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Known predominately as the French Riviera, the Cote D'Azur stretches
from St. Tropez to Monte-Carlo/ Monaco, including Cannes, Nice, Grasse
and Villefranche.
Nice is the largest of the cities on the Cote D'Azur. It has excellent
museums, good beaches, wide promenades along the waterfront, and daily
flower and vegetable markets, which are some of the numerous highlights
to see.
Monte-Carlo/ Monaco, with its fashionable shops and casino is still
ruled by one of the world's oldest monarchies and is home to the Monaco
Grand Prix in May and the Monte-Carlo Rally in January.
Cannes is famous for it being a top Mediterranean resort and for its
festivals, the most famous being the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Grasse is inland, nestled between two hills looking out over the sea
in the distance. Surrounded by fields of flowers, Grasse has been
the center of the worlds perfume industry since the 16th century.
Perfume housees founded in the 18th and 19th centuries are still in
business today.
Worth a trip to see is the Gorges du Verdon which was deeply cut by
the river Verdon. The gorge is over 700 m (2,297 ft) deep in spots
and offers many stopping places for spectacular views of the surrounding
region.
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