Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes

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The Alpes-Maritimes offers a great choice of places of interest to discover, leisure activities, relaxation, culture and traditions. At the heart of the French Riviera, this département offers everything to charm visitors: an important architectural and cultural heritage, the sea for both water sports activities and relaxation, beaches of sand and pebbles, authentic and peaceful inland countryside, a multitude of mountains for sports activities, picturesque and idyllic villages, preserved Nice traditions and specialities, and an incredibly mild climate, especially in winter!

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Nice
Baroque
Cannes
The Lérins islands
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Monaco and Monte Carlo
Antibes
Juan-les-Pins
Seaside resorts of the French Riviera
The Grasse Perfumes
Tourrettes-sur-Loup and the violet
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Vence
Èze
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Menton
Sainte-Agnès

The Merveilles valley
The Mercantour national park
Hilltop villages
Biot glassware
Ceramic and Pottery of Vallauris
The Notre-Dame-de-Laghet sanctuary
The Middle-Country
La Madone d'Utelle
The High-Country
Ski resorts
The Bellet vineyards
The Cimiez monastery
Mimosa
The Nice olive
Socca
The salade niçoise
Petits farcis

 
TOWNS

Cap-d'Ail
Breil-sur-Roya
Saint-Martin-Vésubie
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée
Villars-sur-Var
Beausoleil
Berre-les-Alpes
Moulinet
Gréolières

Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
Castellar
Roubion
Aiglun
Bouyon
Castillon
Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage
Bonson
All towns in the Alpes-Maritimes

 
EVENTS

Cannes International Film Festival
Monaco Grand Prix
Nice Jazz Festival
Jazz in Juan
Pyrotechnic Art Festival

Nice Carnival
Lemon Festival
Violet Festival
All the events in France

 
PHOTOS

Antibes
Antibes cape
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Biot
Cannes
Èze
Fontan
Golfe-Juan
Gourdon
Grasse
Inland countryside
Juan-les-Pins
La Brigue
Landscapes of the French Riviera coast
Lérins island
Loup Gorges
Lucéram
Martin Cape
Menton
Menton lemon
Monaco and Monte Carlo
Mougins
Nice
Nice olives

Notre-Dame-de-Laghet sanctuary
Opio
Peillon
Petits farcis niçois
Regional Nature Park of Mercantour
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Roya gorges
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Sainte-Agnès
Saorge
Sospel
Tende
Tourrettes-sur-Loup
Turini Forest
Utelle Plateau
Valberg
Vallauris
Vence
Vésubie gorges
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer harbour
Violets

 
NATIONAL LABELS

Cities of art and history
Most beautiful villages of France
Green resorts
Listed resorts

Family Plus
Towns and villages in Bloom
Blue Flag

 
LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Paraglider flight in the Préalpes d'Azur
Golf course with a view of the Nice hinterland
Guided hike in the Valley of Wonders
Sea diving at the Estérel Reserve
Sailing, windsurfing or kayak
9-hole golf course at Valberg Golf Club

Canyoning or aqua-hiking
Alpha Park, the Mercantour wolves
Hike in Mercantour and the Valley of Wonders
Themed, educational or sports hikes
All activities in the Alpes-Maritimes

ACCOMMODATION

Hotels in the Alpes-Maritimes
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Beds & Breakfast in the Alpes-Maritimes
Campsites in the Alpes-Maritimes

 
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JW Marriott Cannes
Located on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes, the JW Marriott Cannes is just 50 metres from the beach. This 5-star hotel...
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