Recently updated on July 22nd, 2025 at 11:30 am
Bonsoir tout le monde (G’day everyone).
The fun just keeps on coming! Today we continued further south first stopping off in the wine village of Chateauneuf-du-Pape for some wine tasting. Did you know that the French almost wiped out all Viongier grapes and it was actually French actor Gerard Depardieu (think Green Card) that fought to save it? He has a passion for wine and owns many vineyards in France.
Next stop the beautiful walled city of Avignon. Big props to our driver Raphael who did a great job managing the tight roads and corners on the way. Raphael’s been a Trafalgar driver for 12 years so I knew we were in good hands. After some free time to look around and have a bite to eat, it was back on the road for a scenic drive along the Côte d’Azure (French Rivieria). Here we stopped off to enjoy a walking tour of yep, you guessed it Monte Carlo!
Being summer it’s just full of people and I was right in my element snapping away at all the flashy sports cars, amazing buildings including Hotel de Paris and the Casino made famous by James Bond – it was crazy! After all this excitement, we headed back to Nice where we checked into our hotel located right on Massena Square – pretty much the centre of the city. We wasted no time settling in so we could take off and check out this amazing city.
We couldn’t have asked for a better day!
Matt Cameron-Smith
Managing Director, Trafalgar Australia
