Following our week in Annecy, we headed south by coach, via Avignon, to Villefranche Sur Mer, an historic town between Nice and Monaco on the Côte d’Azur

Villefranche Sur Mer Sculpture by the sea

Enjoying the scenery – Annecy to Ville Franche sur mer

Pondering history – a Kronenbourg, Exile on Main Street and Villa Nellcote straight across the Bay.

A happy man with a half bottle of Chianti not so Classico

Eleanor and a plate of Mediterranean delicacies.

Our Hotel balcony was a hard place to leave.

A quiet little square slowly transformed, by workmen and passing tour groups, to a place of confused chaos, but we pressed on with confidence and determination.

Pont d’Avignon

Pink Neon

Pathway to the water

 Cocteau sculpture near the little church he decorated.

 Pink Chairs

 All of life’s luxuries packed into a spare plot of (very expensive) land.

 Vive la France

 Pink Roses

 Stacked market boxes

 Sweet, fresh and juicy

 Old Town, Nice

Butcher shop mascot.

  Negresco, Nice – Where Isadora Duncan fell victim to a long scarf and a Bugatti in 1927.

Fantastic Paintings – no photos inside – see it if you are in Antibes