Hotel French Riviera
Hotels in the French Riviera are often required by people who need accommodation in the French glamourous region. Some may want to have a vacatiopn there to enjoy the culture, the cilmate, the historic landmarks, the entertainment or sports of the region. Mnay will want luxury glamourous hotel, but some will niot mind cheap hotel to save on cash. Some will want large hotel, some a small one. Some will want a hotel thet can offer great views of the coast of the citieis or villages. Some will want seaside hotel, with views of the coast. Some will want one within the towns on the coast. As they may not want to be right on the seafront.
Some may want to see the beaches or the glamourous cities and towns. There are well known famous cities with a long history of luxury high status vacations.
The French Riviera (French: Côte d'Azur, Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world, extending along the Mediterranean Sea west from Menton near the Italian border, including the cities and towns of Monaco, Nice, Antibes, and Cannes. Other sources extend the Côte d'Azur further west to include Saint-Raphaël, Sainte-Maxime, Saint-Tropez, Hyères, Toulon, and Cassis.
Until the end of the 18th century, the Côte d'Azur was a remote and impoverished region, known mostly for fishing, olive groves and the making of perfume. A new phase began when the coast became a fashionable health resort for the British upper classes in the late 18th century.
Places
Places on the French Riviera, from west to east, include:
Cassis, Toulon, Hyères, Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime, Fréjus, Saint-Raphaël, Cannes, Grasse, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, Biot, Villeneuve-Loubet, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Sophia Antipolis, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Vence, Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Èze, Cap d'Ail, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Menton
Nice
and the Alpes-Maritimes
Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes département are sheltered by the Alps, and are the most protected part of the Mediterranean coast. The winds are usually gentle, from the sea to the land, though sometimes the Mistral blows strongly from the north-west, or, turned by the mountains, from the east. In 1956 a Mistral from the north-west reached around 180kmh at Nice airport. Sometimes in summer the Sirocco brings high temperatures and reddish desert sand from Africa. (See Winds of Provence.)
Toulon and the Var
Toulon and the département of the Var (which includes St. Tropez and Hyères) have a climate slightly warmer, dryer and sunnier than Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes, but less sheltered from the wind. The cold and dry Mistral is frequent and strong in winter between Marseille and Toulon, blowing down the Rhône.
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