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Excursions

The Village of Tortoises

Gonfaron's unique mobile home park
Our suggested outing is a departure from our usual visits, in that it is an enclosed tour in a single location, and one that might initially seem too esoteric and specialised to have general appeal. Martin Hills attempts to modify that first impression.

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Moustiers - Ste. Marie

Where Provence Went to Pot
The first of these is undoubtedly the more scenic, as it follows the north side of the Gorges de Verdon great for passengers, if a bit hairy for the driver, though there are several stopping places where drivers can relax from the strain of the hairpins and share the spectacular views.

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Fréjus - St Raphaël

Fréjus - St Raphaël:  A Magical History Tour

It may seem obvious, but these two towns, always lumped together on road signs and frequently in tourist documentation, are actually two quite different places. What is less obvious until you go there is that the two places are St-Raphaël-Fréjus-Plage on the one hand and Fréjus proper on the other, and that they are some distance apart. Although both have long histories, this is much more evident in Fréjus town than in the parts on the coast, though traces are there too if you look for them.

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Cap Ferrat à Pied?

From Nice eastwards, the Riviera is best viewed from ground level. And pedestrians, smug in the knowledge that they are not contributing to the coastal smog, can get to parts that the motorist can't reach. Delights like the Cap Ferrat peninsula, for example. (The French call it a presqu'île - almost an island - which sounds much more romantic.) It dangles like an ear-ring into the Mediterranean between Nice and Monaco, its jewel the pink-and-white Ephrussi Palace, perched along its skyline.

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Chapelle Notre Dame de Vie

After several visits to Mougins, we finally took time to visit the very peaceful area of Notre-Dame de Vie. We were drawn there for two reasons: it was here that Picasso spent the last 15 years of his life, and we wanted to find the hermitage once painted by Winston Churchill.

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Biot Bonsai Arboretum

Famous for its glass, sand and the National Fernand Léger Museum, Biot is possibly less well known for its amazing and somewhat unexpected, Bonsai Arboretum. With a background canvas of tall mediterranean pine trees set in grounds covering 2,000m², you’ll find a delightful, and much loved, Japanese garden. Garden made more spendid as it houses nearly 1,000 Bonsai’s from all over the world.

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Biot Bonsai Arboretum

Biot Bonsai Arboretum

Famous for its glass, sand and the National Fernand Léger Museum, Biot is possibly less well known for its amazing and somewhat unexpected, Bonsai Arboretum. With a background canvas of tall mediterranean pine trees set in grounds covering 2,000m², you’ll find a delightful, and much loved, Japanese garden. Garden made more spendid as it houses nearly 1,000 Bonsai’s from all over the world.

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