Little pieces of light

Grimaldi Castle in Antibes houses one of the world's finest collections of Picasso's work.

The Marineland of Antibes theme park was founded in 1970 by Count Roland de La Poype in the Plaine de la Brague neighborhood of Antibes....

In November each year, the Principality becomes the centre of the jazz world, with some of the biggest names in the business performing...

The Nuits du Sud (Southern Nights) Festival has been held annually in Vence since 1998 and is an internationally renowned event in a...

Jazz à Juan has long been one of the best - and the best loved - annual jazz festivals in the world. All the greats have played the...

Pétanque, or boules as it is more commonly known abroad, is practically a provençal institution. This iconic French ball game can be...

Every year on the first weekend of August, the annual Jasmine Festival – Fête du Jasmin – takes place in the beautiful medieval town of...

Every year in October, the city of Antibes and Juan-les-Pins celebrate the Harvest Festival with a Wine & Gastronomy fair. Over 70...

The summer season may be coming to an end, but the party and good humour is alive and well in Grasse, where they celebrate an Oktoberfest...

The Cannes Yachting Festival has been held every September since 1977 in the sparkling Bay of Cannes. It is the first boat show in the...

The Fete de la Saint-Jean is said to have been imported from neighbouring Catalonia in Spain but is now undoubtedly a fully french...

The Plages Électroniques in Cannes is one of Europe's biggest beach parties, and attracts festival-goers from all over the world. They...

Three-times Formula One champion Nelson Piquet famously said that racing at Monaco was "like trying to cycle round your living room", but...

Celebrating “Love, music and feet in the water”, the Crème Festival is a three-day music festival that takes place in mid-June in the...

Enjoy a reenactment of a great moment in history; the 1815 landing of Napoleon Bonaparte in Golfe-Juan! Discover the Imperial Village...

Nice organises a large annual "Le Village de Noël" in the central Albert 1er Gardens that features an ice rink, a large Ferris wheel, and...

In June, many seaside villages across the Riviera celebrate the festival of Saint Pierre, the patron saint of seafarers. In the past...

Over 50 years ago, one of the first pop and rock festivals in France - the "Riviera Festival" took place in Valbonne. Like Glastonbury...

The Monte-Carlo Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, which borders...

Cannes is renowned as the world's most prestigious, glamorous, and occasionally controversial film festival. In a sense, it is the...