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41 Salle des Mariages the tourist track, such as the
" ⌂ Hôtel de Ville, place
tiny twin villages of Peille and
Menton Ardoino § 04 92 10 50 00 Peillon. Changed little since
# Hours vary, call ahead the Middle Ages and perched
! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes
£ @ n 8 avenue Boyer; Musée Jean Cocteau on out crops over the Paillon
www.tourisme-menton.fr Collection Séverin river, their streets contain a
mass of steps and arches.
Menton’s beaches, with the Wunderman Peille even still has its own
Alps and belle époque villas of "-= ⌂ 2 quai de Monléon dialect. The country side is also
the Old Town as a backdrop, # Hours vary, check website un spoiled, with craggy gorges,
would be enough to lure most ∑ museecocteaumenton.fr tumbling rivers and windswept
visitors. Tropical plants thrive plateaux. Of note are the
in the town’s glorious climate, Musée des Beaux-Arts ancient rock carv ings of the
mild even in February for the ⌂ Palais Carnolès, 3 av de la Vallée des Merv eilles and rare
lemon festival. Madone § 04 93 35 49 71 wildlife in the Parc National
The Basilica St-Michel is a # Hours vary, call ahead du Mercantour.
superb example of Baroque
architecture. The Salle des
Mariages in the Hôtel de Ville 42 43
was decorated in 1957 by Jean
Cocteau. Housed in a striking Alpes-Maritimes Marseille
building, the Musée Jean
Cocteau Collection Séverin ! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes ! G6 ⌂ Bouches-du-
k £ g Nice @ Peille n 15
Rhône k £ @ g
Wunderman contains art and rue Centrale, Peille; www. n 11 La Canebière; www.
stage designs by the famed peille.fr marseille-tourisme.com
artist. In the Palais Carnolès
the Musée des Beaux-Arts In the hinterland of the Côte A Greek settlement, founded
has works from the Middle d’Azur, it is still possible to find in the 7th century BC, then
Ages to the 20th century. quiet, unspoiled villages off called Massilia, Marseille
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