- Renoir's house
La Ferme des Collettes, Auguste Renoir, 1915. His home. - Château de Chambord
Wallpaper in the 18th century apartments. - Nature morte a la sole et aux trois oursins
Most of the drawings/paintings in the Picasso Museum are like this. Maybe I don't get art, but I have dozens of very similar drawings from my kids. - Théoule-sur-Mer
Promenade André Pradayrol - Villefranche-sur-Mer
- Èze
View from the exotic garden in Èze. - Exotic garden in Èze
- L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Pointe du Dragon on the island of Saint Margaret - L'île Sainte-Marguerite
- L'île Sainte-Marguerite
Pointe du Dragon is one of my favourite places on the whole Côte d'Azur. - Nice
View of the Bay of Angels (Baie des Anges) from the Castle Hill - La Légende des siècles
I wonder what is behind these doors... Maybe just a huge Hugo fan? Place des Arcades in Biot. - Antibes
One of the lovely streets in the old Antibes. - Rue du Haut Castelet in Antibes
And yet another magical street in the old Antibes. - Hermes
These Hermes perfume bottles remind me of Magritte's The Son of Man. - Col de la Pousterle
View from Col de la Pousterle over Vallouise towards Pic de Clouzis (3453 m). A lovely walk or an intense cross-country track. - Flowers in Antibes
Wonderful. Just wonderful. - Biot
A very picturesque house in central Biot. A lovely detail is the missing paint on 'dog's corner' ;-) - La pointe de l'Aiguille
Now this is a magic place. Beautiful. Red. And windy. - La pointe de l'Aiguille
This landscape literally invites you to paint it. - Théoule-sur-Mer
- Antibes
Le Fort Carré in Antibes - Chambre d'Amour in Valbonne
- Valbonne
Super-cute doors in Valbonne. The world would be a friendlier place with more doors like this. - Le Paradis by Chagall
Marc Chagall, Le Paradis (1961). Eve's creation on the left and the Temptation on the right. - Adam et Ève Chassés du Paradis by Chagall
Marc Chagall, Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (1961), detail. My favourite part of the painting. - Île Sainte-Marguerite
View of the Sainte Marguerite island. And the beautiful sea in between. - Mont Blanc
Mt Blanc as seen from Chamonix. We stayed in Camping de la Mer de Glace and walked to the town centre. - Flégère
We took the cable car up the Flégère (1877 m) and started our hike to Lac Blanc. With spectacular views: from Grandes Jorasses over to Mont Blanc. - Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc and blooming Rhododendron - Tapestry
A magnificent almost 8 m long "thousand flowers" tapestry is from the 16th century. What an interesting motif... - Arromanches
The endless windy beaches are perfect for flying kites! - Pointe du Grouin
A lovely walk close to Cancale. And some wild currents in the sea! - Pointe du Grouin
GR34. So so so tempting, but we needed to move on. - Le Fort du Guesclin
As everything in Brittany, this place is also full of history. Romans, destroyed, fortress in 800s, destroyed, fortified castle built by Bertrand du Guesclin in 1100, destroyed in 1598, this one built in 1756... - Cap d'Erquy
If you can, take a walk on Cap d'Erquy. You will not regret it. - Cap d'Erquy
- Cap d'Erquy
- Cairn of Barnenez
Art exhibition by local kids. Love it! - Pointes d'Orient
View from the Galibier road towards Les Pointes d'Orient (2942 m) and Crête de Lacha (2938 m). - Le Galibier
Le Rabel (2539 m) and Roche Olvéra (2662 m) - Col du Galibier
Roche de la Gardette (3050 m), Pic Est de Combeynot (3145 m), Pic Ouest de Combeynot (3155 m), Roc Noir de Combeynot (3112 m); in the back Pic de Neige Cordier (3613 m), Roche Paillon (3636 m), Barre des Écrins (4102 m), Sommet Sud-Est de la Roche d'Alveau (3619 m), and Pointe Nérot (3537 m). Thanks to Peakvisor. - Col du Galibier
View towards Les Pointes d'Orient (2942 m), Crête de Lacha (2938 m), Aiguille Noire (2869) and Pic du Thabor (3207 m) on the right. - Le Col de l'Échelle
Being a fan of Alex Hugo, I wanted to see Vallée de la Clarée. This is already towards Italy, behind Col de l'Échelle. Oddly enough, the border is not on the col but in the valley below. - Le Mauvais Pas
A steep descend towards Italy - and then home. - Île Saint-Honorat
Areal view of Saint-Honorat. Lérins Islands are so so beautiful. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A sculptured olive tree. - Lac de Saint Cassien
Not much going on in this time of year at Lac de Saint Cassien. - Siagne river
- Siagne river
- Siagne river
What a picturesque place this is! - Le moulin de Saint Cassien des Bois
The mill is under renovation... and I suppose the people working there had a good time ;-) - Eucalyptus
And plantations of eucalyptus. We are close to Grasse after all. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
View from Belluny. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
Hydropower plant and its dam. And a lonely tree. - Biot volcano
But what a lovely and remote place it is.