What's your favorite town in the South of France?
May 11th, 2006, 02:31 PM
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Nice.
bustling but relaxing at the same time. just comfortable for me as i go there fairly often and stay in the same flat.
i get up, go to the market to pick out some seafood for dinner, stroll around eating what i like. walk around the old town and the beach. take a nap. get a drink. walk around some more. cook dinner, have a drink...get up and do it all over again.
and the best part (referencing another recent thread) is that i really don't deserve it.
bustling but relaxing at the same time. just comfortable for me as i go there fairly often and stay in the same flat.
i get up, go to the market to pick out some seafood for dinner, stroll around eating what i like. walk around the old town and the beach. take a nap. get a drink. walk around some more. cook dinner, have a drink...get up and do it all over again.
and the best part (referencing another recent thread) is that i really don't deserve it.
May 11th, 2006, 02:36 PM
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I agree. Nice has it all. Quaint old town and bustling (clean) city. The beach and the hills. French flavor and Italian flavor. Easy, cheap transport to all kinds of places.
Also, great, probably matchless, Belle Epoque architecture.
Also, great, probably matchless, Belle Epoque architecture.
May 11th, 2006, 02:45 PM
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Certainly Nice is nice but! There are a lot of other nice places along the Med.
Collioure is great-all of the year it's open and lots of people visiting throughout the winter too. The adjacent villages along the coast are good too.
Sete is typical Mediterranean, Agde is a good place too. Montpellier is good but not right on the sea. Nimes is similar but nice too.
So, get on the road and see the rest of the coast.
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Collioure is great-all of the year it's open and lots of people visiting throughout the winter too. The adjacent villages along the coast are good too.
Sete is typical Mediterranean, Agde is a good place too. Montpellier is good but not right on the sea. Nimes is similar but nice too.
So, get on the road and see the rest of the coast.
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May 11th, 2006, 02:51 PM
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Dieulifit, in the Drôme region. It's a charming small town with interesting and attractive shops, most featuring the local blue and gold pottery; two good bakeries, a few restaurants and cafés, all combining to make a lovely little slice of Provençal life.
May 11th, 2006, 02:53 PM
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Just so you know, Blackduff, I've also been to Antibes, St. Paul de Vence, Vence, Aix, Arles, Les Baux, L'isles sur sorgue (wrong spelling for sure), the Luberon hill towns, St. Remy, Tarascon, and Avignon. Nice is the perfect "charm and reality meet" kind of place IMHO!
May 11th, 2006, 03:02 PM
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>>>>
So, get on the road and see the rest of the coast
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i have...and i still come back to Nice again and again. why do you assume that liking nice is due to not having been anywhere else? maybe it's a little cliche to like nice but i'm not trying to impress anyone.
So, get on the road and see the rest of the coast
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i have...and i still come back to Nice again and again. why do you assume that liking nice is due to not having been anywhere else? maybe it's a little cliche to like nice but i'm not trying to impress anyone.
