17 May 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera , Bon appétit
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The pan bagnat (
pan bagna , and alternatively in French as
pain bagnat ) is a
sandwich that is a
specialty of
Nice , France. The sandwich is composed of
pain de campagne , a whole wheat bread, enclosing a
salade niçoise , a salad composed mainly of raw
vegetables ,
hard boiled eggs ,
anchovies and/or
tuna , and
olive oil , salt, and pepper. Sometimes vinegar is added, but never mayonnaise. It was historically prepared to use day-old bread.
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24 March 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Maritime Alps (
French : Alpes Maritimes;
Italian : Alpi Marittime) are a
mountain range in the southwestern part of the
Alps . They form the border between the
French region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the
Italian regions of
Piedmont and
Liguria . They are the southernmost part of the
Alps .
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4 September 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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The Nice Observatory (
French : Observatoire de Nice) is an
astronomical observatory located in
Nice ,
France on the summit of Mount Gros. The
observatory was founded in 1879, by the banker
Raphaël Bischoffsheim . The architect was
Charles Garnier , and
Gustave Eiffel designed the main
dome .
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28 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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Mougins (
Occitan : Mogins;
Latin : Muginum) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in the
region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur , Southeastern France. It is located on the heights of
Cannes , in the
arrondissement of
Grasse . Mougins is a 15-minute drive from Cannes. The town is surrounded by forests, most notably the Valmasque forest. In the town there are pines, olives and cypress trees.
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21 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Saorge (
Royasc : Sauèrge;
Brigasc : Savurgë; standard
Ligurian : Savurgiu;
Italian : Saorgio;
Occitan : Saorj) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern
France . It is a member of
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (
The Most Beautiful Villages of France ) Association. Highway E74 which runs north from
Menton , passes through Saorge on its way to the
Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda) where it crosses into Italy. The local spoken
regiolect is a form of the
Royasc dialect.
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8 August 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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Aspremont (
Italian : Aspromonte di Nizza, formerly;
Niçard : Aspermùnt) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in Southeastern
France .
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17 February 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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Biot (
Occitan : Biòt) is a small fortified medieval hilltop village in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur near
Antibes , between
Nice and
Cannes . Many people come to Biot for its renowned cubist art museum of Fernand Leger as well as the winding cobbled lanes on the elevated fort. This village, that is now known for its ceramics and glassblowing, dates to prehistoric times.
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18 January 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice in
Nice ,
France at 33 av. des Baumettes was built in the former private mansion built in 1878 by the
Russian Princess, Elizaveta Vasilievna Kochubey. Named for the artist
Jules Chéret who lived and worked in Nice during his final years, the museum opened as the “Palais des Arts Jules Chéret” on 7 January 1928.
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30 November 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , French Riviera
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Beaulieu-sur-Mer (
Occitan : Bèuluec de Mar;
Italian : Belluogo; lit. “Beautiful Place on the Sea”), commonly referred to simply as
Beaulieu , is a seaside
commune on the
French Riviera between
Nice and the
Principality of Monaco . Located in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region , it borders the communes of
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and
Villefranche-sur-Mer , not far from
Èze to the northeast. In 2018, Beaulieu-sur-Mer had a population of 3,731. Its inhabitants are called
Berlugans (masculine) and
Berluganes (feminine).
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