The bar is relatively small, though this just means that it is a great place to go for a chilled evening. We stumbled upon on it whilst exploring the Place Massena and the old town. It's hard to miss. The outside has the name splashed across a sign, with a background painted in s...
Visiting Nice is, to use the old joke, nice. Located on the French Riviera, it’s the second-biggest tourist destination in the country. I’ve found the city a lovely place to stop on the way to smaller, even quainter Riviera towns. Nice has wonderful hilltop lookouts, restaurants, gla...
Aéroport Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE) is very easy to reach by car, bus, tram, train, or helicopter from many other towns on the French Riviera and Monaco.Tram 2provides the cheapest transportation from the airport to Nice Gare SNCF train station, downtown Nice and the Promenade ...
If you want a sandy beach you will need to travel to Antibes/Juan les Pins or Cannes. Beach sand in the region varies from fine sand, small pebbles, a gravel like texture (Villefranche sur Mer), and even large smooth stones (Nice). Fine sand is rare in the region. Antibe...
I was determined to have little-to-no traffic noise, and at this point I might have turned down my Santa Monica condo based on the relatively modest noise level of Montana Avenue, which was almost below me. As an aside, I should mention that house hunting is weird here. The entire ...
For a while, we thought Aix-en-Provence was Provence, but in actuality, Aix is a small city within Provence. We were also unclear if cities like Nice and Cannes were considered Provence. During our road trip from Nice to Marseille we realized the route actually fell into theProvence-Alpes...
I was determined to have little-to-no traffic noise, and at this point I might have turned down my Santa Monica condo based on the relatively modest noise level of Montana Avenue, which was almost below me. As an aside, I should mention that house hunting is weird here. The entire ...