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On-line Guide: Christmas Markets on the Riviera
Posted Dec 2015 in What's On
It’s time to celebrate and we’d like to thank you all for choosing to spend your treasured Christmas holiday in one of our rental apartments here on the French Riviera.
We’re here to make this Christmas your best one yet and it all starts here with our guide to the best of the Riviera's Christmas markets.
NICE
6th December 2015 – 4th January 2016
Monday – Thursday 11am-8pm, Fridays and Saturdays 11am-9pm
Jardin Albert Ier, La Coulée Verte
Sixty wooden chalets with artisanal gifts and regional produce make up the Nice Christmas Village. There will be many concerts and performances, as well as a large skating rink and children’s play area and Ferris wheel!
MONACO
4th December 2015 – 3rd January 2016
Sunday to Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday to Saturday 11am-10pm
Quai Albert Ier
With chalets filled with regional gourmet specialities and wondrous arts and crafts, the delightful decorations of Monaco’s Christmas Village will take both young and old on a journey to an exciting enchanted world.
CANNES
28th November 2015 – 3rd January 2016
Sunday to Thursday 10.30am-8pm, Friday to Saturday 10.30am-9.30pm
Allées de la Liberté
Traditional wooden cabins crammed with gift ideas, gourmet tastings and all the usual decorations. The Cannes market is a real Christmas treat. While the little ones enjoy a pony ride and a bouncy castle, the big ones will surely appreciate the ‘gastronomic corner’.
ANTIBES
12th December 2015 – 3rd January 2016
Place de Gaulle
In the centre of Antibes the Christmas celebrations start with the traditional ‘Parade aux Lampions’, leaving at 4pm from Place de Gaulle. So grab your lantern and join in! There will also be carriage rides through the streets of the town, plus competitions for children and a brand new video show for kids and adults alike, which will take place on Pré des Pécheurs.
