Private Jet Revelstoke to Vence

Revelstoke, deep in British Columbia’s interior mountains, sits about 4,449 nautical miles from Vence, a distance calling for a heavy jet such as the Bombardier Global 6000, able to clear the Rockies, the Atlantic and much of southern Europe in a single leg while cruising near 45,000 feet, above most of the turbulence that mountain terrain can generate shortly after takeoff. Revelstoke Airport, better known for its backcountry skiing traffic, has the runway and facilities to support a business jet departure of this scale, sparing travellers a drive to Kelowna or Calgary before heading overseas on what is already a long journey across two oceans’ worth of distance. Vence, at journey’s end, sits on a limestone terrace above the Mediterranean, its old town still enclosed within medieval ramparts and its cathedral built partly on Roman foundations. The narrow streets inside are largely pedestrian, opening onto small squares and, near the edge of the old quarter, the Chapelle du Rosaire, designed entirely by Henri Matisse during the final years of his career, its stained glass filling a plain interior with shifting colour. Set higher than the coast, Vence stays noticeably cooler than Nice through summer, and its surrounding hills remain planted with olive groves, a striking contrast to the alpine forests around Revelstoke. Travellers from BC’s interior often appreciate the trade of one kind of mountain scenery for another, with Nice, Cannes and Monaco all reachable within a short drive of Vence itself, for those who also want time by the sea during their stay.