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Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

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    Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat, France

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  • Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat

    Celebrities, royalty, artists, politicians and wealthy industrialists are among those who have found themselves seduced by the charms of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. The town is located in Southeast France, about 6 miles out of Nice and is often seen as the apex of the French Riviera's "golden triangle", which also comprises Beaulieu and Villefranche. Although you can't count on brushing shoulders with stars, the attractive seaside town enjoys a Mediterranean climate, with very little rainfall during the summer months. Some say that being European, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat has more history and culture to offer than preeminent places such as Beverley Hills and Malibu. Indeed, it has character and soul, with beautiful beaches, but one of the downsides is surely that it becomes very crowded in summer.
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In brief +

Weekly budget
£900
Flight budget
£150
Flight duration
1h30 
Time difference
none / none
Visa
No
Vaccinations
No
Currency
Euro
Language(s)
French

Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur :

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Destination overview

Although the weather in this region rarely leaves you with the choice, with the sun shining almost all year round, for everything else you would have to be hard pushed not to love the region of Provence-Alps-Côte-d'Azur.
With protected sites where nature reigns, such as Écrins National Park, Mercantour National Park and the Gorges du Verdon (Verdon Gorges), the north of the region is popular both in the winter for its skiing resorts, like Serre-Chevalier, but also in the summer for its many hiking and outdoor sports activities.
If the words rucksack, flask and walking are, for you, in no way synonymous with the word ?holiday', come to Provence-Alps-Côte-d'Azur to discover some of the great places along the coast that thrive here in the summer. These are, of course, Nice 'La Bella', Cannes 'Perle de la Côte d'Azur'('Pearl of the Côte d'Azur') and the Antibes 'La Phocéenne ('The Phocaean'); names which evoke outings in a convertible with your headscarf blowing in the wind as you wind along the roads of the sunshine coast.
With this backdrop as you approach Marseilles, images from film scenes mingle with the brushstrokes of painters (Cézanne, Van Gogh) who discovered a whole new palette of colours in the special light that the Côte d'Azur offers. As soon as the Canebière (the historic French high street) comes into view, the dialogues of the French writer Pagnol come to mind, together with the scent of bouillabaisse (traditional fish soup) and pastis (an alcoholic aniseed-flavoured drink). The monuments of the Palais des Papes (Papal Palace), Notre-Dame de la Garde and Arènes d'Arles (Arles Amphitheatre) are well-known symbols of the region, but only make up a small part of its historical buildings. They stand as if to mark the passing time, highlighting the different influences which have coloured the region. From the wild nature of the Camargue to the liveliness of Avignon Festival, the sunrise of Cannes Festival to the sunset on the Lérins Islands, Provence-Alps-Côte-d'Azur is a place full of light which awakens all your senses, but particularly your sense of smell, with the subtle mingling in the air of lavender, olives and the garrigue scrubland.

pros

  •  The coastal landscapes
  •  The mountain landscapes
  •  Some of the traditional villages further inland

cons

  •  The extortionate prices on the Côte d'Azur that aren't always justified
  •  The high levels of traffic between Monte Carlo, Nice, and Cannes during high season

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