Le plus célèbre bord de mer du monde doit son nom et sa renommée aux premiers touristes d'origine britanniques qui, dès le XIXe siècle venaient passer l'hiver sur la Cote d'Azur ("French Riviera"), pour fuir les hivers rudes et brumeux du Royaume Uni.
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Cannes bay is located between Pointe de l'Aiguille and Cap de la Croisette, 4 miles ENE, from which the islands "Les Îles de Lerins" extends up to 2 miles. The E side of the gulf is occupied by the town and port of Cannes well known by it's film festival, where the houses form ...
Le Cap d'Ail marque la séparation entre les baies de Beaulieu et de Monaco. Les abords étant malsains, il faut s'en écarter assez largement. Le cap Martin est couvert de pins d'où émerge un sémaphore blanc sur les hauteurs.
The Presqu'ile de Saint Hospice , 40m high, forms a peninsula which extends E from the center of the E side of the Cap Ferrat promontory. It is surmounted by a chapel and a conspicuous tower Pointe Saint Hospice, located 1.2 miles NE of the Cap Ferrat Light, is the E extremity of ...
Rade de Villefranche is entered between Pointe des Sans Culottes, the SE extremity of the Mont Boron promontory, and Pointe Malalongue, the SW extremity of Cap Ferrat, 1 mile SE. The bay extends N for 1.5 miles and offers sheltered anchorage to vessels of any size. It is used by vessels ...
Golfe Juan is entered between Cap de la Croisette and Point de l'Ilette, 3.8 miles ENE. This gulf is sheltered from the SW by Iles de Lerins and from the S by shoals and is one of the best roadsteads along this part of the coast. In the approaches to the gulf, the currents are weak ...
Commercial and yachting port call also Lympia Port. Day approach:
Entrance difficult to identify from sea. Steer the course for 012° on
the observation post of Mont Gros up the lighthouse. Skirt end of
harbourg wall, leaving the head of the Poudriere mole starboard. Port
sheltered ...
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