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The French Riviera, or Côte d'Azur, offers diversity and originality. With its coastline over 70 miles long and 24 miles of sandy pebble beaches, the French Riviera provides a wealth of exciting activities, adventures and beautiful sights. Whether hiking trails, exploring capes and peninsulas, snorkeling and scuba diving, golfing, wine tasting or sunbathing, the Riviera promises an array of thrilling ways to discover the striking azur waters and inviting landscape of the region.
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Wines and Vineyards Provence has been a vine-growing area for hundreds of years, with the area said to be "blessed by the gods" due to the superb quality of the wines produced. A tour of the Cote de Provence wine road provides a tremendous field of discovery for connoisseurs and lovers of the good life. A tour of the vineyards provides an opportunity to take in some of the most beautiful parts of the region and stop off at a number of prestigious locations. Wine cellars which are open for free tasting are advertised on roadside signs as “degustation”, and most cellars sell wine by the bottle. Open hours are often all day, from around 9 am to 6 or 7 pm in the summer. Some of the more popular wines of the region include : Côtes de Provence - www.cotes-de-provence.com Bandol - www.vins-de-bandol.com Golfing - www.golfparexcellence.com With 21 courses and easy access to an equivalent number in the neighbouring Var region, the Côte d'Azur is now a major attraction for the millions of golfers who travel every year to indulge in their favourite sport.
The region also offers a unique variety of landscapes, from seaside courses such as the Cannes Mandelieu Old Course to the peaks of the Mercantour natural park with the Golf d'Isola 2000, the highest 18-hole course in Europe, via the courses with the very Provençal charm of the Grasse Region. The Provence Golf Pass provides access to 13 golf courses and includes five green fees. Fishing Angling is not a mere pastime in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the remarkable environment and enviable climate make it an ideal spot for fishing. There are numerous lakes and rivers throughout Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, providing diversity in the type of waters and type of fish available. Recommended fishing destinations include the lakes of Carces and St Cassien and the rivers of Gapeau, Real Martin, Argens, Roya and Bevera., and fish vary from the brown and rainbow trout in the mountain lakes to the pike, coarse fish (bleak, roach, carp etc) in the lower lakes. Local and national fishing regulations apply to fishing in lakes and rivers and fishing licenses/permits are often required in advance. Licenses (cartes de pêche) are usually available from cafés, tabacs or sports shops in towns near the fishing areas, details of the local fishing association is provided below. AAPPMA Fédération des Alpes-Maritimes Ski Resorts The French Riviera is not only famous for its coastline, the nearby mountain villages and ski resorts have constantly gained in popularity over the years. Nearby ski resorts include: LA COLMIANE (1500 à 1800 m) VALBERG (1616 à 2100 m) AURON (1600 à 2450 m) ISOLA 2000 (2000 à 2900 m) |
