Guides

Guides

Where to eat, drink and stay across the Côte d’Azur — read here, then taken with you in the app.

Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Villefranche-sur-Mer — A SOF Guide

Villefranche-sur-Mer decoded — the deepest bay on the coast, the medieval Rue Obscure, the catch at the harbour and one calm beach, read by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Valbonne — A SOF Guide

Valbonne decoded: a Roman-grid village above Sophia Antipolis, its arcaded square, the Friday market, and where to eat, drink and stay nearby.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Théoule-sur-Mer — A SOF Guide

Théoule-sur-Mer decoded: red Esterel cliffs over Mediterranean blue, two Michelin stars, a new château hotel. The quiet-luxury edge of the Riviera.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Sainte-Maxime — A SOF Guide

Sainte-Maxime decoded: the calm north shore of the Saint-Tropez gulf — a rotunda terrace, a port lunch, a 1956 beach club. The SOF read.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Saint-Paul-de-Vence — A SOF Guide

Saint-Paul-de-Vence decoded: ramparts, a century of painters, the Maeght, La Colombe d'Or, and where to eat, drink and stay above the cliché.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat — A SOF Guide

Cap-Ferrat beyond the postcard — two palace hotels, a cliff-side pool, the pink villa and a village kept quiet on purpose, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin — A SOF Guide

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin decoded: a medieval village above Monaco, a pine-cliff coast path, and the last great terraces before Italy. The SOF guide.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Ramatuelle — A SOF Guide

Ramatuelle decoded: a vineyard village above Pampelonne, La Réserve on the cliff, Canino's two stars, and the calmest way to do Saint-Tropez.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Mougins — A SOF Guide

Mougins decoded: a walled hill village above Cannes that quietly became the Riviera's gastronomy capital. Where to eat, drink and stay, the SOF way.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Monaco — A SOF Guide

Monaco beyond the casino — the Rocher at dawn, the SBM palace bars, a real bakery and the principality at the water's edge, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Menton — A SOF Guide

Menton decoded: lemon groves, Italian air, and the Riviera's gentlest light. Where to eat, drink and stay in the coast's warmest border town.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Mandelieu-la-Napoule — A SOF Guide

Mandelieu-la-Napoule decoded — Henry Clews's castle on the bay, the Estérel red behind it, the oldest golf on the Riviera and the port tables, by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Le Cannet — A SOF Guide

Le Cannet, the hill above Cannes — Bonnard's light, the Vieux Cannet tables, the panoramic apéro and the bay seen from above, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in La Turbie — A SOF Guide

La Turbie decoded: a Roman monument above Monaco, a village of 3,200, and the quiet stone-and-terrace life the principality forgot it had.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in La Croix-Valmer — A SOF Guide

La Croix-Valmer decoded: vineyards above Plage de Gigaro, the Saint-Tropez peninsula's emptiest coast. Where to eat, drink and stay, the SOF way.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Juan-les-Pins — A SOF Guide

Juan-les-Pins beyond the festival — the Fitzgerald-era hotels, the pine-shaded beach, the jazz and the late hour, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Grasse — A SOF Guide

Grasse beyond the perfume-bus circuit — the working fragrance houses, the olive-grove table, the market-square apéro and the old town, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Golfe-Juan — A SOF Guide

Golfe-Juan beyond the bypass — Napoleon's landing, the Picasso-beach clubs, Vallauris clay and a sun-first working harbour, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Gassin — A SOF Guide

Gassin decoded by SOF — the perched village above the Gulf, its vineyards, one Bouillabaisse beach, and the quiet luxury above Saint-Tropez.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Èze — A SOF Guide

Èze decoded: a medieval village at 427m between sky and sea. Two palace tables, a perfume tradition, the Nietzsche climb. Where to eat, drink and stay.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Cannes — A SOF Guide

Cannes beyond the red carpet — the Croisette palaces, La Suquet mornings, the beach-club ribbon and the great tables, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Cagnes-sur-Mer — A SOF Guide

Cagnes-sur-Mer decoded — the medieval Haut-de-Cagnes, Renoir's olive grove, the Cros fishing shore and where to eat, by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Beaulieu-sur-Mer — A SOF Guide

Beaulieu-sur-Mer decoded: a Belle Époque hush between Villefranche and Cap-Ferrat — a Greek villa, a one-star bay, the Riviera's warmest winter sun.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Antibes — A SOF Guide

Antibes beyond the marina — the walled old town, the Provençal market, Cap d'Antibes, Picasso's ramparts and the deep clear water, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Saint-Tropez — A SOF Guide

Saint-Tropez beyond the cliché — the Pampelonne beach clubs, the Sénéquier apéro, the village mornings and the legend, decoded by SOF.

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Where to Eat, Drink & Stay in Nice — A SOF Guide

Nice beyond the Promenade — the Vieux Nice tables, the rooftop apéro, the seafront seafood and the city's quiet luxury, decoded by SOF.

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