Tag Archives: Cap Dramont

Grey days in Provence

Posted on 26 March, 2022 by candawalley

First of all the refugee situation. There are now lots of Ukranian refugees in the region – we heard this week of a school near Cannes which has just taken in 40 children. A little village not far from us … Continue reading →

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A favourite beach, a new walk and the Cannes Festival

Posted on 10 July, 2021 by candawalley

On the first Saturday after lockdown was lifted we celebrated by going out to what is probably our favourite beach, the Plage du Débarquement at Dramont near St Raphael. We’ve mentioned it many times before so we won’t repeat ourselves! … Continue reading →

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Mountain and sea

Posted on 25 July, 2020 by candawalley

For the last Saturday of July we thought we’d post a contrast. One of the problems of Courmettes is that being so high (830m), it often gets cloud when the coast is in glorious sunshine. Way back in March, we … Continue reading →

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The Unmissables 3: Cap Dramont and the Plage du Débarquement

Posted on 22 June, 2019 by candawalley

In the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at those sites we tend to default to when we get visitors. There are multiple requirements: they need to be not too far away, to have a guaranteed satisfaction level, to … Continue reading →

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Agay and Dramont

Posted on 17 March, 2018 by candawalley

As we mentioned in our last blog, continuing along the coast from Théoule sur Mer we kept going. There aren’t actually that many places to stop around the headland of the Esterel, and unless you get there early, you won’t … Continue reading →

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June miscellany

Posted on 8 July, 2017 by candawalley

Yes, we know that it’s July, but we’ve got a number of photos that didn’t make it into previous blogs, so we thought we’d include them in this one. We’ve been taking French classes all this year and we ended … Continue reading →

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The Beach, the Bugatti and the Beckhams

Posted on 20 August, 2016 by candawalley

Given the international interest over the banning of burkinis at Cannes you might be expecting us to either comment on this matter or simply consider it too trivial for discussion. Well we aren’t going to discuss it, not because it’s … Continue reading →

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