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One for the Road: Cannes & Île Sainte-Marguerite.
Day three. From our Airbnb in Valbonne, we drove to Cannes, and had the best breakfast at The Promenade de la Croisette. We hit a few luxury shops before heading to Port de Cannes. Little brother surprised me by buying an LV wallet for me. Wow. This was fast becoming the best day ever. From…
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One for the Road: Nice & Monaco.
Day two. We had our complimentary breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn, and then we hit the road hoping to catch the sunset in France. We made it to Nice late in the afternoon and still had some daylight for a little sightseeing. With no clear itinerary, we just walked along Promenade des Anglais and…
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Driving along the Cote d’Azur: Cannes, Nice, Monaco & Genoa.
As said in previous posts, we initially planned this trip to watch a basketball tournament in Antibes, France. With some research, we quickly figured out that we can turn our little basketball trip into a French Riviera sightseeing adventure! Now, we’ve been to the French Riviera before but it’s always nice to go back and explore…
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Bleu Blanc Tour – The Gilas Experience.
The main reason we headed to the French Riviera was because of the Bleu Blanc Tour, a basketball invitational tournament where the Philippine Gilas Team would be competing with basketball powerhouses like France, Australia and Ukraine. It was a rare chance to see the Gilas players go head to head against the basketball giants of…
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Monte Carlo, Monaco.
From Nice, we drove about 30 mins to reach our accomodations in Beausoleil, France. The apartments were located at the border of Monaco. It’s worth noting that hotels/apartments just right outside Monaco provide the best deals since they are half the price of the hotels inside this ultra-rich country. We booked two apartments in Adagio…
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Nice, France.
Another weekend, another European adventure. This weekend would take us to the French Riviera where we will have short visits to Nice, France and Monte Carlo, Monaco! Like with most of our trips, it started when I was playing around with Skyscanner.net. The website has a nice feature where you can enter dates as well…