April 2008: this is the fourth article in the series on the contemporary French Riviera.

It was probably inevitable that nearly every available patch of land along the shore from Cannes to the Italian border has been built up. I’m not talking about an unending succession of huge new tourist hotels, as was the fate of Spain’s Costa del Sol, but rather with a mix of both new and well-maintained old buildings. There is an obvious lack of open spaces, but nevertheless there are a few places of relative tranquility where the ... (more)