Booked Le mas de Pierre for 3 nights and a hotel in St Jean for 4 nights. I thought this hotel was close to town but reading the reviews I think you have to drive which I am a bit nervous of as I am sure the streets are very narrow. Any comments?
I also noticed that somebody mentioned they didn%26#39;t eat breakfast because it was too expensive, is there a cafe close by as another option or do you have to drive to get anywhere to eat?
Finally are 3 nights too much in this town, I think we%26#39;ll arrive around 6 or 7pm the first night?
Thanks
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The closest town is St-Paul-de-Vence, where you would fine cafés; you would probably need to drive, park at the base of the town, and then walk up, although there%26#39;s a large café/bar just on your right as you enter the town%26#39;s precincts.
If you mean close to Nice, no. From St-Paul you have to drive down the mountain (the road isn%26#39;t especially narrow) to Cagnes-sur-Mer, then east to Nice. It%26#39;s not a bad drive once you figure out the route.
I think 2 days at St-Paul would be fine. One will be spent seeing St-Paul, and perhaps the nearby Fondation Maeght, which has a superb collection of modern sculpture and some paintings. The next day, visit Vence and Tourrette-sur-Loup, a charming small mountain village (again, good roads) with craft and other shops.
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No, we don%26#39;t plan on going to Nice so, we%26#39;ll probably do what you said St Paul De Vence 1st day Cagnes Sur Mer etc. on 2nd day. Is Cannes worth a visit, I%26#39;ve never really fancied it. Then when we move down to St Jean we%26#39;ll do everything in the bay and perhaps the Italian village.
Any musts for bars or restaurants in St Paul and Tourettes de Loup?
Thank you so much
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There%26#39;s really nothing to see in Cagnes-sur-Mer, which is primarily a local town with a lot of apartment rentals and shops. Haut-de-Cagnes, up on the hill, has an interesting old section and a castle, as well as Renoir%26#39;s house.
Why not Nice???
Cannes is a big resort town with a fine boulevard, La Croisette, and a big marina with yachts. The old part of the town, le Suquet, is good for a short visit, particularly for the view.
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I thought Nice was more of a %26#39;city%26#39; rather than a holiday town. But if you say it%26#39;s good then maybe we%26#39;ll venture to the %26#39;old%26#39; part for dinner.
Thanks for the Cagnes Sur Mer info, I won%26#39;t bother going there with so many other things to see.
Is Portofino worth a visit or is it a bit of a stretch?
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In addition to the Renoir museum, you will find the Donation Suzy Solidor in the Château Grimaldi in Haut de Cagnes. Here%26#39;s a link to NiceLife%26#39;s Haut de Cagnes page:
members.virtualtourist.com/m/6cdeb/204d1/4/…
Nice is indeed a city, as is Cannes, but it is very much worth visiting for its beach and seafront, its cafés and restaurants, its old town and its museums. Many thousands of people make it the base fior their Riviera vacations every year.
A little further along the coast, the stunning Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild near the charming town of Villefranche-sur-Mer will give you an idea what the Riviera was like in its golden age.
www.villa-ephrussi.com/ephrussi/home_en.htm
Éze, a village a few km further to the east, perched above the coast, is beautiful and has stunning views of the surrounding coastline.
Monte Carlo is just a little farther.
Portofino really would be a stretch, beautiful as it is. It is about 250km from St Paul de Vence, and in summertime the last 10km into the village alone can take over an hour. Ventimiglia, just across the Italian border, is very much closer, and has a large and lively market on Fridays.
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Nice is a big resort city, with over half of its inhabitants engaged in the tourist industry. We could easily spend a week there and still have much to see.
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I%26#39;ve stayed in Le Mas de Pierre. It is a gorgeous hotel with beautiful rooms, only about one year old. Generally one would deduct a star from any rated hotel on the Riveiera, but not this one. It is however, isolated and not easy to find. It is in a cluster of residences and yes, the roads are narrow on the last mile to the hotel. Another positive is that is is fairly centrallly located and not so far from Nice, the airport, or points west.
Eze and Villefrench have been recommended. I would add Mougins and perhaps Valbonne. Enjoy
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Valbonne, oui! How nice to know that someone else is acquainted with that very nice small town, off the beaten tourist path. However, there are some narrow, winding roads going west from Valbonne; the one that goes via Plascassier can be frightening at night. Going south to the coast is fine, though. On the Nice side of Valbonne is a fairly new hotel, the Bastide de Valbonne. Rooms have tile floors and real refrigerators; bathrooms in the ground-floor rooms are small, but the rooms have their own patios off the pool surround.
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