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  • Antibes

    Antibes is a small pearl in the panorama of the French Riviera. Enticingly nestled in a bay, the city has a historical centre that brings together all of the (positive) stereotypes attributed to Provence,

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  • Cannes

    It's impossible to speak about Cannes without mentioning the Croisette and its film stars. The French capital of the big screen during May, the city remains synonymous with glamour and luxury. The luxury

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  • Juan les Pins

    Juan-les-Pins is a town in the region of Antibes at the heart of the French Riviera. For those who love lazing about, relaxing, and sandy beaches, it is a mandatory stop-off between Cannes and Nice. A

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  • Marseille

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  • Menton

    Tucked away in a corner of southeast France, nestling the Italian border, Menton is a picturesque French Riviera town nicknamed "la perle de la France" (the pearl of France). It is famous for its gardens

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  • Montgenèvre

    A small resort in the Hautes-Alpes department located at 1,860m of altitude, Montgenèvre is a great place for families who wish to enjoy a friendly-sized resort and for hard-core skiers who can hurtle

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  • Nice

    Nice, the most Italian of the cities on the French Riviera, proudly asserts its Mediterranean ancestry. This rich little city, which enjoys a high standard of living, certainly knows how to attract tourists.

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  • Porquerolles

    A relatively unknown island to foreigners, Porquerolles is located off the coast of Hyères in the south of France. It is the largest and most westerly of the three islands that make up what is known as

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  • Saint Raphaël

    Less well-known (internationally anyway) than its neighbours Cannes (25 miles up the coast), Nice (37 miles up the coast) and Saint Tropez (23 miles down the coast, Saint-Raphaël is an equally chic coastal

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  • Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat

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  • Serre-Chevalier

    Known as 'Serre Che', this posh resort in the Southern Alps is actually a valley that stretches out for nearly 8 miles from Lautaret pass to Briançon. A rather atypical place, the Serre Chevalier Valley

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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

Overview

Provence Alpes Côte d'Azure

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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