I knew a french couple that lived in Villefranche-sur-Mer, their apartment was down by the marina and overlooked the bay. The first time I went there, some 28 years ago, I noticed they didn't have a tele, when I asked why, my friend just pointed across the open door to the terrace and that fantastic and breathtaking view and said, with this who needs one. We spend many memorable evenings on that terrace, eating and drinking and watching the sunset, sadly they have now passed away.
Thanks for sharing, It would be grand to have a video to share of that moment today. Your friends I would guess to be more aware and enlightened than most, and your sharing of their memory reminds me of about that time long ago when I returned to Puerto Vallarta Mexico after being away for about 8 months, and my first evening out, I noticed the the streets oddly quiet and very few local families out having fun and enjoying a dinner together but at home glued to TV screens and family arguments in homes and a couple of fights on the streets. As I passed by the Malicon, people were shouting for help from the water's edge of the beach. I hurried to the where the surf was breaking and a mother was crying for help as her son, who was jilted at a wedding had tried to drown himself in the rough surf, and managed to retrieve the young man and do some rescue breathing on shore. Exhausted and soaked I continued on to home of an Italian couple who had a moved to Mexico I was going to visit, and asked that people seemed very different, less friendly and more troubled. My friends said: "Oh yea, about the time you left we got cable TV, where before we only had two channels, and almost immediately the culture changed. One of my friends was a clinical psychologist and said that how TV changed the community would have made for a good psychological study.
Thank you. Great video of a great place. Just lifted me out of gloomy old U.K. (albeit spring is just about in the air)! I could feel that lovely sun on my skin, taste the Salad Nicoise, smell the salty air, hear that percussive southern French accent around me. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Tourist office should pay you!!
One of your best videos! Thank you so much for that Villefranche essence - giving us, in one video, so much of what other visitors/bloggers/estate agents fail to include: a Villefranche all-in-one, from your local perspective.
Thank you for this. I remember walking from Nice to Villefranche one night & then hooking my belt around one of the boat tugs attached to the wall with the other part around my neck at about 4/5am. I thought at the time, what a wonderful place to end my life. As it turns out, my belt was cheap & snapped just before what could have happened. I fell on my arse. But I ended up laughing at the madness of the situation & a few hours later I was having breakfast in Monaco. Smoked Salmon & scrambled eggs with a bottle of Champagne. It made me re-think life massively. I'll never forget that beach. 12 years later...
What a lovely surprise and amazing way to end the day. Seeing that sun, sea, and scenery just makes me long to move from the UK. Thanks for what must be the best insight tour I have seen.
Wonderful scenic tour with tips for Villefranche. I want to go asap. I didn’t realise you’d been living there for 20years. I can easily see why. More videos like this please!!!
Nice presentation! I would add: 1. Go to an open air movie in the evening at the Citadelle 2. Wear walking shoes if you take the trail to the Fort of Mont Alban (you can exercise along the way, there is a parkour for the sporty ones) 3. In the afternoon you can find shadow from the protecting wall on the pebble beach at the Darse but when it gets all in the shadow you can move to the sandy beach across the bay.
First idea - the Villefranche tourist office can put this video directly on their internet site! Nice shots and another lovely editing 👍 You're a natural storyteller!
Omg thank you! We are travelling from Australia and will spend ten days in Villefranche in April so this is very timely. It looks sunny and warm already! Can’t wait to stay at the Welcome ❤️ Love your videos, maybe we will see you there 😉
@@MeandMonAmisuperb video, we’ve been visiting since around 2000/2001 and I agree with all your suggestions, for a small town there is so much to do in this beautiful place. We love villa ephrussi and often go there in the morning and walk down to Beaulieu in the afternoon to go to villa kerylos. The best exhibition we ever saw in the citadel was on all the movies that were filmed there - dirty rotten scoundrels has always been one of my favourite films. Still feel like there is so much more to see in Villefranche, no matter how many times we visit ❤
WOW! Tim you have out done yourself this time....beautiful, informative video! I must say, you are making it very tempting to do Villefranche, but in off season, naturellement! I could soooo live there. In my heart I have always been quite French, as I must be channeling all my French ancestors! The food, the wine the beaches, the philosophy of life...and I Iive for picnics in the summer...right up my ? (what is it you always say?...I can never hear it well with your Yorkshire accent, lol)...Those villa's...wow...speaking of Yorkshire accents, I thought you were saying...' belly pot' villa's, referring to the fact that they sort of look look like the front of a pot belly stove, but I soon realized you were saying 'belle epoch!'...ha ha ha...Anywho, I adored the idea of secret swimming. Oh oh oh...again, right up my ?...I have always loved the idea of private swimming in some far off secluded spot where the only thing that you might scare is the fish ...hee hee....if you get my drift...
Brilliant video. Love you guys work. I think we need a 1on1 review of shopping in France supermarkets etc. How it works and what the differences are with England/Australia.
Gosh, what a great overview of Villefranche. You make me add so many new spots to my "want to go" map. I was in Villefranche years ago, but I didn't know much about it. I hope to go back someday.
Awesome info. We visited a few years ago and never knew there was so much to see. We were dropped off near the town hall and wandered down to the main beach area and thought that was about it. Will certainly be back for another visit. It's a truly beautiful spot.
Thanks Tim that was fantastic , lots to d9 and see it’s fabulous. Long time since I visited the Villa Ephrissi it was magical and the gardens. It’s a fantastic coastline you are blessed to live there. Thanks again liked the midweek appearance. Xx💕💕💕
Thank you so much for this, and all your videos! We arrived in Villefranche this evening, for a mini break to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, and last night I was panicking about how we’d get around while we’re here….but I stumbled on your video, and got so excited about visiting I stopped worrying 🤗. I can’t wait to go exploring in the morning!
Excellent! Don’t do it all at once in the heat!; And if you want to get a table for lunch at the Baleine in the harbour I’d advise getting there at 11.45 at the latest
Awesome Tim! I did so miss your walk and talk tours and indeed truly, "The best videos on the French Riviera", and then some. You have me sold mate, and I either have to figure a way to get there or stop watching these videos. Oh yea, one thing we can all do wither we make it to Villefranche or not, is buy Tim a coffee!
@@MeandMonAmi Indeed, and why we should enjoy the beauty and the ride... Odd, but last night I had a rather vivid dream that I had rented a large flat on the Côte d'Azur, The neighbors were an odd, misfit lot from New York, Liverpool and Germany who were all escaping something. Can't recall the last time I've had such a vivid dream, so perhaps your walk n' talk tour conveyed that well. Cheers!
You really do have the best videos of the French/Italian Riviera. I am looking at houses at the moment in France and Italy, and you have footage of some of the villages that I cannot find much of online. Next time you're in Italy can you do Pontedassio and Pieve di Teco? Thanks for great vids!
Fantastic Tim. We can't wait to return and as we never thought about a full day in Villefranche-sur-Mer we now know better. With 7 nights between Eze and Nice I am eager really explore in your path. Thank you once again.
I was already missing the famous midweek videos, excellent surprise. Villefranche is a fantastic place; the summer atmosphere, the light, the sun, all the glamour, and the array of things one can enjoy there are impressive. If this video isn't the best, it's one of the best. The quality is superb on all levels, just as we've come to expect, thanks a lot Tim.
Loved your Vlog with your mum. I went with my son last year and vlogged my trip. We used Uber a lot which was really reasonable. Monaco is so expensive 😳 I’m back in Nice again in 4 weeks and can’t wait as it’s stunning x Thanks for sharing 👏
Thanks for taking me on a tour of Villefranche, there really is a lot to see and do. Unfortunately, I'm not likely to ever get there, but thanks to you I was still able to admire it!
# 21. A Morning Cafe at Chez Betty @ La Regence. Had a couple this morning wearing a Me and Mon Ami T-shirt representing American Subscribers. Checked out of the Welcome this morning ,after covering about 17 of your 20 must do’s. Keeping an eye out for you & Mr Boo at the Parade tonight in Nice! Thanks for all of your entertaining Vlogs. Very much appreciated!!
Hope to bump into you 2 and Twiggy next time around. Thierry mentioned that you might still be shaking in your boots from your time up on the scaffold.
While a really like your mountain trips , this video of your home town makes me even more determined to go to ville franche ,it looks fantastic. Assume this was taken in summer? You are a great story teller. I bet you wouldn’t live anywhere else .
Hi Tim from Spain. Thank you for the tour de Villefranche. I don't suppose I'll ever manage to get there. At just on 83, I think I'm likely to spend the rest of my days here with just the fortnightly shopping trip to Alcalá la Real as my sole excursion, at least I get a breakfast of Churros.
Wonderful, informative video of Villefranche. You must attend and video one of the antiques market or bootsales. Are there any sailing boat Regatas or Classic Vehicle Shows?
Mister Me and Mister Boo! Well Tim looking at the blue skies & beautiful sunshine & terrific surroundings what is not to like mate!😊 i could just see myself sat at one ig those tables with knotted hanky protecting my bonce eating one of them butties taking in the day! 😂😂😂😂❤ you should get a commission from the France 🇫🇷 tourism board for this 😊😊😊🎉
Great video Tim - very informative. We spent a day in Villefranche when we were in Nice last October and loved it. It’s really peaceful in the old town. My partner is now addicted to pain bagnat lol.
Thank you for the wonderful video. We'll be staying at Villefranche this August. Looking forward to getting most of the 20 done. Thank you for the great tips as well.
We stayed in Nice just off the Jean Mèdicin and decided to walk to Nellcote via The Villa Beau because of The Cure video shoot, that you mentioned in one of your walk videos,(she's a big fan) had a Pan Bagnat in La Voile Bleue before continuing to Nellcote up the steps, locked up of course but there was a gardener at work behind the gate 😂
Love this video Tim. Simply my most favourite place in the world. You can't get a better place to have lunch than on the seafront of Villefranche ,will never forget it. Yep i agree that your videos are the best on the French Riviera. Nice one 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Excellent video - like all the others! How wonderful you’ve been able to live there for 20 years! My family and I visited a year ago June and we’ll be back again this June and we will see how many of the items to mentioned we can tick off the list!
This is the best video about Villefranche. Dude, you were awesome! The Russian fleet used to stand there. Russian emperors loved to relax here. And many russian people live there now. And there are two russian grocery stores. Hello from Russia! I adore French Rivera and I love the French. To hell with politics.
Another wonderful tour! It is your fault that I'm not studying my French in preparation for my month's visit this coming May to study at the Institut. Can hardly wait. Wouldn't it be lovely if our paths would cross, I can hope I'd be so lucky. I'd recognize you, Boo, and Twiggy in an instant. Again, thanks so much for your most enjoyable and educational tours around the area. Merci mille fois.
@@MeandMonAmi it’s made me book a flight for next week looking forward just need a place to stay now Villefranche not much on offer would you advise on Nice ?
Keep doing the walk and talk tours please please please ! They are wonderful and I much prefer them to the Ami related ones. In fact I still go back and look at the walks you did from the Negresco hotel to the tip of Cap Ferrat! Just Great!
When we visit Villefranche we eat in the back streets (La Serre is our favourite) then splurge on some drinks at the Wine Pier at the Welcome Hotel for afters 😉
Next time you and Mr Boo are here in Chiang Mai you must play petanque! Outside one of the temples near here there is a meeting on some evenings where the locals play what the call, you guessed it, bpeetang.
Wonderful video. You have convinced me to visit Villefrance and your other video shows about James Bond film on the old harbour. Keep it up. Hopefully, I will visit this year. Where are you from??? Best wishes from Leicester, England.
Wonderful video and presenting skills! I’m popping over in December, could you tell me if any restaurants may be open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day etc?
Other lists are top 5 or 10 and only does the obvious ones of which like 1 may be of interest to me. Here I got like at least 5 and eating at a petang made it to the top 😀
Well done. I know that going dark hasn't been in your playbook, but since you are doing these local native items, I would love to see a well researched and well delivered piece on the slave trade of King Leopold in the area. I had an office once in the Darse and on the floor were large loops of metal - I was told that all the buildings to the west of the Darse (doing marine studies) have these on all the floors, as this is were boatloads of people from Leopold's horror shows were brought. Now the big cannons are gone but the names of the streets reference Leopold. It would be excellent if you could find people to speak to this history before it is gone.
Greetings from Yorkshire. We were in Villefranche last summer loved it, but wish youd done your video before we visted. Love your videos. Keep them coming. Ps where did you come from in the UK?
Hi - Excellent video thanks. I am travelling in July and wondered if you can recommend a reliable taxi company to collect me and family from the airport please?
Hi Tim thank you for this fab vid we are due to visit in late April 😊 Please if possible could you advise if the shops sell gluten free or restaurants you might recommend that have gluten free options as one of our party is a celiac Many thanks in advance Rachel
The bigger supermarkets nearby like super u and carrefour carry gluten free and there’s a very good gluten free pizza resto in nice port called Gigi Pizza which also does takeaway
You forget to mention the villa where the grandmother of Cary Grant in "An affair to remember" was supposed to live. Possibly many more locations, but this was a movie I didn't forget.
@@MeandMonAmi Better watch the movie to better locate the places. Here are my notes: "Cary Grant visits his grandmother Janou's (played by Cathleen Nesbitt) house An approximate location of their stance point, taken from a pathway below Bd Napolean III Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr arrive in Villefranche at the Promenade des Marinieres today with the Welcome Hotel Avenue Sardi Carnot, Villefranche Footage of Av de la Pinede in La Turbie makes a surprise appearance in Villefranche scenes Av de la Pinede, La Turbie today Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr at Janou's home in Villefranche Does this house exist today?"
If the authorities have seized Nellcote could it not be opened up to the public for tours? It would be very popular I’m sure. I would make a special trip just to see inside 😁
Sadly I fear the seizing isnt quite what it seems. According to a piece I read the other week it just means the owner cannot sell it but can still use it!
A lovely video sir. Without wishing to make it sound as though I am wishing my life away, I cannot wait to spend the month of June there. And your video has just made that wait a little more challenging...!
I knew a french couple that lived in Villefranche-sur-Mer, their apartment was down by the marina and overlooked the bay. The first time I went there, some 28 years ago, I noticed they didn't have a tele, when I asked why, my friend just pointed across the open door to the terrace and that fantastic and breathtaking view and said, with this who needs one. We spend many memorable evenings on that terrace, eating and drinking and watching the sunset, sadly they have now passed away.
Thanks for sharing, It would be grand to have a video to share of that moment today. Your friends I would guess to be more aware and enlightened than most, and your sharing of their memory reminds me of about that time long ago when I returned to Puerto Vallarta Mexico after being away for about 8 months, and my first evening out, I noticed the the streets oddly quiet and very few local families out having fun and enjoying a dinner together but at home glued to TV screens and family arguments in homes and a couple of fights on the streets.
As I passed by the Malicon, people were shouting for help from the water's edge of the beach. I hurried to the where the surf was breaking and a mother was crying for help as her son, who was jilted at a wedding had tried to drown himself in the rough surf, and managed to retrieve the young man and do some rescue breathing on shore. Exhausted and soaked I continued on to home of an Italian couple who had a moved to Mexico I was going to visit, and asked that people seemed very different, less friendly and more troubled. My friends said: "Oh yea, about the time you left we got cable TV, where before we only had two channels, and almost immediately the culture changed. One of my friends was a clinical psychologist and said that how TV changed the community would have made for a good psychological study.
Thank you. Great video of a great place. Just lifted me out of gloomy old U.K. (albeit spring is just about in the air)! I could feel that lovely sun on my skin, taste the Salad Nicoise, smell the salty air, hear that percussive southern French accent around me. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Tourist office should pay you!!
Thanks Bev. (They don’t they pay someone else instead!;)
One of your best videos! Thank you so much for that Villefranche essence - giving us, in one video, so much of what other visitors/bloggers/estate agents fail to include: a Villefranche all-in-one, from your local perspective.
Thanks so much
Thank you for this. I remember walking from Nice to Villefranche one night & then hooking my belt around one of the boat tugs attached to the wall with the other part around my neck at about 4/5am. I thought at the time, what a wonderful place to end my life. As it turns out, my belt was cheap & snapped just before what could have happened. I fell on my arse. But I ended up laughing at the madness of the situation & a few hours later I was having breakfast in Monaco. Smoked Salmon & scrambled eggs with a bottle of Champagne. It made me re-think life massively. I'll never forget that beach. 12 years later...
You two should be given a French medal for your promotional work. None better!
Merci beaucoup
Best Videos for Certain!!! - You both put 110 percent into these and I know for sure there is a Huge market for this content Excellent Narration Tim 👌
Thanks Don
What a lovely surprise and amazing way to end the day. Seeing that sun, sea, and scenery just makes me long to move from the UK. Thanks for what must be the best insight tour I have seen.
Thanks Mark. I loved Britain but not the climate
Me too. Age and arthritis make me long to move. @@MeandMonAmi
Very informative. You should get a job with the tourist board.
I’d settle for inclusion on the mailing list!;
Wonderful scenic tour with tips for Villefranche. I want to go asap. I didn’t realise you’d been living there for 20years. I can easily see why.
More videos like this please!!!
What a great video and what a salesman you are Tim! This really brightened up a very rainy Thursday in Sheffield!
Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice presentation! I would add: 1. Go to an open air movie in the evening at the Citadelle 2. Wear walking shoes if you take the trail to the Fort of Mont Alban (you can exercise along the way, there is a parkour for the sporty ones) 3. In the afternoon you can find shadow from the protecting wall on the pebble beach at the Darse but when it gets all in the shadow you can move to the sandy beach across the bay.
We look forward to you making the sequel 😉
Indeed, though the cinema is only on for a few weeks of the year. Good idea about exercising on the way to the fort though!
First idea - the Villefranche tourist office can put this video directly on their internet site!
Nice shots and another lovely editing 👍
You're a natural storyteller!
Thanks Uwe
I agree… This was your best account to date, showing your knowledge and sharing your experience of this wonderful place! Thank you, most enjoyable!!!👍
Omg thank you! We are travelling from Australia and will spend ten days in Villefranche in April so this is very timely. It looks sunny and warm already! Can’t wait to stay at the Welcome ❤️ Love your videos, maybe we will see you there 😉
Thanks so much!
Oooh,a midweek treat,thank you 😊...x
Wonderful video. Thank you for showing us around beautiful Villefranche.
Thanks for watching
Wow, a mid week extra video 😍 what a treat ❤
A bonus!
@@MeandMonAmisuperb video, we’ve been visiting since around 2000/2001 and I agree with all your suggestions, for a small town there is so much to do in this beautiful place. We love villa ephrussi and often go there in the morning and walk down to Beaulieu in the afternoon to go to villa kerylos. The best exhibition we ever saw in the citadel was on all the movies that were filmed there - dirty rotten scoundrels has always been one of my favourite films. Still feel like there is so much more to see in Villefranche, no matter how many times we visit ❤
it gets to be a drag waiting a whole week for a further episode.. should be on at leat 3 times a week ;-)
@@TheDarkLandsMusicI’ll tell the person making the videos to up the pace;
do that.. @@MeandMonAmi
WOW! Tim you have out done yourself this time....beautiful, informative video! I must say, you are making it very tempting to do Villefranche, but in off season, naturellement! I could soooo live there. In my heart I have always been quite French, as I must be channeling all my French ancestors! The food, the wine the beaches, the philosophy of life...and I Iive for picnics in the summer...right up my ? (what is it you always say?...I can never hear it well with your Yorkshire accent, lol)...Those villa's...wow...speaking of Yorkshire accents, I thought you were saying...' belly pot' villa's, referring to the fact that they sort of look look like the front of a pot belly stove, but I soon realized you were saying 'belle epoch!'...ha ha ha...Anywho, I adored the idea of secret swimming. Oh oh oh...again, right up my ?...I have always loved the idea of private swimming in some far off secluded spot where the only thing that you might scare is the fish ...hee hee....if you get my drift...
Fantastic. Enjoyed 20 minutes in rainy England watching my favourite place in France.
Glad you enjoyed it
When do they put the jellyfish nets in. Cus I had a sting from one there.
Ooh that’s really made me want to visit Villefranche 😁
An excellent tour Tim and really, who better to show us around. Thank you 🙏
Thanks Nick. Much appreciated
Brilliant video. Love you guys work. I think we need a 1on1 review of shopping in France supermarkets etc. How it works and what the differences are with England/Australia.
Noted!
Very enjoyable video, informative and professionally presented.
Thanks very much
Gosh, what a great overview of Villefranche. You make me add so many new spots to my "want to go" map. I was in Villefranche years ago, but I didn't know much about it. I hope to go back someday.
So nice to hear
Wow, fabulous..thoroughly enjoyed the tour ❤
A Very Special piece of Information which was Good to know and I Really Enjoyed. Thank you.🧸🧸🚙
You neglected the best tour guide. Thank you again!
My pleasure!
Awesome info. We visited a few years ago and never knew there was so much to see. We were dropped off near the town hall and wandered down to the main beach area and thought that was about it. Will certainly be back for another visit. It's a truly beautiful spot.
Excellent. Hope you enjoy!
By far one of your best !! And a keeper! I need to save this and also share it. Merci!!!
Please do!
Great to see another original piece from you
Many thanks!
@@MeandMonAmi all the best from Tenerife, if I happen to see you next week in your favourite bar, I’ll be sure to buy a drink!
So blessed. Just moved to Villefranche 2 weeks ago. Excited to explore my new hometown 😁.
Welcome Terry!
Looks wonderful, I’d love to holiday there. We missed Mr Boo, of course! Great video, many thanks Tim.
We could spot him onboard his trusty paddle board, albeit in a different type of maillot jaune than he is used to! 🩳
He’s a busy guy!
Thanks Tim that was fantastic , lots to d9 and see it’s fabulous. Long time since I visited the Villa Ephrissi it was magical and the gardens. It’s a fantastic coastline you are blessed to live there. Thanks again liked the midweek appearance. Xx💕💕💕
It’s an amazing coastline really.
Fabulous work...thank you xx
thank you for the guided tour Sir Tim!!
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for this, and all your videos! We arrived in Villefranche this evening, for a mini break to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, and
last night I was panicking about how we’d get around while we’re here….but I stumbled on your video, and got so excited about visiting I stopped worrying 🤗. I can’t wait to go exploring in the morning!
Excellent! Don’t do it all at once in the heat!; And if you want to get a table for lunch at the Baleine in the harbour I’d advise getting there at 11.45 at the latest
Awesome Tim! I did so miss your walk and talk tours and indeed truly, "The best videos on the French Riviera", and then some. You have me sold mate, and I either have to figure a way to get there or stop watching these videos. Oh yea, one thing we can all do wither we make it to Villefranche or not, is buy Tim a coffee!
Thanks Jack. It’s a very beautiful place and never grows old (unlike me!)
@@MeandMonAmi Indeed, and why we should enjoy the beauty and the ride...
Odd, but last night I had a rather vivid dream that I had rented a large flat on the Côte d'Azur, The neighbors were an odd, misfit lot from New York, Liverpool and Germany who were all escaping something. Can't recall the last time I've had such a vivid dream, so perhaps your walk n' talk tour conveyed that well.
Cheers!
You really do have the best videos of the French/Italian Riviera. I am looking at houses at the moment in France and Italy, and you have footage of some of the villages that I cannot find much of online. Next time you're in Italy can you do Pontedassio and Pieve di Teco? Thanks for great vids!
Thanks we’ll do our best to!
Absolutely sensational vedio!
How I just adore you both! ❤
Thanks very much
Fantastic Tim. We can't wait to return and as we never thought about a full day in Villefranche-sur-Mer we now know better. With 7 nights between Eze and Nice I am eager really explore in your path. Thank you once again.
There’s plenty to do!
I was already missing the famous midweek videos, excellent surprise.
Villefranche is a fantastic place; the summer atmosphere, the light, the sun, all the glamour, and the array of things one can enjoy there are impressive.
If this video isn't the best, it's one of the best. The quality is superb on all levels, just as we've come to expect, thanks a lot Tim.
Thanks so much.
Very enjoyable video.
Thanks
Looks wonderful thank you
Thanks Andrew
Wow...my favorite destinaton when i come to Villefranche...i was there last january....Always fascinating
this is wonderful, thank you so much!
Thanks
The best! Thank you 💕
Thanks very much
Thank you very much for this video and information, excellent video ❤
Loved your Vlog with your mum. I went with my son last year and vlogged my trip. We used Uber a lot which was really reasonable. Monaco is so expensive 😳
I’m back in Nice again in 4 weeks and can’t wait as it’s stunning x
Thanks for sharing 👏
Thanks Tim,you have the energy to suprise always😂 even in the midle of the week
Not sure about the energy!;
FAB!
Brilliant video !! Come in No7 ! As a survivor of Rotherham and the pedalos of England in 70/80’s, brought back memories.
Batley Park boating lake
Thanks for taking me on a tour of Villefranche, there really is a lot to see and do. Unfortunately, I'm not likely to ever get there, but thanks to you I was still able to admire it!
Thanks Henk.
# 21. A Morning Cafe at Chez Betty @ La Regence. Had a couple this morning wearing a Me and Mon Ami T-shirt representing American Subscribers. Checked out of the Welcome this morning ,after covering about 17 of your 20 must do’s. Keeping an eye out for you & Mr Boo at the Parade tonight in Nice! Thanks for all of your entertaining Vlogs. Very much appreciated!!
Sorry we missed you. We’ve had a hectic week!
Hope to bump into you 2 and Twiggy next time around. Thierry mentioned that you might still be shaking in your boots from your time up on the scaffold.
While a really like your mountain trips , this video of your home town makes me even more determined to go to ville franche ,it looks fantastic. Assume this was taken in summer? You are a great story teller. I bet you wouldn’t live anywhere else .
It was shot in February 2024! (Some b roll from other times) but all pieces to camera and most of the b roll in last ten days
Hi Tim from Spain. Thank you for the tour de Villefranche. I don't suppose I'll ever manage to get there. At just on 83, I think I'm likely to spend the rest of my days here with just the fortnightly shopping trip to Alcalá la Real as my sole excursion, at least I get a breakfast of Churros.
That sounds very nice to me!
Wonderful, informative video of Villefranche. You must attend and video one of the antiques market or bootsales. Are there any sailing boat Regatas or Classic Vehicle Shows?
I think we just did one!
❤ thank you
What a great video Tim 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
You really do have the best videos on the south of France. Can't wait for you to get your licence so we can all pay you to give us guided tours :)
Mini bus on order!;
What a lovely video, thank you for posting!!
Agreed - you got the best videos of the FR! 🙂👍👏
Thanks very much!
Mister Me and Mister Boo! Well Tim looking at the blue skies & beautiful sunshine & terrific surroundings what is not to like mate!😊 i could just see myself sat at one ig those tables with knotted hanky protecting my bonce eating one of them butties taking in the day! 😂😂😂😂❤ you should get a commission from the France 🇫🇷 tourism board for this 😊😊😊🎉
Flat Cap is what you need!;
@@MeandMonAmi yeah Tim I certainly could do wi one 😀
Fantastic video!
Thanks
Coming to villefranche, for a week end of August.. great info for our stay.. really looking forward to seeking out your recommendations.
Hope you enjoy it!
Great video Tim - very informative. We spent a day in Villefranche when we were in Nice last October and loved it. It’s really peaceful in the old town. My partner is now addicted to pain bagnat lol.
They are great when great.. a bad one is unforgiveable!;
Thank you for the wonderful video. We'll be staying at Villefranche this August. Looking forward to getting most of the 20 done. Thank you for the great tips as well.
Have a lovely time!
We stayed in Nice just off the Jean Mèdicin and decided to walk to Nellcote via The Villa Beau because of The Cure video shoot, that you mentioned in one of your walk videos,(she's a big fan) had a Pan Bagnat in La Voile Bleue before continuing to Nellcote up the steps, locked up of course but there was a gardener at work behind the gate 😂
I’m in..! ✈️
Love this video Tim.
Simply my most favourite place in the world.
You can't get a better place to have lunch than on the seafront of Villefranche ,will never forget it.
Yep i agree that your videos are the best on the French Riviera.
Nice one 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thanks Brian. It’s a top spot!
This was fantastic. Thank you!
Thanks Heather
Excellent video - like all the others! How wonderful you’ve been able to live there for 20 years! My family and I visited a year ago June and we’ll be back again this June and we will see how many of the items to mentioned we can tick off the list!
Glad you enjoyed it! Have a lovely time
Loved your video. I will be visiting Villefranche in early May. Merci.
Thanks Janet.
This was great Tim, next time I make it to Europe, I'll come visit you in Villefranche. Love the sea and sun. ❤
Thanks very much come see us!
useful video
Nearly jumped in my car and drove south ... x
Haha Lovely vid this one! 🥳 xo 💕
Thank you!! 😊
This is the best video about Villefranche. Dude, you were awesome! The Russian fleet used to stand there. Russian emperors loved to relax here. And many russian people live there now. And there are two russian grocery stores. Hello from Russia! I adore French Rivera and I love the French. To hell with politics.
Thanks very much!
Another wonderful tour! It is your fault that I'm not studying my French in preparation for my month's visit this coming May to study at the Institut. Can hardly wait. Wouldn't it be lovely if our paths would cross, I can hope I'd be so lucky. I'd recognize you, Boo, and Twiggy in an instant. Again, thanks so much for your most enjoyable and educational tours around the area. Merci mille fois.
Total immersion at the institute. I’m sure our paths will cross it’s a small place! Bonne chance
Ok i am Sold, this is on my bucket list.
Great video
Thanks Gary
@@MeandMonAmi it’s made me book a flight for next week looking forward just need a place to stay now Villefranche not much on offer would you advise on Nice ?
Wow fab video of your home town and the weather looks ……..we’re down in Spain in our motorhome but would love to come and visit your area sometime Xx
We need a swapsie!
Keep doing the walk and talk tours please please please ! They are wonderful and I much prefer them to the Ami related ones. In fact I still go back and look at the walks you did from the Negresco hotel to the tip of Cap Ferrat! Just Great!
More to come!
Used to love your walking tour's pre Elton really enjoyed your tour of the town.
I have a few more planned..
When we visit Villefranche we eat in the back streets (La Serre is our favourite) then splurge on some drinks at the Wine Pier at the Welcome Hotel for afters 😉
Indeed a very wise combo!
Next time you and Mr Boo are here in Chiang Mai you must play petanque! Outside one of the temples near here there is a meeting on some evenings where the locals play what the call, you guessed it, bpeetang.
How brilliant!
Thanks for the great video! Do you know the name of some companies that do those boat tours from Villefranche?
Thanks. Dark pelican hire boats Biyi don’t know name of tour boat but there is only one..
Wonderful video.
You have convinced me to visit Villefrance and your other video shows about James Bond film on the old harbour.
Keep it up.
Hopefully, I will visit this year.
Where are you from???
Best wishes from Leicester, England.
Thanks very much. West Yorkshire!
What is the name of the place on the beach with the big sandwich you recommended?
La priaia or voile bleu
Wonderful video and presenting skills! I’m popping over in December, could you tell me if any restaurants may be open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day etc?
Thanks. Many places are open. Certainly Xmas day
Other lists are top 5 or 10 and only does the obvious ones of which like 1 may be of interest to me. Here I got like at least 5 and eating at a petang made it to the top 😀
Thanks Lars. There are two or three in Villefranche. A couple right by the citadel
Great video, it's been a few years. planning to return in 2025, so many memories.
Hope you enjoy!
Well done. I know that going dark hasn't been in your playbook, but since you are doing these local native items, I would love to see a well researched and well delivered piece on the slave trade of King Leopold in the area. I had an office once in the Darse and on the floor were large loops of metal - I was told that all the buildings to the west of the Darse (doing marine studies) have these on all the floors, as this is were boatloads of people from Leopold's horror shows were brought. Now the big cannons are gone but the names of the streets reference Leopold. It would be excellent if you could find people to speak to this history before it is gone.
Yes I keep meaning to get round to doing it. I’ve heard tell of the hooks! I have done videos involving Léopold in my 10 walks series
@@MeandMonAmi Cool, and I will check out the 10 walks. Thanks !
Tim, how would you compare living in Villefranche to Beaulieu in general terms?
Very different I’d say, not least underfoot..
Greetings from Yorkshire. We were in Villefranche last summer loved it, but wish youd done your video before we visted. Love your videos. Keep them coming. Ps where did you come from in the UK?
Dewsbury !
@MeandMonAmi I'm in Ossett. Hardly the Cote D'Azur! We'll be back in Villefranche and Juan Les Pins soon hopefully.
People who live there are so lucky!
Indeed
Hi - Excellent video thanks. I am travelling in July and wondered if you can recommend a reliable taxi company to collect me and family from the airport please?
To be honest we just use Uber as the cars are nice and its much cheaper
I'm charged after seeing your videos 😊😊😊
Thanks Cheryl!
Hi Tim thank you for this fab vid we are due to visit in late April 😊
Please if possible could you advise if the shops sell gluten free or
restaurants you might recommend that have gluten free options as one of our party is a celiac
Many thanks in advance Rachel
The bigger supermarkets nearby like super u and carrefour carry gluten free and there’s a very good gluten free pizza resto in nice port called Gigi Pizza which also does takeaway
@@MeandMonAmi brill thank you
You forget to mention the villa where the grandmother of Cary Grant in "An affair to remember" was supposed to live. Possibly many more locations, but this was a movie I didn't forget.
I shall look it up its a new one on me!
@@MeandMonAmi Better watch the movie to better locate the places. Here are my notes:
"Cary Grant visits his grandmother
Janou's (played by Cathleen Nesbitt) house
An approximate location of their
stance point, taken from a pathway below Bd Napolean III
Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr arrive in Villefranche
at the Promenade des Marinieres
today with the Welcome Hotel
Avenue Sardi Carnot, Villefranche
Footage of Av de la Pinede in La Turbie
makes a surprise appearance in Villefranche scenes
Av de la Pinede, La Turbie today
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
at Janou's home in Villefranche
Does this house exist today?"
If the authorities have seized Nellcote could it not be opened up to the public for tours? It would be very popular I’m sure. I would make a special trip just to see inside 😁
Sadly I fear the seizing isnt quite what it seems. According to a piece I read the other week it just means the owner cannot sell it but can still use it!
It would be nice if you came to the Var
We’d love to
A lovely video sir. Without wishing to make it sound as though I am wishing my life away, I cannot wait to spend the month of June there. And your video has just made that wait a little more challenging...!
Soon!
You’re info was great but could you please turn the camera around permanently so that we can see everything?
Nope that’s not how our channel works.