A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France by TravelPod blogger Ssandsk. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Possibly the world's most artistic village? "This lovely village, St-Paul-de-Vence, is, we are reliably informed, the third most visited place in France, following on from Paris and Le Mont St Michel. We can understand why. Not only is it an old stone fortified village, with most of the town walls and gates remaining intact, but it has been developed into a centre of art, with even the stone pavings on the footpaths made in a pretty pattern! Many of the buildings have been turned into art galleries and shops for hand-made and home-made products. Several galleries had magnificent bronze sculptures, beautiful paintings, carvings and more on display - we particularly liked the huge bronzes in many different styles but all way too expensive for us. We had lunch in a lovely restaurant full of atmosphere called the La Colombe D'Or. Inside they had a beautiful fireplace and painted timber ceiling, and outside in the courtyard there was the backdrop of the old town wall and plenty of artful decoration. The food was very good and to our surprise (and no doubt the chagrin of Sam Kekovich) the French lamb was the most tender, tasty lamb we've ever had...and we're no strangers to a nice piece of lamb, that's for sure. After lunch we wandered past the boules courts in front of a big cafe-bar where loads of young people, mostly ...
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