Events, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
16 October 2024
The Côte d’Azur is famous for its summertime glitz and glamour, fancy parties and fashionable excess – perhaps best embodied by those legendary hotspots, St. Tropez and Cannes. But there is another side to the French Riviera, for those who are looking for something a little more low-key, maybe a slower pace of life. For...
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Alain Llorca – food of the gods, served in a heavenly setting
Hotels, Restaurants, Saint-Paul-de-Vence
30 June 2024
When it comes to food, France does many things well. But high on the list is going to be those hotel-restaurants that are basically a gastronomic dining experience, with a bedroom just within rolling distance, so you don’t have to drive home. In most of these places, you can of course just take a room,...
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Restaurant Le Mas Provençal in Èze village
Eze, Restaurants
4 June 2024
Living locally, we’d often pass this pretty looking restaurant, there as you leave Eze on the Moyenne Corniche in the direction of Monaco. From the outside, it looks like a pretty, traditional eatery, with flowers and plants in pots making a welcoming frontage. But nothing can prepare you for the most remarkable dining room I’ve...
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The 3rd annual La Rade Classique - classic and vintage motors event
Events, Villefranche-sur-Mer
9 May 2024
Villefranche-sur-Mer can be accused of being a little low-key by French Riviera standards, with the likes of Cannes and St Tropez boasting their film festivals and yacht shows - which can be a big part of its appeal. But while Villefranche may be a little more reserved, it is by no means without action. Since...
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Le Port de la Darse in Villefranche – a different pace of life
Restaurants, Villefranche-sur-Mer
24 March 2024
Villefranche sur Mer is one of the prettiest towns on the French Riviera, with its picture-perfect, horseshoe-shaped bay – known as La Rade de Villefranche – and a beautiful 16th century, cobbled vieille ville (old town). Known for its generally more understated visitors it is perhaps on the opposite end of the scale to the...
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