A slightly overcast day for us, still warm but actually ideal for the long walk along the seafront that we ended up doing today.

We started (after a fairly hairy journey over the hills) with a brief visit to Theoule-sur Mer as we were unable to find anywhere suitable to park, though we did get a couple of pics when we pulled into a viewing area…

The hillside properties have unbelievable views out across the sea but you would need a good set of lungs to get anywhere on foot! A little further along the coast we found suitable parking in Mandelieu and set off along the promenade towards Cannes. Unfortunately all of the beaches had dog bans in place (though there were a few dogs on the beaches) apart from this first one – Plage du Robinson….

After a little play, we were happy enough to walk along the promenade, as I’ve mentioned before there is no firm sand to walk along which makes it heavy going. In quick succession we walked by the other beaches of Mandelieu – Plage des Sables d’Or, Plage Troude l’Ancre and Plage de la Bocca….

There was a whole string of beaches (all really part of the same stretch of sand) leading up to the centre of Cannes – Plages du Rubine, Font de Verde, des Rochers, de la Nadine, du Midi and Festival Beach….

We took brief wander around the Port of Cannes – filled as you would expect with some pretty awesome gin palaces (I wonder how much use they actually get?), edged with beautiful terraces of Provincial buildings with the castle sitting up above…

Around the corner to the uber modern Palais of Festivals and the path of fame….

And onto the last couple of beaches of the day – Plage Palais de Festivals and Plage de Croisette….

At this point we stopped for a well earned drink and rest, before making our way all the way back to the van and ultimately back to the same Aire as the past 3 nights as we were unable to find anything any closer.

Thoughts of the day:

• I may be being a bit paranoid but I have read so many reviews about campers being broken into, both when parked and when actually occupied overnight that I really don’t want to stay in or around the coast for the rest of this little adventure along the Cote d’Azur.
• The old town’s are really quite pretty in a sunbleached kind of way – at least they have character unlike so many other resorts I have visited.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 45 (pretty hairy ones at that but I am trying to avoid tolls)
• Miles walked – 10
• Beaches – 13
• O/N – £13.14 (CCP Montauroux)