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Armed separatists and ecologists unite against fears of a paradise lost

In the hills above southern Corsica's paradise beaches, Vincente Cucchi sat stoking the log fire of her restored shepherd's cottage.

"There have been a lot of murders lately, a lot of score settling, it's becoming worse than Naples," she said. "But I'm not scared, you just have to carry on."

Cucchi, a Corsican mother in her forties, is leading an environmental crusade to protect the wild coastline around Bonifacio on the island's southern tip. She targets everyone from locals to Nicolas Sarkozy's Parisian friends, and goes to court to ban villas that illegally destroy virgin stretches of coast. Her latest victory was to scrap the proposed holiday home of Jacques Séguéla, the publicist who introduced France's president to Carla Bruni.

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Placette, St Paul de Vence

As you walk down Rue Grande towards Gate of Saint Michel (also known as Gate of Nice), you'll pass a very pretty small square on your left made up of tall narrow houses dating back to the Renaissance and 17th centur...
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Mont Chevalier, Cannes

My discovery of the “Tour du Masque” (The Mask's Tower) on the climb up to Le Suquet was very unexpected. If the heavy studded door, rusty iron window grill, and rather sinister looking rusty brown iron face mas...

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Le Poilu, Antibes

Each time I visit Antibes I find myself more often than not "on tracks" as I tend to take the same itinerary into this attractive old town. I generally park close to Port Vauban so that I can walk past and admire th...
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Château de l'Aiguetta

The next time you plan on visiting the beautiful medieval perched village of Eze, do climb up to its magnificent Jardin Botanic to marvel at the absolutely stunning views of the Mediterranean. While there, take a mo...
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