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The Many Faces of the French Riviera: Resources
Best Time to Go
May/June
and September/October. You will find that July/August accommodation prices are
often surcharged for this peak season.
Details can be obtained from the French Government Tourist Office, 610 Fifth Ave. Suite 222, New York, N.Y. 10020, Ph: 212-757-1125, fax: 212-247-6468
Best Shopping
Buys
Provence herbs, Tapenade, Provencal fabrics, dried lavender,
local wines, Olive-wood articles (look for the marvelous French bread-cutting
boards with slats that let the crumbs fall through to a tray), pottery and paintings.
Best Wines
try the reds from
Les Baux and the whites from the Cotes-du Rhone.
Tipping
virtually all restaurants give you bills that are "compris" (they already
include the tips). There is no need to tip any extra at all. In many cases it
will only mark you as a dumb foreigner. Look for "S.C. " on the bill
which means "servis compris" or service included.
Best
Hotels
Monaco
Hotel de Paris, Place du Casino, Monte
Carlo
Ph: 92 16 30 00 fax 92 16 38 49
Nice
Le Negresco, 37 Promenade
des Anglais
Ph: 93 88 39 51 fax 93 88 35 68
St. Tropez
Hotel
Byblos, Avenue Paul Signac
Ph 94 97 00 04 fax 94 97 40 52
Mougins
Le Manior, de L'Etang
Ph 93 90 01 07 fax 92 92 20 70
Hotel Royal Riviera,
Avenue J. Monnet, St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Ph: 93 01 20 20 fax 93 01 23 07
La Reserve Hotel, 5 Boulevard Marechal-Leclerc, Beaulieu-Sur-Mer
Ph: 93 01
00 01
St. Paul
Hotel St. Paul
Ph: 93 32 65 25 Fax 93 35 52 94
St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Grand Hotel Cap Ferrat
Ph: 93 76 50 50 Fax
93 76 04 52
Vence
Chateau Saint Martin, Avenue des Templiers
Ph 93 58 02 02 fax 93 24 08 91
Eze
Chateau de la Chevre d'or
Ph 92 10 66 66 fax 93 41 06 72
Bealieu-Sur-Mer, La Reserve Boulevard Marechal
Leclerc
Ph 93 01 00 01 fax 93 01 28 99
Restaurants
Vence
Chez
Guy, 28 Ave General Leclerc
Ph 93 58 25 82
Le Vieux Couvent, 68 Ave Gen.
Leclerc
Ph 93 58 78 58
Pizza le Pecheur de Soleil, 1 Place Godeau
Ph 93 58 32 56
Haute de Cagnes
Josy Jo, 8 Place du Planastel
Ph 93 20 68 76
Mougins
Le Moulin de Mougins, Roger Verge
Ph 93
75 78 24 (this number will also give you information on the Roger Verge cooking
school and on the other Verge restaurants in Mougins). Other restaurants mentioned
in the hotels above and can be booked through the phone numbers there.
Walter & Cherie Glaser are an international travel-writing team based down under in Melbourne, Australia.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the businesses in question before making your plans.
