côte d'azur

the côte d’Azure is for all those that dream
Côte D'Azur, it is, without question ... so the blues thrive here. But it is also gold, white, green, ocher pure Tuscan red. Land of contrasts and wealth, the Cote d'Azur, bathed in light and pure water, is offered at an angle to be better in another. It has beaches, palaces and cities of the sun. She loves the night, the glitter. She loves to be in the spotlight, but is full of natural areas. It elegantly covers the latest creations of haute couture but jogging in short white pet day. The "maze" in v1illages perched on its care RANDONNE flirting with the sky ... "cascade" in Whitewater. She knows to shut theatrical loves opera, is given in the show before ... stroll, a fresh bouquet in hand, in the aisles of a market square. Côte d'Azur ... it is as you wish. Eternal.

With each step, inspiration, every sight, wonder…
He was the first man who chooses the French Riviera to be elected? An artist, no doubt. As evidenced by the first human prints left in the Valley of Wonders ...
Because this place unique., Happy marriage of soaring land immersed in a sea of indigo in a sun friend, has always inspired art. Art of the builders who cleverly incorporated into a landscape carved, fortresses (facing the sea at Villefranche-sur-Mer or the Islands of Lerins, or at a strategic crossroads as Entrevaux ...) and stunning hilltop villages such as Eze . Saint-Paul and Gourdon, dominant wolves to fresh ones. Art for religion ... declined according to age and the influences autan delicate painted chapels (Nice, The Brig. Valley Tinée ...), baroque churches and cathedrals, spin on a "Nisso-re-ligu" linking Nice to Imperia, bulbs gold and blue of the Orthodox churches. Art of creating buildings for mad aristocrats in search of exotic or deliberate eccentricities ... "Château de l'Anglais" in Nice with volutes Indian splendours of the Belle Epoque Negresco, beautiful villas Cannes or mentonnaises, palaces and follies!
Art short and very tall, with a large A or disproportionate when it comes to Picasso or Matisse. Chagall, Léger, Soutine, Picabia, Renoir after of course, and closer to necks Arman, César, Nall, Klein ... they all looked blank canvas differently after experiencing the shock Riviera. These geniuses have left us, in addition to their works, wonderful museums including Côte d'Azur can `s pride: Musée Matisse, Marc Chagall Museum, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain in Nice, Musée Picasso d'Antibes , Fondation Maeght, Vence Galerie Beaubourg ... and many other places here dedicated to the Creation! Art rte live surrounded by nature and green in the heart of magnificent gardens that were on the French Riviera their Eden. Scientists gardens. designed as écrins of fabulous residences, as the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa or "Greek" Kérylos. Gardens to perfume it with the exotic gardens of Eze and Monaco. Creative garden and decorated in Menton clans Park Palace Garnolès. Discovery garden and met with the Phoenix Park in Nice ... Finally, aboriginal arts, with a constantly renewed pleasure to go and meet these artisans of the earth, glass and scents which, unabated, in Biot, Vallauris or dirt, old gestures again and give life to precious ceramics , stained glass design, shape of santons blowing. Glass, or create Parfum ...

Mountain IN heart…
What incredible show each winter, these mountain snow visible from the coast where it browns in the sun! Here are the Alps maritime grown and out of their encounter with the beautiful blue ... and it is indeed a "gift from heaven" a place offering both visitors to the French Riviera and the mythical ' one of the most beautiful major national pares de France.
All lovers of the French Riviera living intensely this twinning, sharing their time between their hearts and their passion for the sea and their love for "their" mountain, a real natural. These heights draw, irresistibly ... It is, with family or alone, to conquer the summits (including some beautiful "3000"!) Along the 4000 km of hiking trails of the region, from the Mediterranean garrigues Fleurant thyme and broom to alpine meadows and snowfields! Baous the white lords of the coast, and Homelent climbing rope, while the clues are everywhere happy crazy rafting, canyoning and other delights in water. Nice, following the natural corridor of the Var to discover the high country and its charms sometimes oddly-hel vétiques, as in Vésubie. The Cians he has cut his tumultuous road between two steep walls of a red ... impressive and dizzying. Fiercely protected natural wealth, here finally, this magnificent Mercantour National Park, attracting hikers and naturalists, taking to meet the marmot, chamois bar, the bearded vulture and ... more difficult to spot, the famous wolf!
You can admire the pure water of mountain lakes, there gentian, saxifrage and edelweiss, and winter shoes snowshoes, we learn to "read" the snow on the fresh tracks of wildlife. With such a playground and discovery, every moment is lived intensely: on horseback riding tours, mountain biking, caving discovers, or vertically through the many "via ferrata" of the region. Finally, for those who like to live the nose in the air, one can observe the stars in the sky the most pure.

The kitchen of the sun
In markets, the family table or tables on the most prestigious cooking south is irresistible.