South of France

Hot on the heels of our comments about the characteristics of the various coastlines of southern France, here is a photo of the most popular seasort resort in France – Nice. Nice is also a great place to visit, with both easy access to the sunny Mediterranean, and plenty to amuse you in the town when you can’t bear the sea any longer… …some of the highlights of Nice include: – the little cottages behind the harbour – once little [...]

France has over 3000 kilometres of coastline, and a great deal of it is accessible. In the south of France the main areas of coast include: the French Riviera / Cote d’Azur section that runs from Marseille to the Italian border the Languedoc coast, also on the Mediterranean, that runs from the border with Spain around to the Camargue (on the border between Languedoc and Provence regions) the Atlantic coast, that stretches in ann almost unbroken line from Arcachon the [...]

We have a couple of travel websites, and one of the challenges of operating a tourist site is deciding whether something is a tourist attraction or not, and how ‘honestly’ to paint a picture of a town or attraction. Of course, everyone tries to be honest, but it’s not always to give a balanced picture. If we visit somewhere on a cloudy November afternoon when it’s raining we are unlikely to come away with the same impression as someone visiting [...]