Here's another not-very-famous-but-totally-worthwhile-visiting place!

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) originally bought the land in 1903 (so that land developers were prevented from cutting down the 500-year-old olive trees (which still transmit incredible vibes today as the pictures below can testify) but he had to wait till 1907 for his new house to be built.  

Renoir HAD to move to the South. He desperately needed the warm climate to ease the pain in his arthritic hands. To people asking him why he continued to paint despite his handicap, he had this beautiful answer: "the pain passes, the beauty remains"... His son, Jean Renoir, (1894-1979) later wrote about him: on his deathbed, he was still asking for a canvas and a brush as he wanted to paint the flower bouquet near the window. His last words to the nurse who was taking the brush away from him were "I think I begin to understand how things work"...

His house was beautifully restored in 2013. You get to see 14 of his paintings, some sculptures, some of his furniture and his studio. Definitely worth a visit if you ask me!

So many things can be said about Renoir, here is the perfect place for that..

And while we're out for the day, only 10 mn drive from there, we can go visit Saint-Paul-de-Vence which is one of the oldest and most beautiful medieval towns of the French Riviera.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence has a little "déja-vu" similarity with Saint-Tropez: it was (still is) the favorite authentic hideaway for celebrities such as Chagall (who lived 19 years there and who's buried there), Matisse, Yves Montand, to name just a few...

The famous fashion brand-name-shops that you find in Saint-Tropez are here replaced by exorbitantly-priced art galleries which smile at you only if they smell money on you...

"Superficial and authentic", that's how I would describe the place best.

As I love paradoxes, I would say it's totally worthwhile seeing...

And if you're into modern art (which means something), you'll want to visit the Maeght Foundation nearby.