Just a few kilometers along the coast from Nice is the small, gorgeous town of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Villefranche is tiny compared to Nice, but boasts one of the country's most well-known French-as-a-foreign-language schools (Institut de Francais) and -- unusual for the Riviera -- a beach you can lie on comfortably. Most of the Riviera is blessed with gorgeous but somewhat uncomfortable, rock-covered beaches -- this partly explains the popularity of private beaches in Nice, where you can rent a lounge chair and avoid the trouble of arranging the huge rocks into a semi-flat surface. In Villefrance, the beach is still rocks, but tiny pebbles rather than stones the size of your hand, so it's almost like lying on sand. Definitely close enough to enjoy the day!
Exploring the town.
Loved these colors together.
Spend an afternoon reading by the water? Don't mind if I do!
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