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Cannes
Cannes is a resort city located on the French Riviera. It is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, and is the host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The city is known for its association with the rich and famous, its luxury hotels and restaurants, and for several conferences.
Antibes
Antibes (, , ; ) is a seaside resort city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; it is the largest yachting harbour in Europe. In 2023, the commune had a population of 77,637, making it Alpes-Maritimes's second-most populated after Nice.
Grasse
Grasse (; Provençal in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional ) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera.
Saint-Tropez
Saint-Tropez ( ; ; ) is a commune in the Var department and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southern France. It is west of Nice and east of Marseille, on the French Riviera, of which it is one of the best-known towns. As of 2023, the resident population of the commune was 3,582. The adjacent narrow body of water is the Gulf of Saint-Tropez (French: Golfe de Saint-Tropez), stretching to Sainte-Maxime to the north under the Massif des Maures.
French Riviera
Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France
Hyères
Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm, or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Fréjus
Fréjus (; ) is a commune and resort town in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Draguignan
Draguignan (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (formerly Provence), southeastern France.
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (; or ; ; ), simply Roquebrune until 1921, is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France, between Monaco and Menton. The name was changed from Roquebrune to differentiate the town from Roquebrune-sur-Argens in neighbouring Var.
Le Cannet
commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
Brignoles
Brignoles (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Alongside Draguignan, it is one of two subprefectures in Var.
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (; ; ; ) is a seaside resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera. It is located just east of Nice and southwest of the Principality of Monaco, which is west of the French-Italian border. Its name translates into "Free City on Sea" in Old French.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (; ; Italian: San Giovanni Capo Ferrato) is a resort town and commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2012, Cap Ferrat was named the second most expensive residential location in the world, after Monaco.
La Turbie
commune in Alpes-Maritimes, France
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Beaulieu-sur-Mer (; ; , formerly), or simply Beaulieu, is a seaside commune on the French Riviera between Nice and the Principality of Monaco. Located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it borders the communes of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Villefranche-sur-Mer, not far from Èze to the northeast. Its inhabitants are called Berlugans (masculine) and Berluganes (feminine). In French, its name translates into "Beautiful Place on Sea".
Sospel
Sospel (; Mentonasc: Sospèl; ) is a commune (municipality) and former schismatic episcopal seat (1381–1418) in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France near the Italian border and not far from Monte Carlo. And, from 1912 to 1932, Sospel even had a tramway system from Menton which had a length of 17,279 meters.
Sainte-Maxime
Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan and Provençal: Santa Maxima) is a Resort town in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera (''Côte d'Azur), west from Nice and east from Marseille. Its inhabitants are called Maximois or Maximoises'' in French.
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (; ) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Var, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Located east of Aix-en-Provence, the town lies at the foot of the Sainte-Baume mountains. Baume or bama is the Provençal equivalent of cave. The town's basilica is dedicated to Mary Magdalene.
Sanary-sur-Mer
Sanary-sur-Mer (; 'Sanary-on-Sea'; ), popularly known as Sanary, is a resort town and commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. Sanary-sur-Mer is located in coastal Provence on the Mediterranean Sea, west of Toulon and southeast of Marseille. It can be reached from Paris by TGV in less than four hours. In high season there are direct flights to nearby Toulon–Hyères Airport from London, Oslo, Brussels and Rotterdam.
Roquebrune-sur-Argens
Roquebrune-sur-Argens (; ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France.
Entrecasteaux
Entrecasteaux (; ) is a commune in the Var department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 1,118.
Flayosc
Flayosc (; Provençal Occitan: Flaiòsc) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Îles d'Hyères
group of four French islands in the Mediterranean Sea
Bonjour tristesse
1954 novel by Françoise Sagan
Porquerolles
thumb|upright=1.5|Topographic map of Porquerolles
Port-Cros
thumb|250px|right|West coast of Port-Cros Port-Cros () is a French island in the Mediterranean island group known as the Îles d'Hyères. It is part of the commune of Hyères, in the department of Var in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The island was donated to the French government with the promise that a national park, the Port-Cros National Park, would be created on the island. This was established on 14 December 1963. The island is wide and its most elevated point is . It is .
Juan-les-Pins
Juan-les-Pins (; ) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera, it is situated between Nice and Cannes, to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Juan-les-Pins is a major holiday destination popular with the international jet set, with a casino, nightclubs and beaches. It is served by Juan-les-Pins station on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
museum in France
Golfe-Juan
thumb|right|Golfe Juan by Paul Signac
Cap Ferrat
peninsula in France
Tête de Chien
mountain in France
Baie des Anges
Mediterranean bay on the French Riviera
Villa La Léopolda
villa in the French town of Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera
Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
chapel in Vence, France, designed by Henri Matisse
Les Issambres
village in France
Riviera
British television drama
Villa Kerylos
Greek-style property built in the early 1900s by French archaeologist Theodore Reinach
Hans-Georg Tersling
Danish architect (1857–1920)
Château de la Croë
French riviera chateau
Barry Dierks
American architect
Oceanological Observatory of Villefranche-sur-Mer
field campus of the Université Paris 6 in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Azur, France
Villa Cyrnos
villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Villa Le Trident
villa in Théoule-sur-Mer, France