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VERA PI The Riviera Guide

The list

The views

Gardens, lighthouses and church squares with the coast at their feet.

Nice

MonasteryMonastère franciscain de CimiezThe Franciscan monastery, its Bréa altarpieces and its rose garden over the city

Cannes

MuseumMusée des explorations du mondeThe world's art and objects in the monks' castle at the top of the Suquet
Place of worshipÉglise Notre-Dame-d'EspéranceThe church of the Suquet, built 1521–1627 above the bay

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Listed buildingPhare du Cap FerratThe lighthouse at the southern tip, rebuilt 1949–52 after 1944

Èze

SightJardin exotique d'ÈzeCactus and succulents in the castle ruins at the top of the village

Saint-Tropez

FortCitadelle de Saint-TropezA «pre-Vauban» citadel of the early 17th century, home of the maritime museum

Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Listed buildingRamparts of Saint-Paul-de-VenceFrançois I's bastioned enceinte of 1543–47, one of the first in France, intact

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

CastleChâteau des GrimaldiA keep of the late tenth century over the village, held by the Grimaldi for centuries

Saint-Raphaël

Sainte-Maxime

MuseumLa Tour CarréeThe monks' sixteenth-century tower opposite the church, now the town museum

Grimaud

RuinsChâteau de GrimaudThe ruined castle of the lordship of Le Freinet, on its rock above the gulf

Sources

The places' own pages (their sources)