Tag: The Riviera
Cannes Hosts France’s Largest Summit Meeting Ever
The many faces of Cannes: playground for the well-to-do, winter retreat for golden-haired retires, showcase for film stars, promenade for daytrippers, and site of France's largest summit meeting ever. Plus some boutique hotel suggestions.
Barefoot by the Mediterranean: Sun, Rocks, Water
Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, returns to us from the south of France after feeling the sun, the rocks and the water of the Riviera with...
Four French lessons I learned in February
March 6, 2011. Here are four French lessons that I learned in February on the Riviera and in Alsace.
1. Carnival in Nice
Nice’s Carnival, the...
Menton Revisited
Feb. 25, 2011 – Last weekend I returned to Menton, the town on the French Riviera just over the border from Italy, on the occasion of its annual Lemon Festival. I'd last been to Menton 15 years ago when I'd written about it for my guidebook to France.
Trees and Place: Pointe du Layet on the Riviera
In the context of France Revisited’s study of the relationship between trees and place, three images at Pointe du Layet on the Riviera.
Making Peace with Bouillabaisse in Marseille
By James d'Entremont
I recently returned to Marseille for the first time in over four decades, and came away wondering how I could have waited so...
Catching the Spirit of Nice’s Winter Carnival and Menton’s Lemon Festival
Stephanie Sommers catches the spirit, the spectacle, the excitement, and the humor of the king of French Carnival celebrations in Nice and its pucker-lipped...