Stories

A magical day spent with very special friends from Nice, who drove down to take me out to lunch in Sainte Maxime! Their friend is Chef at “La Crevette”, a lively restaurant in one of the cobbled side streets that winds its way up from the “Front” and brimming with…

Today’s excursion was aboard “Les Bateaux Verts” to “Les Trois Caps Sauvages” just around the Gulf from St. Tropez as you head south. Here the capes of Camarat, Taillât and Lardier all the way south to Cap Negre at Le Lavandou are part of a Natural Protection Zone both on…

A day at Le Cours Saleya in Vieux Nice admiring the buildings, flower market, local artisans, fresh vegetables, spices, nuts, olives, pastes, lavender, and shopping for a few ingredients for the cooking class to follow! Nice has a fascinating history. It was a Roman colony. Later, Queen Victoria loved to…

GASSIN sits high in the hills above St. Tropez, it’s winding, narrow streets and archways opening up into a glorious vista over the Gulf. While the Côte d’Azur lies glistening on the shores below, the real magic of this region is hidden in these hilltop villages where buildings have stood…

En route to Ramatuelle from Gassin, the narrow roads wind around the wooded hillside, with steep drops! On the outskirts of Ramatuelle sits the Moulin de Paillas – an old windmill nestled in the pines where visitors picnic in the shade. The bell tower of Ramatuelle is clearly visible as…

Les Calanques de l’Esterel – the rugged red coastline that runs along the ‘Corniche’, one of the most famous coast roads in the world, from St. Tropez to Nice. We pass the long sandy beaches of Saint Aygulf, Saint Raphael with its quayside ferris wheel, the exclusive Hotel Restaurant la…