Friday, May 29, 2009

French Riviera - Part 6 (Gourdon, Eze, Menton, Villefrance-Su-Mur)

Some of the smaller places and also the places that we spent less time were Gourdon, Eze, Menton and Villefrance-Sur-Mer.

Gourdon was a town with less than 30 shops based within the mountains. Very scenic with spectacular views all round. It was very much an idyllic town with little shops selling parfums, old style lollies, dolls, and dried lavender from Provence.



Eze was another historical village on that we had a stopover at. Being pressed for time to catch our flight, we made a quick splash and dash at Eze. Similar to St Paul, it was perched right on top of a hill and this time overlooking the riviera. Eze was a bit more touristy, but definitely wanted to spend more time here.



Menton is situated 3km from the Italian border while Villefranche-Sur-Mer is a small seaside town tucked away from a majority of the tourists. Due to our time restrictions, we were only able to only take a glimpse of what the towns had to offer.

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