Monaco is the most compact and most concentrated expression of refinement on the entire Riviera. Two square kilometres of principality containing the Grand Prix circuit. The Casino de Monte-Carlo, the Opéra Garnier de Monte-Carlo, the Prince’s Palace. A concentration of five-star hotels and private residences that has no equivalent in France. For a wedding, it […]

There is a logic to the golden hour on the French Riviera that is different from anywhere else. The Mediterranean sits to the south. The sun sets to the west. The reflection from the sea arrives from the south throughout the day, lifting shadows in a way that inland locations cannot replicate. When the golden […]

Antibes is the Riviera city that photographers reach for when they want texture and history rather than glamour. The old town — the vieil Antibes — is enclosed within Roman and medieval ramparts that sit directly on the sea. Inside those walls, the streets are narrow and Baroque: ochre plaster, green shutters, stone cornices, market […]