Things to do in Grasse
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Art & History Museum
Everything from faïence pottery to toys, furniture, costumes and paintings evoke the past in this regional Art & History Museum, inside Hôtel de Clapiers Cabris. Former owner Jean-Paul de Clapiers loathed his mother, who lived opposite, so much that he had a Gorgon's head carved over his door to leer through her windows.
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Musee Jean-Honoŕe Fragonard
His paintings shocked and titillated 18th-century France with their licentious love scenes. See why at the Musee Jean-Honoŕe Fragonard where the controversial Grasse-born artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) lived for a year in 1790.
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French Riviera on Foot
8 days (Grasse)
A superb walk from the perfume capital of the world, through charming villages of the Maritime Alps and with breathtaking views over the Riviera coast.
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Studio des Fragrances
Galimard, 3km from Grasse centre on the southbound N85, runs a nearby Studio des Fragrances where you can create your own unique fragrance, and a flower distillery in Gourdon, La Source Parfumée.
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Galimard
Galimard, 3km from Grasse centre on the southbound N85, runs a nearby Studio des Fragrances where you can create your own unique fragrance, and a flower distillery in Gourdon, La Source Parfumée.
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Molinard
Ritzy Molinard, 1km out of town, was founded in 1849 and displays old copper stills in its former Gustave Eiffel-designed distillery. Molinard likewise runs perfume creation workshops.
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Domaine de Manon
You can visit this family-run farm at harvest time to learn more about flower cultivation. Roses are picked mid-May to mid-June, and jasmine from July to late October.
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Café des Musées
For a tasty quick lunch, the Museum café is best. Sit on a citron-yellow Jacobsen chair and dine on a no-fuss Mediterranean-inspired platter.
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Lou Fassum
This is the gourmet choice in Grasse, tucked down the most unassuming of alleys and sporting a wholly seasonal menu that changes every month.
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Provençal Costume & Jewellery Museum
Lace-capped dummies model 18th- and 19th-century clothes and jewellery in this Fragonard-run Provençal Costume & Jewellery Museum.
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Fabrique des Fleurs
The real perfume production takes place at the modern Fabrique des Fleurs on the southbound N85; and at the Fragonard plant in Èze.
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Palais des Olives
Gourmet-filled meat and fish wraps and sandwiches to take away in addition to olive oil to taste or buy.
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Musée International de la Parfumerie
A great interactive museum about the history and art of perfumery.
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Perfumeries
Grasse has more than 30 perfumeries, creating essences sold primarily to factories (for aromatically enhanced foodstuffs and soaps) as well as to prestigious couture houses. Several perfumeries offer free tours, taking you stage by stage through the perfume production process, from extraction and distillation to the work of the ‘noses’ (perfume creators).
Situated at the foot of the old town, Fragonard is the easiest perfumery to reach on foot; the tourist office can provide information about other perfumeries.
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