Hi there,

We’re planning an 8-10 days trip to southern France in early November with our 5 month old baby. Starting from (and landing in) Nice this is what I have thus far in terms of day trips from Nice:

Antibes
Eze
Menton
Villefranche Sur Mer
Grasse (maybe?)

1. What other places (if any) should we add to this list?
2. How should we organize our day trips?
3. Would adding any cities in Provence be advisable?

We will ONLY be using public transportation and are used to European cities, having just visited Andalucia (ESP) last spring, with Granada and Sevilla our favorites cities. But this will be our first trip with our newborn. We are very much on the go type of people on our travels and love history, local culture, architecture, museums, and hiking.

Thanks so much!

I would certainly scratch Grasse.

We were in this region this past June for 3 1/2 weeks. Total of about 25 weeks on the Cote d'Azur.

Attached is my Cote d'Azur & Provence itinerary

Stu Dudley

"We are very much on the go type of people on our travels and love history, local culture, architecture, museums, and hiking."

Just keep in mind, your baby may not be up for your adult activity level. If the time zone difference is significant, it could take nearly the entire trip to attain a workable sleep/wake schedule. I'd play each excursion by ear and set aside nap/down time into each day's plan.

You will also have to work out places you can change nappies/ diapers while on the go. It doesn't sound important now but wait till you are somewhere out and have to deal with that. Many department stores have a change room but you might be wise to do your homework on this in advance.
Plan to use apartments or aparthotels with a room that can serve as a bedroom that can be shut off at night so adults don't have to observe baby's bedtime. A washing machine is essential, and most hosts have things like highchairs. Some will also have baths. A bathtub may be high on the list of priorities but getting bub used to showers before you go may be helpful. A microwave is good for heating bottles or warming food (as you will be starting solids around this time, no?). It is quite hard to exercise an adult-paced trip with such a young bub, but s/he will spend a lot of time in the stroller so maybe this will save you . Our biggest trip at that age was a house in a town in the mountains near our city, two hours away. We had our dogs and just went out for gentle walks and had most of our meals in-house and we did not try an overseas trip until our daughter was 16 months. She was still quite a brake on activities and we found small excursions with frequent breaks in our accommodation was the way to go, especially while trying to re-establish a sleeping routine. There are a few things you can do to further this, but perhaps this is enough for now; it can wait for another post (or another thread).

Lavandula

You were a on the go couple. Life changes with children

I listened to this Podcast since we are going to Nice in October - not with a young child though! However there might be some tips in here to help you. https://joinusinfrance.com/episode/b...rench-riviera/