NICE & MONACO

Last year around this time we spent in Nice & Monaco one of my favorite holidays so far since moving back to England. In Nice we stayed at Le Meridian on The Promenade Des Anglais. It's a beautiful hotel with a rooftop restaurant and pool. We took the bus tour and stopped at the Chagall Museum, walked along the Promenade Des Anglais, swam in the Med &  had some great wine, bread & olives. In Monaco we stayed at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo which also has a beautiful luxury roof-top pool. Our room was located on the famous hairpin turn of their Grand Prix. The aquarium in Monte Carlo is great and has a lovely roof-top restaurant to enjoy before or after admission. We saw the changing of the guards at the Palace Princier de Monaco and Princess Grace gardens which has over 100 species of cactus. Steve & I found some great restaurants and he was able to practice his French! I loved that everyone was still enjoying the water in October, swimming seems to be very popular with the locals. We often saw people show up with a  loaf of crusty french bread for their after swim snack!