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Riviera Holiday Accommodation
Riviera Holiday Rentals
Book holiday accommodation rentals villas and apartments in Riviera direct with owners.
The Riviera consists of forty miles of coast from Cannes to Menton, which the French call the Cote d'Azur, has been the 'playground of Europe' for more than a century. Its secret is its warm, sunny climate, mild even in winter, and the majestic scenery of the steep coast east of Nice.
For years the Riviera was the preserve of the rich and titled but today it is urbanized and popularized, pleasanter in many ways in winter than in summer.
Nice, the capital, is partly Italian in character, and all the year it has a varied and lively existence of its own, regardless of visitors.
The alleys of the old town contrast with the resplendent hotels along the promenade des Anglais. Cannes is smaller and smarter than Nice, and more particularly devoted to visitors. In summer it is overcrowded; in winter it remains exclusive.
Menton, a town of lemons and palm-trees, has an old-fashioned elegance; adapted to quiet English tastes. Some of the smaller resorts are pleasant Juan-les-Pins, St Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and the ports of Villefranche and Antibes.
