Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur info

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is one of the 26 regions of France made up of the former French province of Provence, the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin, the former Sardinian-Piedmontese county of Nice, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, and in French as the Côte d'Azur, and the southeastern part of the former French province of Dauphiné, in the French Alps.

Bays in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

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Antibes is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the Côte d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice. Integrated to Antibes Juan-les-Pins, the technological park of Sophia-Antipolis is located north east of the city....


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Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a seaside resort on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. It is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department and borders the communes of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Èze, and Villefranche-sur-Mer....


Bormes-les-Mimosas is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southeastern France....


Cagnes-sur-Mer is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southeastern France....


Cannes is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur in southeastern France. It is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera....


Carqueiranne is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southeastern France....


Carros is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France....


Facing the magestic Mont-Blanc, Combloux is only few minutes from prestigious ski resorts such as Megeve (4 km) and Chamonix Mont-Blanc (30 km) and offers 90 km of trails for ski and snowboard....


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Eze


Eze is a medieval village in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France close to Nice with breathtaking sea views from the hill top on the French Riviera....


Fos-sur-Mer is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhone department in southern France....


Fréjus is a large, sprawling town with some famous Roman ruins. It's also a very popular summertime tourist town, although the center of town is a couple of km from the beaches, which are 2 km long and 100 m wide of fine sand, between Fréjus and St. Raphaël....


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Hyeres is one of the largest "communes" (administrative districts) in France, ranging over 30km from tip to tip. Its 39 km of coast, unsullied by concrete, alternate fine sandy beaches and rocky inlets, and fringe a lush, verdant country-side landmarked by hills and valleys, from Sauvebonne to Les Borrels, from Fenouillet to the ruins of the old castle on the hill....


Juan-Les-Pins is a town in the commune of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Côte d'Azur, which is part of the Ligurian Sea. It is famous for its annual jazz festival in July. New Orleans is a sister city, something which for a series of years was manifested with carnival festivities in the streets of Juan-Les-Pins, with both local and New Orleans jazz bands parading....


La Londe-les-Maures is a French Riviera town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur offering quality beaches, a port, marina, boating, restaurants, accommodation, history and may activities, and the microclimate boasts 300 days of sun per year....


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Le Castellet is a medieval village set in the heart of the Bandol vineyards perched on a cliff edge, and this top tourist attraction in Var on the French Riviera, is renowned for its race track, the Paul Ricard circuit, there is much to see and do here....


A beautiful area with sun, lavander and cicadas, the world renowned Le Lavandou is located at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the var departement. In the heart of the Mediterranean coastal region of the south of France....


Le Pradet is a town and commune in the Var departement of southeastern France. The Mayor for 27 years, including the war years, was a Monsieur Latty. His son Maurace Latty was president of the local Cooperative Vinicol for many years. The Vinicol produced mainly rose wine from the surrounding farms....


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Mandelieu-La Napoule is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in south-eastern France, located on the French Riviera just to the southwest of Cannes and northeast of Théoule-sur-Mer....


Marseilles is a Provencal city with vitality, centered around 26-century-old port, with a dynamic downtown, big parks, a medieval-village-style neighborhood, downtown shopping and wonderful seafood. If you have an "image" of Marseilles that isn't good, a visit here will be a wonderful surprise....


Menton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southeastern France....


The city of Nice has been a popular tourist destination for centuries, for royalty and commoners alike. As a transportation center, with the Paris-Nice train and the international airport, it probable that your entry into Beyond will be Nice....


Port Grimaud is part of Grimaud. It is located seven kilometres (four miles) west of Saint-Tropez and seven kilometres south-east of Sainte Maxime. This seaside town was created by architect Francois Spoerry in the 1960s based around the marshes of the river Giscle on the bay of Saint Tropez....


Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhone department in southern France....


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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is a medieval village in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France between Monaco and Menton, built around a castle now listed as a heritage site....


Saint-Tropez is a commune of the Var departement in southern France, located on the French Riviera. Although it is known today for its famous and wealthy guests, its history with the iconic Brigitte Bardot, and its role in the liberation of Southern France in World War II, this commune has a long history....


Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region on the French Riviera....


Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer is a town and commune in the Var département of southeastern France. Across the harbour from the port of Toulon, Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer is home to a fishing port of its own, tucked in to a small inlet....


Sainte-Maxime is a commune of the Var departement located on the French Riviera in the south of France, 90 km (56 mi) from Nice and 130 km (81 mi) from Marseille. The main industry is Tourism....


The commune of Sanary-sur-Mer is a seaside resort in the departement of Var in Provence, located 13 km (8.1 mi) from Toulon and 49 km (30 mi) from Marseille, in the south of France....


Six-Fours-Les-Plages is a commune in the departement of Var and the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France. It is located in the metropolitan Communaute d'agglomeration Toulon Provence Mediterranee, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon....


Theoule-sur-Mer is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in south-eastern France....


Discover the main monuments, our beaches, our traditional Provençal market, our museums, the bay, the mount Faron (you can reach the summit by cable car)… You can visit the bay and come near the naval base where you may see the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. From Toulon, you can take ferries to Corsica or to Rome....


The village of Valbonne sits in the center of a vast residential area spread through the surrounding woods. This area outside the village includes luxury villas, housing estates for the nearby Sophia Antipolis high-tech park and homes of the old-time generations of Valbonnais. In contrast to the twisty little streets in the hundreds of other medieval villages of Beyond, Valbonne village is laid out in neat, symmetrical rectangles planned by the Abbot of Lerins, following the layout of Roman cities....


Villefranche-sur-Mer is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region on the French Riviera, and has been home to notable celebrities such as Tina Turner , Keith Richards and Laramy Smith....


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