Like all
the world's greatest capitals, Paris lives at a fast pace,
by day, by night and especially at rush hours. It is divided
into 20 arrondissements that spiral out like a snail shell
from the first, centered around the Louvre, of which certain
quarters like the Montmartre, Montparnasse and the Marais
are real villages within the city. Paris is the world
capital of art and culture because it has some of the most
famous museums and monuments in the world like the Eiffel
Tower, the Notre-Dame cathedral and many more. With its
history and architectural patrimony, Paris is living, moving
and evolving every day.
Located
in the Grasse region, in the department of the Alpes-Maritimes,
Cannes owes its brilliant expansion to tourism. In 1834,
Lord Brougham, a former Lord Chancellor of England,
"discovered" this unimportant fishing village and, falling
in love with the Provence charm, decided to turn it into a
booming tourist resort. The Hôtel Gonnet de la Reine, the
first luxury hotel on the Croisette, was built in 1858, and
the Winter Casino in 1907, where the Palais des Festivals
now stands. The first Cannes Film Festival took place in
1946. The city's population (70,000 inhabitants) literally
doubles, if not triples, in the summer season, between July
15 and August 15, as well as during the Festival
Monaco,
an ancient principality steeped in a rich and colorful
history, is considered by many to be Europe's most
fascinating country. Though the Principality covers but one
square mile, it stands as a proud monarchy with his Serene
Highness Prince Rainier III as its head of state. Today
people visit Monaco and its glittering district Monte-Carlo
not simply to have a vacation, not just to test their
standing with lady luck, nor merely to see and be seen, but
to revel in the memorable life-enhancing experience that is
Monaco.
In fact,
everything is accentuated in Nice, the light is so bright
that the colours are flashing. The pines are green and are
happily rubbing shoulders with the blue shades of the
Mediterranean Sea and the sky, the sun is highlighting the
yellow tones of the flowers, the ochre sides of the houses,
in a natural setting of rocks and hills : it is indeed easy
to understand the fascination exerted by the Côte d'Azur on
the artists, painters, writers, sculptors, musicians, who
contributed to her fame and to whom the museums of Nice are
paying a deserved tribute.
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