Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d'Azur

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781786572806
• eBook ISBN: 9781788681735

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Provence & the Cote d'Azur is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Try local cheese and wine in hilltop villages overlooking lavender fields, relax on the beaches of St-Tropez and try your luck in Monaco's famous casino - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Provence & the Cote d'Azur and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Provence & the Cote d'Azur: Full colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, religion, cuisine, politics Covers Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, the Camargue, Arles, Nice, Monaco, Menton, Cannes, St-Tropez, Toulon, Avignon, Hill Towns of the Luberon, Haute-Provence, Southern Alps, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Provence & the Cote d'Azur is our most comprehensive guide to Provence & the Cote d'Azur, and is perfect for discovering both popular and offbeat experiences. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's France for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the

Côte d’Azur

The Three Corniches Road Trips

Nice

Arrière-Pays Niçois

Peillon

Peille

Villefranche-sur-Mer

St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Èze

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Menton

Gorbio

L’Arrière-Pays

St-Paul de Vence

Vence

Les Gorges du Loup

Tourrettes-sur-Loup

Grasse

Mougins

Antibes

Biot

Cannes

Îles de Lérins

Île Ste-Marguerite

Île St-Honorat

Corniche de l’Esterel

St-Raphaël

Fréjus

Presqu’île de St-Tropez

St-Tropez

Grimaud

Gassin

Ramatuelle

Gigaro

Côte d’Azur

Why Go?

Once upon a time, everyone called this glamorous stretch of Mediterranean coast the French Riviera; then in 1888 author Stéphen Liégeard dubbed it La Côte d’Azur, the name stuck and the rest is history.

Whatever you prefer to call it, the seashore that extends from St-Tropez to the French-Italian border is one of the world’s great seaside destinations, packed with gorgeous beaches, luxury hotels, designer bars, belle-époque villas, coastal trails, red-rock headlands and offshore islands. From Monte Carlo’s casino to Nice’s Promenade des Anglais to the Cannes film festival and St-Tropez’s yacht harbour, the Côte d’Azur is home to some of the most iconic spots in Europe’s collective consciousness.

Beyond the coast, the region is also home to some spectacular hilltop villages and mountain scenery, along with vineyards, flower farms that feed the French perfume industry and more than its fair share of great art museums.

Driving Distances (km)

Best Places to Eat

A Le Mirazur

A Peixes

A Bistrot Gourmand Clovis

Best Places to Stay

A Château de Valmer

A Les Rosées

A Hôtel La Pérouse

Côte d’Azur Highlights

1 Tour du Cap-Ferrat Walking past billionaires’ mansions and dramatic rocky coves.

2 Nice Splitting your time between beaches, bistros, museums and festivals in the Côte d’Azur’s unofficial capital.

3 Sentier du Littoral Taking a dramatic cape-to-cape walk along Roquebrune-Cap Martin’s high.drama coastal path.

4 St-Tropez Sipping pastis and watching pétanque players under the pl...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Provence & the Côte d’Azur
• Provence & the Côte d’Azur Top 15
• Need to Know
• Accommodation
• First Time Provence & the Côte d’Azur
• What’s New
• If You Like…
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Activities
• Eat & Drink Like a Local
• Travel with Children
• Regions at a Glance
• Côte d’Azur
• Monaco
• Var
• Bouches-du-Rhône
• The Camargue
• Vaucluse
• The Luberon
• Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
• Understand Provence & the Côte d’Azur
• Provence & the Côte d’Azur Today
• History
• Painters in Provence
• Cinema & the Arts
• Provençal Living
• Directory A–Z
• Transport
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers