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  1. Aerial of Château de Théoule and La Plage Blanche — the castle ramparts of the property at the south-western edge of Théoule-sur-Mer, with the rows of white-umbrellaed sun loungers in formation on the white-sand beach below and the Mediterranean alongside.

    Destinations · May 11, 2026 · 8 min read

    A coastal day from Valbonne.

    An April-voice editorial on the Wednesday-off coastal day from Valbonne — thirty minutes south to Théoule-sur-Mer and La Plage Blanche at Château de Théoule (Leading Hotels of the World). Loungers reserved by the hour, Mediterranean lunch on the sea-facing terrace, the Michelin-starred Mareluna upstairs at the same property, and concierge-arranged private boats out to the Esterel coves you cannot reach by road.

  2. Tourrettes-sur-Loup seen from across the valley — the medieval village perched on a long ridge of stone, beige limestone built into the rock with a drop into the scrub-oak greenery below and the lower hills above Vence behind it.

    Destinations · May 10, 2026 · 9 min read

    Tourrettes-sur-Loup, by an editor who lives thirty minutes away.

    A Mike-voice editorial on Tourrettes-sur-Loup, the violet capital of France perched above Vence. Dubosq Et Fils for olive wood (depuis 1958), Le Clovis for lunch (reopened March 2026, with a wine cave next to the kitchen), Spelt — La Table for dinner. By an Afore editor who has been visiting for over a decade and lives thirty minutes south in Valbonne.

  3. Èze rooftops with the French flag and Cap-Ferrat in the bay beyond — the cinematic Riviera vista that has put Hollywood on this coast since 1955.

    Destinations · May 6, 2026 · 8 min read

    A Map to the Riviera Hollywood Has Been Quietly Sketching for Seventy Years

    An editorial map of the Côte d'Azur as Hollywood has used it for seventy years — Hitchcock's Saint-Jeannet villa, Bond's Villefranche harbor, GoldenEye's Thorenc hairpins, the Iron Man casino, and the Provence villages used for A Good Year and Magic in the Moonlight. By April, for Le Journal, May 2026.

  4. The Crudité at Detour, Grasse — broccoli, radish, sugar snap and snow peas, peppers, courgette, carrots, with the leek hummus and a herbed dip — on opening night.

    Destinations · May 6, 2026 · 7 min read

    Detour, Grasse

    April reviews Detour, the new Grasse restaurant from Kendall Lane (chef), Ross (sommelier), and Makenna Held & Chris Nylund of La Pitchoune. Opens at 3 PM, sources from ten named Provence producers, and is the most overdue restaurant innovation on the Côte d'Azur.

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