The holidays always feel like a little exhale. A moment to pause, reset and dream about where the next passport stamp might ...

Home to the likes of St. Tropez, Cannes and Nice, the glitzy Côte d’Azur conjures up images of yachts, designer clothes and perma-tans, but that’s just half the story. From the pastel-hued ...

History of a notion. The Côte d'Azur is said to be all about summer. But that's not so true: Its fame was born as a winter destination, long before its emblematic name was invented in the 1887 book La ...

This is the summer to hit the French Riviera. As if a sun-splashed coastline, sizzling nightlife and glamorous hotels weren’t a potent enough mix for a thrilling vacation on the Mediterranean, Jazz à ...

With sun-dappled landscapes and the azure allure of the Mediterranean, the French Riviera—also known as the Côte d’Azur—has seduced artists from Claude Monet to Pablo Picasso to Marc Chagall. A new ...

As part of “The Baku connection” project, the investigative journalism network Forbidden Stories and FRANCE 24 investigated the Santa Monica Villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer and the strange financial ...