Grasse Major world of the Perfume shop !

Grasse appears in cartulaires at the beginning of Moyen-Age which is doubtless situated at the beginning of the XI-th century. The city got loose from the feudal custody exercised by a powerful family and obtained its independence in the X-th century.

The decline of the tannery will be compensated with the birth and the fast development of the perfume shop, the craft which will become at the end of the XVIII-th century, thanks to important floral cultures which favors a particular microclimaat, a base of a powerful industry the extraordinary development of which one knows.

Homeland of adoption of the painter Fragonard, Fat is built around a cliff. The cathedral of the XII-th century shelters clothes(canvases) of Rubens, Charles Nègre.

Around Grasse please leave in the discovery of Pégomas's green gardens, olive trees, Auribeau-sur-Siagne's mimosas and discover the magnificent sight of the terrace of the old castle of Kids.

to see in Grasse :

numerous museums,
Gardens in the delicious smells,
The Cathedral of Grasse, Notre-Dame-du-Puy of the XII-th century.

A Small tourist train will allow you a visit commented of 40 minutes which will drive(guide) you in the heart of the historic town of Grasse.

The Offices of Tourism of the Country Grassois will be happy to help you and to advise you to adapt a program corresponding to your waits(expectations) and to your needs.

Text and photo : advertising Brochure "Tourist Guide of the Country of Grasse" of the Office of Tourism