ stationed on a cross with vibrat reddish and orange colours filling the mood of the church.Stone Step walkways cover the whole village
I swore this was the real "Thinker" Sculpture
Stone Arch welcomes the guest into the Village of St. Paul
Another stone walkway with many of local shops open for business
A running Stone Water Foundation in the middle of the St. Paul medieval Village
An Ant's eye view in St. Paul's Village?