Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Travel Blogs

South of France
Aug 23, 2008 (4 photos)

Spending time in the South of France... European Vacation

Bord de la Mer
Oct 1, 2008 (4 photos)

... Brent and Margaret Rankine with whom we are going to spend the next 4 or so days. They had booked us a room in Villefranche which has been their headquarters for the past few weeks. We left Avignon about 9am heading south towards the Cote D'Azur. Another ...

A day at the beach
Oct 2, 2008 (4 photos)

... a lovely lunch there with an entertaining waiter who amused us with his quips and antics. He certainly enjoyed his work. A walk back to Villefranche and then a brief rest. At 5pm we all went to a local beach, well, pebbles, and went for a swim in the ...

Travel day from Avignon to Villefranche sur mer
Jun 14, 2007 (2 photos)

... repack everything and lugged our mega-bags into the taxi and off to the train station for a fairly short journey to Villefranche sur mer, France. The train was a bullet TGV but did not move as fast as the other day, still fast enough, dropping us ...

Gorgeous Beaches and Streets!!
Jul 21, 2009

... post card that she displays her work all over the world.cool; Took boys back on bus because i wanted to take the, to Villefranche Sur Mer;  This is a town I hqve alwys drooled over when we have passed it in car and bus on other trips.  I have ...

A little village next to Monaco and Nice
Mar 22, 2009

Villefranche has nothing to visit, but it has a little beach with turquoise water.

Just got back from another 10 day trip ...
Aug 6, 2002

... on Thursday for yet another 10 day trip, this time with two franch dads and 5 kids between 5 and 12. In the meantime I am at busting point trying to knock out all the usual deck work and maintenance here in Villefranche near Nice. This one's gonna hurt.

Sites of Villefranche sur mer
Jun 15, 2007 (6 photos)

Hello everyone! We ate at the Hotel Riviera this morning and headed out to see the sites around 9:30am. We wandered the narrow little streets and watched the clouds get darker and darker and actually came back to the room to grab our rain jackets as it ...

Driving in Provence, Part 2 - from the road
Apr 18, 2005

... drink - before finishing up this 2-week trip in France. We spent 4 days in a small town on the Riviera called Villefranche-sur-Mer. While the locals boast about getting 300 days of sunshine a year, only 1 of our 4 days belonged to that group. ...

Its been all go go go this last few weeks ...
Jul 26, 2002 (6 photos)

... a long journal entry. We said our final goodbye to beloved Sanremo this afternoon as we slipped lines, fuelled up and headed for Villefranche to pick up the next 10 day charter. Sanremo has been a blast. It has been a refreshing escape from the tacky ...

The French Riviera
Oct 7, 2007 (2 photos)

... ) that the next train was scheduled in an hour (the timetable was completely wrong) so we walked in the back streets of Villefranche, had a quick look through the antique markets, grabbed some lunch (good old baguettes) and then headed back to the station.

Great little town
Sep 14, 1998 (2 photos)

Cute little seaside town

Last Day
Mar 30, 2009 (18 photos)

... up the yacht itself, nothing. Finally, on the second day some stupid internet gossip site had pictures of Ashton Kutcher in Villefranche! I had been looking through the monoscope saying, "I KNOW that's someone, but I just can't see his face clearly enough ...

Sunday after week one.
Mar 8, 2009 (7 photos)

... cruise ship has docked in the bay, & tourist season has officially begun. :) Yesterday we did a quick walking tour of Villefranche with our classmates and got a few historical facts in before we went to lunch together. We had lunch just ...

Day 2: groceries and laundry
Mar 2, 2009 (1 photos)

... the dock for dinner. It sucked, but now we know not to go back! :) It was actually the first yucky food we've had in France. Aaron didn't feel well after, and we ended up taking the scenic route home on foot up the hills, so that didn't help matters much! ...

Days 3 & 4: First 2 days of school
Mar 4, 2009 (9 photos)

My brain hurts. I would say that in French, but I don't know how to yet. The first day of school was mainly administrative stuff, so there wasn't a lot to report. I talked to a few people, but like the true introvert that I am, didn't want to invest too ...

Villefranche: Day One
Feb 28, 2009

I loved flying out to Europe at night instead of the morning. We slept on the plane, and when we woke up, it was afternoon there. So breakfast became lunch, and lunch became dinner, and we were ready for bed by the time we got settled in around 10pm or so ...

Sunday after week 2
Mar 15, 2009 (5 photos)

... ;got groceries and read a book (in English!)  Thankfully you can see they bay from our bed, or we wouldn't know we were in France at all! lol (Our apartment is small, so the bed functions as the couch too.) I took some pics of the sunrise Friday. It ...

Tuesday of the last week: by Aaron
Mar 24, 2009 (33 photos)

... this week! We've driven all around the area that leads up to the Italian border. We stopped in Menton (the last city in France on the way to Italy) for lunch. Tres jolie! We're going to head west this week, stopping in Cannes, Antibes and probably some ...

Chilling like a villian in Villefranche
Oct 5, 2008

I'm here in Villefranche-Sur-Mer... I think. Or is it Villefranche-Sante?... I dunno, why they named the towns the same all over France I dunno. It took me awhile but I found the internet place where I can spend a long time without spending a whole lot ...

Two weeks on the French Riviera :)
Jul 17, 2010

We have booked our apartment for two weeks. Looking for ideas of what to do (besides go to the beach!). We are definitely travelling to Monaco for one day, and Nice for a day, but are interested in ideas from people who have been here.

Week 2, Day 3
Mar 11, 2009 (11 photos)

It's been a great week so far! I seem to finally be picking things up, though my pronunciation still gets all mixed up with spanish. For example, you say "de" like "duh" but I always say "day." Stupid little stuff like that. But overall, I feel much much ...

Fond memories of our trip
Nov 16, 2007 (2 photos)

... from Provence for little less then a week now, and miss the sunshine and life style.  Our "base camp" was in the town of Villefranche next door to Nice, we had rented a flat that we had found on Craig's List, and along with an Alfa Romeo rental, we ...

Chilling at X-Cafe
Oct 19, 2008

Last week was a kick ass week! I finally got to treat a lot of people. It gets very boring and frustrating when no one comes in you know you can help. But thankfully things have been picking up since last week. I got to treat a number of odd, weird, and ...