Cote d’Azur fact file

The South Coast of France enjoys a Mediterranean climate consisting of warm, dry summers and mild winters. Average temperatures range from 8°C – 12°C in January to over 25°C in July and August. The wettest month of the year is October, counting just seven days of rainfall over the course of the month.

Flights

Nice Airport
International flights arrive in Nice Airport, where transfers are available by helicopter to Monaco.
W: www.nice.aeroport.fr
Taxi: Ranks outside terminals 1 and 2.

Helicopter
Heli Air Monaco check-in desks in Arrivals halls of terminals 1 and 2. Departures every 30 mins.
Tariff: 105 euros one way.
Terminal 1 Tel: 00 33 4 93 21 34 95.
Terminal 2 Tel: 00 33 4 93 21 34 62.
Main office: 00 377 92 050 050.
E: fabien@heliairmonaco.com
W: www.heliairmonaco.com

Azur Helicoptere: Nice Airport
Terminal 1: Tel : (33) 4 93 21 48 60 Fax : (33) 4 93 21 48 61
Terminal 2: Tel : (33) 4 93 21 48 62 Fax: (33) 4 93 21 48 61
W: www.azurhelico.com

Cannes Mandelieu Airport
Azur Helicoptere
T: (33) 4 93 90 40 70
F: (33) 4 93 90 40 80
www.azurhelico.com

Saint-Tropez

Heli Securite:
Tel: (33) 4 94 555 999
E: contact@helisecurite.fr
W: www.helicopter-saint-tropez.com

Immigration

Some visitors will need to apply for a visa from their local French consulate (see www.mfe.org ) before their departure depending on their nationality, the length and reason for their stay. EU citizens may carry simply a valid identity card. All other nationalities and British citizens must carry a valid passport. France forms part of the Schengen Area.

Customs

Yachts carrying a total of more than 10,000 euros must make a written declaration upon entry into port within 24 hours of arrival. Category 4 firearms (defensive firearms and their ammunition) are subject to strict AIMG (Application for Authorisation to Import War Material, Weapons and Ammunition) regulations.

Permits and restrictions

You do not require a permit for sea/shore fishing but there are limits to the number of lines that may be used and the catch must be for personal consumption. Some fish are protected during certain times of the year and there are rules regarding minimum fish size and the number that may be caught. All river and lake fishing require permits. Deep sea fishing is permitted usually from 30-50 nautical miles from the coast. Contact: Federation Francaise de pecheurs en mer (www.ffpmborddemer.com). The what, where and when of spear fishing is heavily regulated (see Federation francaise d’Etudes et de sports sous-marins www.ffessm.fr)

Marinas

Port de Saint-Tropez
Terre plein du nouveau port
83990 Saint-Tropez
T: 04 94 56 68 70
E: capitainerie@portsainttropez.com
E: reservation@port-de-saint-tropez.com

Marines de Cogolin
T: capitainerie – 04 94 56 07 31
W: www.marines-de-cogolin.com

Port La Napoule
Port de La Napoule – B.P. 923 – 06210 La Napoule-Plage
Tel : 04 92 97 77 77
Fax : 04 92 97 78 78
E: portlanapoule@portlanapoule.com
W: www.port-la-napoule.com

Port de Cannes
Services Plaisance et Commerce Port de Cannes
06400 Cannes
T: 0820 425 555 (€0.12 / min) or +33 (0)4-898-898-28 from abroad.
F: +33 (0)4 92 98 70 01
www.riviera-ports.com

Port Pierre Canto – Cannes
Capitainerie
Boulevard de La Croisette
Port Pierre Canto
06400 Cannes
T: +33 (0)4 92 18 84 84
F:+33 (0)4 93 94 66 18

Port Camille Rayon – Vallauris Golfe Juan
Capitainerie
T: +33 (0) 493 63 30 30
F: +33 (0) 493 63 55 07
E: patrick@portcamillerayon.net
E: port@portcamillerayon.net

Port Gallice
Pointe du Crouton
47 Boulevard Baudoin
06160 Juan les Pins
T: 04 92 93 74 40
F: 04 92 93 74 44
E : contact@port-gallice.fr
www.port-galice.fr

Port de Golfe-Juan
Quai Saint Pierre – 06 220 Golfe-Juan
T: 04 93 63 96 25
F: 04 93 63 66 41
www.riviera-ports.com

Port Vauban- Antibes
Avenue de Verdun
Port Vauban 06600 Antibes
T: +33 (0) 492 91 60 00
F: +33 (0) 493 34 74 04
E: port@portvauban.net
W: www.portvauban.net

Port Marina Baie des Anges
T: capitainerie – 04 92 13 32 20

Port de Nice – Service Plaisance
Quai du Commerce – 06300 Nice
T: 04 92 00 42 14
F: 04 92 00 42 90
Capitainerie (Etat)
T: 04 93 89 50 85
F: 04 92 04 95 93
www.riviera-ports.com

Port de Villefranche-Darse
06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer
T: 04 93 01 78 05 or 04 93 01 70 70
F: 04 93 76 92
W: www.riviera-ports.com

Port de St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Port de Plaisance – BP 14
06230
St Jean Cap Ferrat
T: +33 (0) 4 93 76 45 45
F: +33 (0) 4 93 76 45 46
E: president@portcapferrat.fr

Port de Beaulieu
50 Boulevard Gén Leclerc
06310 Beaulieu-sur-Mer
T: 04 93 01 10 49
W: www.portdebeaulieu.com

Port Cap d’Ail
T: 04 93 78 28 46
F: 04 93 41 98 29
E: directeur@portdecapdail.com

Port Hercule – Monaco
Quai Albert 1ER
98000 Monaco
T: +377 97773000
F: +377 97 77 30 01
E: info@ports-monaco.com
W: www.ports-monaco.com

Port de Fontvieille – Monaco
6 Quai Antoine 1er
98011 Monaco Cedex
T: +377 97773000
F: +377 97 77 30 01
E: info@ports-monaco.com
W: www.ports-monaco.com

From mobile phones for all services call: 112 (not available in Monaco).
Hospitals and clinics can be found in all major towns.

Hazards
Mosquitoes in the summer months; sandflies on the sandy beaches; jellyfish (meduses) can be abundant during the summer.

For jellyfish stings, received wisdom recommends: rinse affected area with sea water (not soft water), remove any remaining sting with pincers. Do not rub the sting. In severe cases the venom can be neutralised with vinegar or hot sea water. Analgesic medication soothes pain.
See www.meduse.acri.fr.

Crime and drugs
Theft of personal possessions is not uncommon on the Cote d’Azur – so sensible precautions apply. Be aware of a dim possibility of ‘snatch and grab’ thefts at traffic lights. Drugs are forbidden and it is illegal to travel when drunk (including by foot). Crime in Monaco is considered rare.

Event calendar

51st Jazz à Juan
Antibes Juan-les-Pins
14 – 24 July 2011
Europe’s oldest jazz festival takes place every year under the pine trees in ‘Pinede Gould’.

International Pyromuscial Contest
Monaco (9, 28 July – 12, 25 August 2011)
The International Pyromusical Contest organised in Monaco lights up the sky for four nights with accompanying music blasting from the Port Hercule.
W: www.monaco-feuxdartifice.mc

Fireworks Festival
Cannes (14 July – 24 August 2011)
This year’s programme includes fireworks set to music by experts from Spain, UK, France, China and Russia.
W: www.festival-pyrotechnique-cannes.com

Festival Pyromélodique d’Antibes
Antibes Juan-les-Pins (3, 10, 15, 24 August 2011)
More firework fantasia rounds off the summer when international firework experts compose firework magic set to music.
W: www.antibesjuanlespins.com

Monaco Yacht Show
21-24 September 2011
The Monaco Yacht Show has been the acme of the yacht show calendar for 20 years, and with over half the yachts on show over 40m in length it is the show of the superyacht calendar. In 2010 28,000 visitors flocked to the show, where over 500 companies from the yachting industry were exhibiting, including the most successful and influential builders and brokers from around the world.

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
24th September-2nd October 2011
Up to 300 traditional and modern sailing yachts compete in the week long regatta to win Le Club 55 Cup.
www.societe-nautique-saint-tropez.fr

Antibes Yacht Show
12 – 15 April 2012
Europe’s largest pleasure harbour, Port Vauban, Antibes, showcases motor and sailing yachts form 15-60 metres for brokerage and charter.
T: +33 (0)4 92 90 59 15
www.antibesyachtshow.com

Monaco Grand Prix
May 2012
Whether watched from the deck of your yacht in Monaco harbour or from a top grandstand seat at Rascasse corner, the F1 Monaco Grand Prix is the top fixture on the racing calendar. The twisting 77-lap circuit offers the ultimate in street racing, and the event is one of the highlights of the European social scene, with fashion shows, parties and balls held throughout race weekend.

Monaco Historic Grand Prix
May 2012 (two weeks before Monaco Grand Prix 2012)
The biennial Grand Prix de Monaco Historique is usually held a week or two before the main F1 event on the same circuit, with cars from the golden age of motor racing competing over 10 to 15 laps.

65th Cannes Film Festival
May 2012
Founded in 1946, Le Festival de Cannes is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious film festivals, held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. Films compete for the Palme d’Or, which is awarded to the film judged to be the best by a jury comprising a President and various film or art personalities. Various other awards go to short films, feature films and aspiring talent as well as actors, actresses, directors and screenplays. During the non-public festival, which is usually well attended by movie stars, directors and doyens of the industry, film screenings run alongside master-classes given by renowned filmmakers and exhibitions. For those in the business there are networking events and a movie market that is considered to be the busiest in the world. It all culminates in the glittering awards ceremony.

The Rendezvous in Monaco
June 2012
For dedicated adherents of the yachting lifestyle, an annual celebration is called for, and for coming up to 21 years, Monaco has been the venue for just such a gathering. Four days of fun and games both on and off the water encourage owners and their guests to enjoy their yachts to the full in the company of others.

Kicking off with a champagne reception, the activities include yacht hops, tender racing, water sports and a 007-style water-borne poker run. There are also luncheons on private beaches (reached by tender) and sumptuous black-tie dinners. Superyacht chefs, nominated by their owners, are pitted against each other in a competition of skill and creativity to produce a unique dish out of the same ingredients, and cocktail concoctions are judged. Parties are de rigueur, both on board and on shore, culminating with the Diamonds and White Rendezvous Party at the Monte Carlo Beach Club in Monaco’s true jet set tradition. A farewell brunch and informal prize-giving brings the four days to a close.
www.superyachtrendezvous.com

Les Voiles d’Antibes
June
Organised at the beginning of the season, Les Voiles d’Antibes – Trophée Panerai welcomes a selection of Vintage Yachts (built before 1950) and Classics (built before 1976), Metric Classes (6 Metre, 8 Metre and the Twelves, competitors of the America’s Cup from 1958 to 1987) and Spirit of Tradition Yachts all of which hold a place in the history of international Yachting. www.voilesdantibes.com

Beach clubs

Hundreds and hundreds of beach clubs disappear from the coast lines during the winter months and re-surface as soon as the sun starts shining full-time again (usually around mid/end April). Best known among them include:

CLUB 55
Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
T: 04 94 55 55 55
F: 04 94 79 85 00
www.club55.fr

Nikki Beach
Route de l’Epi, Ramatuelle
Tel: 04 94 79 82 04
www.nikkibeach.com

La Voile Rouge
Boulevard Patelli
83350 Ramatuelle
T: 04 94 79 84 34

Cabane Bambou
Route de Bonne Terrasse
Ramatuelle
T: 04 94 79 84 13

Plage des jumeaux
Route de l’Epi
Ramatuelle
T: 04 94 55 21 80

Tahiti Plage
Route de Tahiti
Ramatuelle
T: 04 94 97 18 02

Anjuna Private Beach and Restaurant
06360 Eze sur Mer
T: 04 93 01 58 21
www.anjunabay.com

Plage de Passable
Chemin de Passable
06230 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
T: 04 93 76 06 17
www.plage-de-passable.com

Paloma Beach
1 Chemin de Saint-Hospice
06230 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
04 93 01 64 71
www.paloma-beach.com

National holidays

1 January
1 & 8 May
Easter Monday
Ascension Day (Thursday)
14 July
1 August
11 November
19 November (Monaco)
25 December
Administrative offices, banks and businesses are closed on these days.

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