Cote D'Azur Itinerary
 

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COTE D'AZUR

TUESDAY (evening):

Monaco:
Gardens
Casino

Dinner: Le Cagnard (Rue Sous Barr, Haut de Cagnes / Cagnes) $$

WEDNESDAY):

Nice:
Chagall Museum
Musée Matisse
Contemporary Art Museum
Cours Saleya Food Market
Promenade des Anglais

Lunch: L'Escalinada (22, rue Pairolière / Nice) $
Lunch: Acchiardo (38, rue Droite / Nice) $$

Cannes:
Le Suquet (Cannes Old Town)
Hotel Carlton (Coffee on the Terrace)

St. Tropez:
Plage de Tahiti (Beach)
Nikki Beach / Le Club 55 / Plage des Graniers

Dinner: L'Escale (9 quai Jean Jaurès / St. Tropez) $$$

THURSDAY (DAY 7):

Breakfast:

Var Interior:
Drive the Grand Canyon du Verdon

Marseilles:
Lunch: Miramar (12, quai du Port, Marseille, France 13002) (Bouillabase)

Gard / Nimes:
Pont du Gard (walk across)

Dinner: Restaurant de Bacon (Boulevard de Bacon / Cap d'Antibes) $$$

Bordering on the impossible. Thursday particularly.

Driving routes, time estimates:

http://www.viamichelin.fr/viamicheli...MaHomePage.htm

http://www39.mappy.com/

What would you recommend in terms of what is realistic?

i dontknow wether your trip is already effected or still a project, but as someone else wrote it, it s quite unrealistic, worse if your plan concerned summer months...

Tuesday Monaco : how can you be in teh Casino in the evening (when the fun is)and have a diner in Cagnes ?
Wednesday : go ahead and walk in Nice - no car please. Where do you sleep ?
Thursday : totally unrealistic. If once again it s in summertime, you won't be arrive in Verdon before 11.30 am leaving Nice (for instance) early. And not in Marseilles before 5 assuming that your visited by car Verdon canyon (2hours)
you go then to Pont du Gard in order to walking across it and have a dinner in Cap d'Antibes at 2 or 3 o'clock of the night...

Recommendation as requested :
Tvesday Monaco and Menton (whole day)
Wednesday Nice Antibes Juan les pins and Cannes
Thursday Grasse, Haut Var and Verdon
It would be my choice for a three days stay in the area assuming that you wish to take some rest, enjoy life and go back to business later after having taken a few moments of relaxation your first itinerary being practically unrealizable.

Wednesday is impossible too. You won't appreciate any art if you try to see all three museums you've got listed. And then go to Cannes and St. Tropez.

Vacation is supposed to be somewhat relaxing. This schedule is exhausting.

agree with PP. It take some tome to get to places in Nice , find parking etc. never ming the time to actually see the museums .
Traffic between Nice and Cannes can be very heavy, same with other destination,

Note that parking near Le Cagnard is very difficult--unless you're staying at the hotel, I'd suggest going elsewhere.

I think that in general you'll be running from place to place, leaving no time for spontaneity. I'd hate to be tied down to a schedule for every lunch and dinner.

Check to see whether the Musée Matisse has re-opened; last October the sign said it was closed for a year.

Where are you staying? Unless you're spending the night in St-Tropez, count on very heavy traffic getting into and out of the town.