Location: Cotignac in France
Nearest Airport:
Marseille at 50
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 55.0
Miles
Car: recommended
Cotignac has restaurants, bars, cafes and a wide range of small shops, a doctor, pharmacy etc. and twice-weekly markets. It has been designated a “village de caractere”. A wider range of facilities is available in nearby Brignoles (approx 10 miles away).Cotignac is situated in the interior of Var in the center of Provence at 230m altitude, this is a city of character. With a waterfall in the background, Cotignac stands at the foot of a majestic great rock. The main square containing fountains and lined with shady plane trees is an ideal setting for the cafes and is the scene of a weekly market selling the local produce of vegetables, goats cheese, olives, herbs and honey. The local wines are excellent and inexpensive and the local olive oil and olives are of superb quality. Cotignac is surrounded by a wealth of chateaux, monasteries, museums, antique shops and galleries. The Var region boasts the maximum hours of sunshine in the whole of France.