The Ultimate Long-Weekend Guide to the French Riviera
Four perfect days in Nice, Cannes, Monaco and beyond.
So you?ve got a long weekend to escape to the French Riviera, that 120-mile stretch of coastline sandwiched between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea. The well-known jewel of southeastern France first became synonymous with glamour in the 19th century thanks in part to British aristocracy who began vacationing there.
In 1864 the first railway service made Nice and the rest of the Riviera more accessible, drawing in Queen Victoria. And by 1887 the region?s Cote d?Azur moniker, taken from the title of a Stéphen Liégeard book, emerged and then stuck?with good reason, too. In the blue coast, what you?ll encounter today is the same dazzling spectrum of blues that drew Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Auguste Renoir and the world?s biggest stars.
Though the region combined is roughly the same size as Massachusetts?you could technically drive from one end to the other in three hours?set your pace with the crowd. Order a glass of rosé and park yourself at a cafe or oceanside for a few hours in-between sightseeing. In other words, slow down.
MONACOLong known for drawing movie stars and high-stakes gamblers, this constitutional monarchy that measures just over a mile once earned its principal source of revenue from orange and lemon groves. When the principality shrunk by 95 percent to its current size in the mid-19th century, the royals had to reinvent the economy. And that?s where Casino de Monte-Carlo?the casino from Ian Fl...
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