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Originally Posted by Kristian
Must admit, I'm not a huge fan of France ... but always happy to be proven wrong. If anywhere, I'd like Cannes.
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I lived two years on the french riviera and loved it! Stay away from Cannes center, but find a house near Mougins or Valbonne...about 7 to 15 km from Cannes in the mountains. A lot of englishmen live here, you will have the Mougins international school, english doctors etc..etc..
There is nowhere else in Europe you will find areas like the riviera. You have the cities of Cannes, Nice and Monaco, with the film festival, the grand pris, boat shows, music awards, shopping etc..etc... 80km to st. Tropez for the summer, 1 hour to skiing in the mountains at Isola2000. 3 hours to Milano and Turin, 4 to Firenze. 2 hours flight back to UK with multiple airlines from Nice.
My 2nd choice would be Geneva or Lausanne or even one of the smaller cities like Montreaux around the Geneva Lake.