Côte d'Azur Towns  This area has a strange diversity with the coast lined with large resort towns such as Monaco, Nice or Cannes, that have been heavily developed, contrasting remarkably with smaller towns and villages in the hinterland that reflect much better the real Provencial traditions.  Although some of the inland towns are in beautiful settings, there's not so much to do there, so for this reason we focus on the main towns along the coast, plus a few isolated inland treats.

Location: 15km north west of Cannes via the N85.
General Info: Office de Tourisme website.
Description: Home of the French perfume industry, not an especially attractive town, yet housing some fascinating perfumeries and museums.
Our recommendations:  Take one of the guided tours of the perfumeries such as the Fragonard Perfumery where you can see the history of perfume making through the ages.  Fascinating to see.
For the children: The children have plenty of hands on opportunities and tours are available in English.  If you want to make a day trip then you can easily combine with a trip to the beach in Cannes, although we recommend to make the beach the first stop as parking gets difficult.

             - Biot
             - Cannes
             - Entrevaux
             - Grasse
             - Monaco
             - Nice
             - Port Grimaud
             - St Tropez

It's a long time since we visited the Côte d'Azur with the children and they don't remember much about it.  So we can't offer a list of their favourites here.  If you would like to propose some, please send us your feedback.