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Riviera Crossing 23

French road trips just don’t get more glamorous than this:
cinematic views, searing sunshine, art history aplenty and the
Med around every turn.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
4 DAYS
110KM / 68 MILES
110 km
Èze GREAT FOR...
End with a sundowner
in a dreamy hilltop village m K BHG
Menton
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62 km
# BEST TIME TO GO
La Grande Corniche Roquebrune-
Cruise the Côte d'Azur's # Cap- Martin Anytime, but avoid
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9
most famous road # Monaco
# July and August’s
5
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# heavy traffic.
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Nice
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# Delve into busy markets ESSENTIAL
3
and an atmospheric I PHOTO
old town
48 km Standing beneath
Augustus’
monumental Trophée
St-Paul de des Alpes, with
Vence
l L Juan-les-Pins Paint your own pictures Monaco and the Med
# Antibes
far below.
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in this hilltop artists'
# hideaway
# 1
28 km
Cannes BEST FOR
Cinematic heritage K GLAMOUR
and cinematic views
to match Strolling the Croisette
0 km in Cannes and fulfilling
those film-star fantasies.
Ment 255
Location Caption details to go hereon Seaside town of peaceful gardens and belle-époque mansions