Myself, husband and 1 year old son are planning on going to travel to Nice in late sep/early october. We haven%26#39;t anything planned yet, and I have been reading all the posts in this forum, but wonder if some of you could recommend a few places. I have only ever been in Paris. We have 10 to 14 days, and would like to spend a few days in Nice and maybe hire a car and travel to a few different places. I would like to see San Tropez and Monaco, but are they worth stopping over for a few days or just a day visit? I dont mind whatsoever about beaches/night life once there are a few nice restaurants. We aren%26#39;t that mad into sight seeing either, we just like to relax and enjoy the area we%26#39;re in, going for walks, eating etc. Also do we need to book all hotels in advance or will it be easy enough to book them when you get there. Any help at all will be much appreciated.
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I am not quite sure what you want to do on the Riviera. I will advise you to forget about St. Tropez as you will spend most of the day just getting there and back and you won%26#39;t see anything you can%26#39;t see elsewhere on the Riviera... Monaco is not much...you can walk around and see alot of vanilla but it really is a destination for your third or fourth trip just to say you were there. If you want a beach and beauty and quite walks, then Beaulieu/Cap Farrat is your place, close to Nice and you could easily visit Menton, Eze and Monaco from there. Also, a car is a pain on the Riviera. Buses and Trains are plentiful..
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We can%26#39;t help you in detail until you give us a framework. I suggest you start by buying a guidebook eg Lonely Planet Guide to Provence.To many people the best bits of Provence are not on the coast.
But you don%26#39;t care about beaches,nightlife,sightseeing. So why have you selected Nice? Don%26#39;t get me wrong I love the place but I knew roughly what to expect before I went for the first time by researching beforehand.
We can%26#39;t help you on the booking of hotels until we know where you are going.If you are staying in Nice you would be as well to make prior reservations.If you plan to base yourselves in Nice don%26#39;t bother with a car. Local public transport is excellent and not expensive.
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This is the whole thing, I dont have a framework, I hadn’t any plans made at all, and in fact was only thinking of Nice in the last few days, which is why I just threw in a few questions. We have gone on a lot of holidays in the last few years, but they have all been long haul and yes, i have bought the lonely planet for all of them and planned them out meticulously but this year we have a baby so I wanted somewhere just to relax and isn’t too far to travel on the plane, hate the thoughts of a package holiday, plus if im honest, there are really good deals to France at the moment and we are watching our budget, I know Nice is expensive but not as expensive as going long haul, I have a sister in law from France, and she has been in Nice many times and was planning on talking to her at the weekend, but just wanted a few ideas so i could have a bit of a plan before i spoke to her. Anyway, thanks for your help.
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A few years ago, when we first moved to Nice, we hired a car in the middle of August for a week to get to know the area outside the Cote d%26#39;Azur better. We didn%26#39;t book hotels in advance, because we thought that with a car we could just drive to a place where rooms were available. We had no problems.
With 10 to 14 days, I%26#39;d stay in Nice for a few days, then take a leisurely drive towards the Gorges du Verdun and the little village of Moustieres (this is what we did). I%26#39;d then stay in Moustieres for a couple of days. Then drive through the countryside to Aix en Provence and stay a few days there. Finally, I%26#39;d drive back to Nice, maybe stopping somewhere for a couple of nights, maybe Hyeres (we planned to do this, but it was the year of the heat wave and we were exhausted and just wanted to get home). With this itinerary, I think you%26#39;d get a good feel of the region. Each overnight stop has more than enough choices of restaurant and has something a little different to offer. You get to see the variety of country from the mountains around Nice to the beautiful provencale countryside between Moustieres and Aix. You don%26#39;t need to do sightseeing if you don%26#39;t want to, tho%26#39; if you do hire a car, with a 1 year old, you will at least find it easier to get about. I guarantee that you%26#39;ll want to come back to see and experience more. And hopefully it%26#39;ll help you decide just which bit you like best for an extended stay.
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