Villefranche-sur-Mer

Nestled discreetly along the deep scoop of harbor between Nice and Cap Ferrat, this pretty watercolor of a fishing port seems surreal, flanked as it is by the big city of Nice and the assertive wealth of Monaco. Famed for its big harbor, this pretty and pleasant town is a somewhat overbuilt stage-set of brightly colored houses—the sort of place where Pagnol's Fanny could have been filmed.

Villefranche-sur-Mer at a Glance

Elsewhere in The French Riviera

• Antibes
• Beaulieu
• Cannes
• Cap d'Antibes
• Èze
• Fréjus
• Grasse
• Haut-de-Cagnes
• Iles de Lérins
• Juan-les-Pins
• Mandelieu-La Napoule
• Menton

• Monaco
• Mougins
• Nice
• Port-Grimaud
• St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
• St-Paul-de-Vence
• St-Raphael
• St-Tropez
• Vallauris
• Vence

See Also

• The French Riviera
• France