Cote d`Azur

As you drive towards the picturesque village of Vence on the road from Cagnes-Sur -Mer the breathtakingly beautiful  sight of Saint Paul de Vence will appear before you. Few are the people who could see this for the first time and not stop to gaze in admiration before rushing on intent on visiting the ancient village that has remained so well preserved for centuries. Saint Paul preserved so long by poverty is now one of the worlds biggest tourist attractions with 2,500,000 visitors a year. It owes much of this fame to the artists attracted here throughout much of the twentieth century. The artists themselves were as much attracted by the 300 days of sun a year ...

The Cote D'Azur incorporates the best and the worst of France. Let's start wth the worst, and then we'll work our way inland and West to find the best. The Cote D'Azur (Cannes, Antibes, Nice, St. Tropez) is overhyped, overpriced and overpopulated, full of avaricious jumped up peasants and nouveaux riche dregs trying to get their hands on your money. Antibes is full of bars for English ex-pats of the lager lout type. It has the worst roads, drivers, and road signs of anywhere I've had the misfortune to drive in - and that's a lot of places, worldwide. It also has some pretty little restaurants, off the beaten track, the sea ...

Well I don’ t know really where to start…different sceneries, bunkers, local specialities, rally of Monte-Carlo, hill-walking, traditional festivals, waterfalls, and so on. I suppose I better start with the subject of this opinion: Ste-Agnes. I can tell you it is the highest hilltop town in Europe and is on the Italian border. You would have thought that The Cote d’ Azur would only be about nice promenades on the Riviera or showing off in St-Tropez, palm trees, privates beaches, sumptuous villas, casinos, museums, glamour from the Cannes Festival, gas from the Monaco Grand Prix or Rally etc…but not at all. It is also full of lovely ...