Explore · Road Trips South of France 13 of the best hill villages near Nice November 6, 2015The Alpes-Maritimes department in south-east France, including the world-famous Côte d’Azur, is home to several hundred medieval hill villages, fortified towns and ruined iron age camps and many are close to Nice. The “villages perchés” vary from little more than a pile of ruins to perfectly renovated sophisticated small towns…Continue reading here to find out …Continue Reading
Explore · J. Christina Sainte-Agnès: A Hidden Treasure in the Alpes-Maritimes, France September 18, 2017Sainte-Agnès, France is a perched medieval village, 10 kilometers inland from Menton, in the southeastern corner of the Cote d’Azur. This rocky outcrop gracefully dangles at an altitude of 800 meters above the sea. Since 1997, this medieval village has been classified as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. What’s more, this quaint …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Making the Most of Monaco October 24, 2014With not one but two Grimaldi babies due at the end of the year, it’ll be all eyes on the Palais Princier de Monaco. Although we have visited Monaco at various times, I hadn’t realised that in fact you can go for a tour inside the palace. Speed though is of the essence as it closes on October …Continue Reading
Explore · Rebecca Whitlocke · Villages Towns and Cities 5 reasons why Condé Nast Traveler readers are wrong about Cannes September 1, 2015Contributor blog post by Access Riviera: Ouch. Cannes has been voted Number 10 place in the list of 2015’s unfriendliest cities of the world as rated by a Readers’ Choice Awards survey by Condé Nast Traveler (and in 2014 they did not fare much better; they claimed Number 2 spot of global unfriendly cities). What …Continue Reading
