Tristan Rutherford has been a freelance writer for over a decade. His lucky first assignment took him to Nice and he's been based there ever since. He has visited over sixty countries and written about twenty of them for the Independent and the Sunday New York Times Travel Magazine. Tristan also lectures on travel journalism at London's Central Saint Martins. He lives in Nice, France.


Kathryn Tomasetti, US-born and Italian-raised, writes travel and food features for a variety of publications including The Guardian and The Times. Her library of holiday photos-snapped from as far afield as China, Albania and Chile-have been published by National Geographic and Time Out. Kathryn's favorite places in Provence are the pavement cafes of Avignon and the art-filled city of Arles. She resides in Nice.

Simply to name the highlights is to stir travel excitement: Nice and Cannes, St. Tropez and Monaco, Arles and Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, the Cote d'Azur and the South of France. The many sunny, playful or historic cities and renowned resort areas are all we'll-covered in this new Easy Guide. It is freshly-researched and up-to-date, and joyfully-written by Frommer's top corps of journalist-experts on all things French. You'll enjoy their obvious love of the destination.