{"id":1053,"date":"2010-06-03T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabricegrinda.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2023-08-18T05:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:32:51","slug":"things-to-do-in-the-south-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/things-to-do-in-the-south-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in the South of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I am from Nice I keep getting asked what to do when visiting the South of France. Here are my recommendations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nice<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat dinner at \u00abLa Petite Maison\u00bb, my favorite restaurant in the world! Make reservations ahead of time. Once you are there tell Nicole you are coming from Fabrice Grinda and you want to try the sampling menu with sea bass as the main dish.<\/li>\n<li>For great local fare in a more casual setting, eat at \u00abLe Safari\u00bb on \u00abLe Cours Saleya\u00bb<\/li>\n<li>Walk on \u00abLa Promenade des Anglais,\u00bb \u00abLa Zone Pietone\u00bb, \u00abLe Cours Saleya\u00bb and visit \u00abLe Ch\u00e2teau\u00bb<\/li>\n<li>Eat Fenochio ice cream and sorbet in \u00abLe Vieux Nice\u00bb (over 70 home made flavors!)<\/li>\n<li>Cultural activities include the Matisse Museum, Museum of Modern Art, etc.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>St. Paul de Vence<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful little village 30 minutes away from Nice that gives you a sense for the relaxed life on the Cote d&#8217;Azur<\/li>\n<li>Eat at La Colombe d&#8217;Or. Don&#8217;t miss looking at their art collection which includes a Picasso!<\/li>\n<li>Explore the old town and its art galleries<\/li>\n<li>Walk on \u00ables ramparts\u00bb<\/li>\n<li>Take a stroll in the gardens of \u00abLa Fondation Maeght\u00bb and admire their modern and contemporary art collection<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monaco<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 minutes East of Nice by car or train<\/li>\n<li>Just walk around the city and the main Casino it&#8217;s beautiful<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cannes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 minutes West of Nice by car or train<\/li>\n<li>Most well known for \u00abLa Croisette\u00bb<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>St. Tropez<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 hour 30 minutes West of Nice by car or 20 minutes by helicopter from Nice airport<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the \u00abIbiza\u00bb of France &#8211; beautiful and rich people go party there<\/li>\n<li>Walk around the town, eat lunch or dinner on \u00abLa Place des Lys,\u00bb walk alongside the huge boats in the harbor, eat ice cream at \u00abBarbarac\u00bb (70 amazing flavors).<\/li>\n<li>Visit the beautiful sand beaches \u00abLes Plages de Pampelonne\u00bb, especially \u00abClub 55\u201d or \u00abKai Largo\u00bb 20 minutes outside of town (great places for lunch too). Go to \u00abNikki Beach\u00bb if you want to see how the young idle rich party.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the night club: \u00abLes Caves du Roy\u00bb<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nice, Monaco, Cannes and St. Paul can all be done from where you are staying in or near any of those cities. You will need to rent a car to get around.<\/p>\n<p>Stay a few nights in or near Saint Tropez. With the nights you will have there, you will not want to be doing any commuting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I am from Nice I keep getting asked what to do when visiting the South of France. Here are my recommendations: Nice: Eat dinner at &#8220;La Petite Maison&#8221;, my &hellip; <a href=\"\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00ab\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travels"],"acf":[],"contentUpdated":"Things to do in the South of France. Categories - Travels. Date-Posted - 2010-06-03T16:00:41 . As I am from Nice I keep getting asked what to do when visiting the South of France. Here are my recommendations:\n Nice:\n Eat dinner at \u00abLa Petite Maison\u00bb, my favorite restaurant in the world! Make reservations ahead of time. Once you are there tell Nicole you are coming from Fabrice Grinda and you want to try the sampling menu with sea bass as the main dish.\n For great local fare in a more casual setting, eat at \u00abLe Safari\u00bb on \u00abLe Cours Saleya\u00bb\n Walk on \u00abLa Promenade des Anglais,\u00bb \u00abLa Zone Pietone\u00bb, \u00abLe Cours Saleya\u00bb and visit \u00abLe Ch\u00e2teau\u00bb\n Eat Fenochio ice cream and sorbet in \u00abLe Vieux Nice\u00bb (over 70 home made flavors!)\n Cultural activities include the Matisse Museum, Museum of Modern Art, etc.\n &nbsp;\n St. Paul de Vence:\n Beautiful little village 30 minutes away from Nice that gives you a sense for the relaxed life on the Cote d&#8217;Azur\n Eat at La Colombe d&#8217;Or. Don&#8217;t miss looking at their art collection which includes a Picasso!\n Explore the old town and its art galleries\n Walk on \u00ables ramparts\u00bb\n Take a stroll in the gardens of \u00abLa Fondation Maeght\u00bb and admire their modern and contemporary art collection\n &nbsp;\n Monaco:\n 30 minutes East of Nice by car or train\n Just walk around the city and the main Casino it&#8217;s beautiful\n &nbsp;\n Cannes:\n 30 minutes West of Nice by car or train\n Most well known for \u00abLa Croisette\u00bb\n &nbsp;\n St. Tropez:\n 1 hour 30 minutes West of Nice by car or 20 minutes by helicopter from Nice airport\n It&#8217;s the \u00abIbiza\u00bb of France &#8211; beautiful and rich people go party there\n Walk around the town, eat lunch or dinner on \u00abLa Place des Lys,\u00bb walk alongside the huge boats in the harbor, eat ice cream at \u00abBarbarac\u00bb (70 amazing flavors).\n Visit the beautiful sand beaches \u00abLes Plages de Pampelonne\u00bb, especially \u00abClub 55\u201d or \u00abKai Largo\u00bb 20 minutes outside of town (great places for lunch too). Go to \u00abNikki Beach\u00bb if you want to see how the young idle rich party.\n Go to the night club: \u00abLes Caves du Roy\u00bb\n &nbsp;\n Nice, Monaco, Cannes and St. Paul can all be done from where you are staying in or near any of those cities. You will need to rent a car to get around.\n Stay a few nights in or near Saint Tropez. With the nights you will have there, you will not want to be doing any commuting!\n ","Category":["Travels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17070,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/17070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}