Your Côte d'Azur Itinerary - Trip Idea to copy - 7 to 9 days - Southern France

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If, like me, you love France and you’ve been needing to visit places a little off the beaten path, here’s a great itinerary you can just copy and paste. We did it in 9 days, to allow a lot of leisure time and low pressure, but you can do it in less time for sure. I’ll be uploading full peaceful walking tours of the two Medieval villages, so follow and stay tuned. Here’s the breakdown:
- Day 1 : Fly into Nice, France
Start at the The Ferris Wheel which is in Place Giuseppe Garibaldi, and is just on the outskirts of Old Nice. Artists often sell their original paintings in the center there.
Walk to Rue Centrale where you can buy spices and teas, and explore the tiny streets of Old Nice.
Depending on the day of the week and time of day, you can catch a market in Cours Saleya. They have tons of markets and the product just depends on the day of the week. The most famous may be the Monday Marché des Puces with all the antiques.
The area is lined with restaurants with tons of outdoor seating so you can enjoy a french meal and people watch.
If you want to visit the part of town that is more antiques heavy, head around the park to the Port, and you’ll find the famous Puces de Nice.
- Day 2 - 4 : Villefranche-sur-Mer
Day 2 is for taking the older part of Villefranche in. I can highly recommend visiting Aventurine for picking up some really special jewelry from European artists, and dinner at La Belle Etoile which is a stunning little restaurant on a beautiful little narrow path.
Day 3 is for scuba diving with Rand’eau Evasion, which is specifically for beginners! Bastian is amazing and it’s a great way to see if diving is for you. We booked it through Airbnb.
If scuba isn’t your thing, you can book snorkeling or just spend the day at the local beach!
Day 4 Check out Cap Ferrat. It’s the most expensive land in the world, and France won’t allow the rich to own the coastline, so there is a walking path that leads all around the cape.
- Day 5 - 7 : Eze
Eze is known to be more and more instagram famous, and one of the most beautiful villages in the South of France, but we went at the height of tourist season and it wasn’t too bad. We stayed in the village itself, and when you go for walks before 9am and after 7pm, it’s quite quiet and magical. I hate to give this secret away, but most of you will not have read this far!
The next day you can head to Menton for a day-trip and book a 4 hour boating cruise through Airbnb. We did one that was from 4 to 8pm, allowed us to swim at several points, and taught us all about the coastline including about Monaco and the Russian Oligarchs buying up the coast.
Side note: One of the days you can do a trip to a beach that was highly rated, called Plage Mala, but the hike is hefty to get there, and it’s super crowded because it’s not remotely secluded. And it’s all rocks, so you need to wear water shoes in the water. I didn’t love it, but other people do.
- Last Day : Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Another walled Medieval village on a hill, although very different from Eze. It’s bigger and much more commercial. Still charming, but you can see from the video that the main street is lined with shops and galleries. It’s still quite nice and has amazing places to stay and places to eat, it’s not as close to the coast as the other villages and feels a bit like Napa Valley in CA. For those who know. I did find the historic perfumery Godet charming as heck, and there is a lot of delicious truffle focus meats and cheeses, but the galleries felt a bit like tourist art. But I may be a little snobby coming from NY….
I hope you enjoyed the video and this was helpful. Let me know if you have any questions below or if you need any more info!
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