The capital of the Riviera arranges itself around the Baie des Anges, where the famous blue chairs of the Promenade face water of a blue no filter improves. The beaches are pebble — buy the cheap mat everyone else has — and the swimming is glorious into October. Between dips: the Matisse and Chagall museums, the baroque old town, and socca eaten hot from paper.
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