Part 4

Day 10 - City break Nice

Time of the year: September

Day 11 - Road trip around Nice

City Breaks in Biot - Grasse -  Mougins - Antibes

Time of the year: September

First stop - Biot  is a small fortified medieval hilltop village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur near Antibes, between Nice and Cannes. Many people come to Biot for its renowned cubist art museum of Fernand Leger as well as the winding cobbled lanes on the elevated fort. This village, that is now known for its ceramics and glassblowing, dates to prehistoric times. 

Second stop - Grasse has had a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century. Grasse is the centre of the French perfume industry and is known as the world's perfume capital (la capitale mondiale des parfums).

Third stop - Mougins is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France. It is located on the heights of Cannes and is surrounded by forests, most notably the Valmasque forest.[3] In the town there are pines, olives and cypress trees. Pablo Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life living in Mougins (1961–1973), where he died and lived in a 'mas' (farmhouse) at Notre-Dame-de-Vie.

Fourth stop - Antibes It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area. There are 48 beaches along the 25 km (16 miles) of coastline that surround Antibes and Juan les Pins.