Hi, and welcome to our video of the high roads around the cote d'azur
and taking a different view of this beautiful part of the world
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Once again I'm going to tell you what you already know which is the Côte d'Azur is in the south east of France
and today's journey is going to take you from Monaco, through some of the scenic roads
fast forwarding through Nice to cross the River Var and onwards toward our final destination of Tourrettes-sur-Loup
and there's no better place than to start in Monaco
and if you're a fan of formula one we're just leaving La Rascasse and heading through Antony Noghès
onto the start finish straight heading towards Sainte-Dévote
and then heading up the fabulous Beau Rivage towards Massenet and Casino Square
remember you have to keep to the right if you're following the circuit
oh, and remember, it's only a grand prix circuit one weekend of the year
and this is Monaco's famous Casino as we head in towards Casino Square
now for this journey we're going to take a detour from the grand prix circuit
but if you do want to catch that i'll pop up a link to the corner from a very slow lap or two of Monaco
Now for my tour I've decided to head west towards Cap Martin to loop back and get onto
the roads above Monaco and as you can already see the roads are a lot quieter around here
but as you can probably see it's still popular with the, urm, somewhat wealthy
and so you know we're taking the D2564 and we're heading northish
You're already starting to get glimpses of the views ahead
You've got to admit that's a fairly stunning backdrop for you
One thing I need to warn you of there aren't a vast amount of places
to stop, really taking the view, but I found one place where I felt it was safe to pull over
and guess what? that's what i did. and this is the view that you see
Now back on the road, and I just love it when the route takes you above the top of the pylon
You're starting to get some pretty stunning views
i guess at this juncture i should give you a couple of the options, we chose to stick with
the D2564 and head towards La Turbie, the other option was to take the D51, that would return
you along the Middle Corniche towards Nice but I'm more of a man for the Grand Corniche which is what
this route is known as, and one of the things I can't convey is how beautiful it smells up here
and i have to admit I do admire the cyclist taking on this route
as we round the corner you can see the traffic on the A8, slightly above us, the Autoroute that
services this region, but we're not interested in speed, we're interested in taking in the views
and now we've reached our first stopover, which is La Turbie, I hope I'm saying that okay
and film fans may recognize it from the ambush scene in the 1998 film, Ronin, starring Robert de Niro
also featuring in that film is the beautiful Villefranche-sur-Mer - but that's another story
but for today we'll make an excellent place to stop for a coffee, and a pastry, or if you've got the time
then why not discover its historic, ancient streets but for us that'll have to be another day
Now sometimes, I see things that just make me smile, was there any need for that? really? never mind
and as we continue we're sticking with that D2564 on towards Èze
and now time to admire more stunning views and impressive cyclists as we head down
towards our next destination and you have to admit this is pretty impressive
And if you think the roads are pretty quiet, just so you know, this was filmed on the 6th of September 2018
And now we get our first glimpse of our next destination, Èze, the medieval village high
on a hillside, and if you watched our video on the French Riviera you'll notice we also went through
the lower part of the town, however they are only connected by a rather rocky footpath
It's again a fabulous place to stop and explore we did in 2012, but today there's other adventures to be had
so you know we have now joined the Middle Corniche
which once again gives you excellent views if you're heading out of town but I've decided to do
a u-turn here and head north out of town towards a interestingly named Avenue of the blue devils
Once again stunning views as we make our way slowly towards Nice
and I'm so pleased we took this detour when you come across a collection of classic convertibles
from this beautiful Peugeot 404, then the Mercedes 190SL
the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, another Mercedes this time a 250SL and a Ford Mustang, all 60s classics
now that's brought a smile to my face and I am just loving this road
We now just skim the village of Saint Michel, which means I'm just at the
back of Villefranche-sur-Mer; never said this was going to be a quick journey did I?
Now that on our right, between the trees is Nice, so we know we're getting closer
and by a touch of magic we're now the other side of Nice
but I'm still loving these roads though even though at times they can be
just a touch challenging, you need to give it a bit of a wide berth at times
oops, sorry my friend, thanks very much, merci mon ami
Now I know i'm enjoying myself but I do have to consider others, sometimes you just need
to pull over, let the locals pass and get back on your way. Now how long did that take?
and by doing that I enjoy a much more relaxing drive
and then I get treated to another twisty turny section which I really enjoy, I'm not sure Janis enjoys quite so much
and now we cross the River Var, to the northwest of Nice
Once again passing pretty little towns that if we had more time we'd explore
and we're now coming up to Vence another town would recommend stopping at
It's a beautiful little place and also further down the valley is St Paul de Vence
another exceptional place to explore if time permits
and now we're heading to our final destination on this trip
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, another ancient medieval town, set on the hillside, now let's take a little look
as we arrive in town it looks pretty enough
and there's a guy flagging a lift, I'm afraid not mon ami
Now, just a word of note as we arrive in the town, this was a Thursday, and around 3 p.m,
and the little car park associated with the town was a little busy
but that didn't put us off, and then you find out why it's so busy
it's a beautiful little place to explore and of course I've got a video on that so I'll pop a link up in the corner
and it offers you stunning views over the landscape you've just traveled through
and with that it brings our journey to an end
Thanks so much for watching, stay safe, stay well, and happy travels