The main reason I was there was for a cousin’s wedding and the base was very handy for both the Monaco Grand Prix that was running the same weekend and for the hordes of “farangs” coming out to celebrate. The surrounding regions were jammed full of gorgeous chateauxs and gardens (one of which was hosting the wedding) and littered with built up developments all the way along the coast until Italy- which was roughly only a four hour drive away and rather tempting in my little Avis rent-a-car.
Anyhow it is a tiny town with some 140,000 inhabitants, blessed with almost continuous sunshine throughout the year, a surprising array of festivals to attract more farangs and even better- every day there is markets!! The flower market was superb, the food one sublime, the fish one smelly but inspirational, the clothing one cheeeeep, the bric – a brac a source of inspiration for the house.
Didn’t take that many photos as not much really to photograph once you get over cobbled streets. Hard to know if this belongs in the book 1000 places to see before you die. I think I need to see a few more towns in southern France yet to decide if this is stupendous enough that you have to see it before you cark it…or whether it is just in there as there is some nice brickwork, some cute markets and some lovely restaurants. So back to the car I go
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Postscript: no..shouldnt belong in the 1000 places to see before you die
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