The Danish athlete Holger Rune offers a snapshot of Riviera life for visitors heading to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters ...

Perched in the hills just above the French Riviera, Grasse is often called the world’s perfume capital—and it’s easy to see why. This historic town has been producing fragrances for centuries, thanks ...

Quiet, unspoiled, and often overlooked — welcome to the softer side of the French Riviera. Vence carries the artistic legacy of Matisse and Chagall. La Turbie still bears the weight of Roman ambition, ...

A region famous for its sun-drenched climate becomes a refreshing retreat when the summer heat, megayachts and swarms of tourists are gone.

Since then, countless visitors have flocked to the French Riviera to bathe in its glow and revel in its delights. Many, like Berlioz, have been revivified by the area’s natural charms or creatively ...

A recently restored chateau, built away from the masses in the historic city of Vence, encapsulates the allure of living in the French Riviera without the crowds. The six-bedroom, six-bathroom bastide ...

With sun-dappled landscapes and the azure allure of the Mediterranean, the French Riviera—also known as the Côte d’Azur—has seduced artists from Claude Monet to Pablo Picasso to Marc Chagall. A new ...

Mary Winston Nicklin is a Franco-American writer and editor with more than 20 years of experience. Based in Paris, she writes for publications like National Geographic, The Washington Post, AFAR, and ...

The Mediterranean Sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modeling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could do ...