The Glitz and Glam of the Côte d'Azur

I’ll have to say we’re pretty tired right about now. Who knew not working and traveling could be so tiring! ☺ This is why coming to the Côte d'Azur (French Riviera) now was perfect timing. It is exactly what we needed – sun, beach and the most crystal clear blue water you have ever seen. And the best part is that our friend Zach gave us his France trip itinerary so I didn’t even have to think!

We first hit Nice for a few days and stayed at the Hotel Little Palace, a great little hotel about a 10-minute walk from the beach. This was a great find (great rates and well maintained….I don’t get how it is only 2 stars!) Nice has a great beach boardwalk, Promenade des Anglais, which I was very happy about as it allowed me to run! I really think running is the best way to see a new city….especially in the morning when it isn’t crowded. Honestly we really didn’t do much else in Nice. Just walked around the Old Town, hung out at the beach, read magazines, and relaxed!

Just outside of Nice, we went to St. Paul de Vence, a cool medieval town enclosed in stone walls. It was really cool driving through the mountains looking at this city…..which just looked like one gigantic castle from afar…..not to mention that everywhere you looked there seemed to be other castles and medieval towns. Inside St. Paul de Vence are tons of art galleries, jewelry shops, and restaurants.

On our way to Cannes we stopped by Antibes, which is know for it’s ridiculously insane yachts! The whole time I kept thinking, who can afford these yachts….and why don’t I know any of these people! ☺

When we got to Cannes, I instantly wished we had more time there. The beaches are beautiful….it’s the only sandy beaches in the French Riviera (all the rest are pebbly). Unfortunately we didn’t spend too much time on the beaches since we only had a night there….next time! We stayed at the Hotel Montaigne, which was about a 10-minute walk to the beach and Palais de Festivals, where the Cannes Film Festival takes place.

We ended up doing the opposite of “chilling” our one night in Cannes. David Guetta was playing at Le Palais, right on the beach, and while we’re both huge fans I really didn't want to go clubbing 'til dawn....can't say the same for Darsh. :) That said, we decided you only live once and it would probably be amazing to see him here. Soooo we made a night out of it. We headed to this cute little area with tiny streets (Rue de Suquet and Le Saint Antoine) that had restaurants lined up next to each other. We had drinks at Charly's, dinner, at L'Oulivie, and then headed over to Le Palais, which didn’t even open until Midnight. David Guetta finally went on at 2ish. He was amazing! I’m glad we did it….but we were tired the next day….my clubbing days are pretty much over! Yikes!

Let’s just say we moved slow the next day. Good thing all we did was drive to St. Tropez for some more beach time. St. Tropez is pretty glitzy. It has great shopping and again tons of yachts. I was on the look out for Diddy the whole time! I felt like it was full of high rollers….well I guess all of the French Riviera is to some extent. I’m pretty sure there were some French celebrities there while we were there (based on the millions of people staring and taking pics of one insane yacht). It was almost like we were home. Almost, but not quite. ☺