Nice, on the French Riviera
For spring break in mid-April, I traveled throughout the South of France by train with a friend who’s currently studying in London. We took a relaxed approach to our vacation, choosing to visit a few tourist attractions here and there but mostly hopping from one café to another. She and I stayed in Toulouse, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, and Nice and took brief side trips to Albi, Carcassonne, Nimes, Marseille, Cannes, Villefrance-sur-Mer, and Grasse. I’ve included a few photos of the trip below:
First stop: Toulouse! A view of Pont Neuf.
The view from the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in Albi, outside Toulouse
Looking up in the incredible Albi Cathedral
Views from the Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress
Back in Toulouse
The Roman temple in Nîmes
The Roman amphitheatre, also in Nîmes
The Pont du Gard, a well-preserved Roman aqueduct outside of Nîmes
The Palais des Papes in Avignon
The marina of Marseilles
Chåteau d’If, the infamous French fortress (and later prison) in Marseilles
One of the calanques in the Frioul archipelago
Le Panier, a neighborhood in Marseilles
On to Aix-en-Provence and its food market
The streets of Aix
Italian flavors at the market in Nice
The antiques market in Villefranche-sur-mer, a colorful little Riviera town
Day trip to Grasse, the home of the perfume industry
The Fragonard perfume boutique in Grasse
Views of Grasse
Last day in Nice
Back to the market
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