Riviera

In 19th-century European high society, people would often talk of a magical land where winter never came - that land of unending sunshine and azur waters. 

A few miles back from the shore is a less publicized side of the Riviera --- a world of romantic hill towns and perched villages balanced on craggy peaks. Worn-down stone stairs and cobbled byways lead through modest hamlets crowding around ancient châteaux.