French Riviera Tourist Guide (Guide touristique Côte d'Azur) - Illustrated Edition (Édition illustrée)

Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français)

French Riviera is one of the first modern resort areas. It began as a winter health resort at the end of the 18th century. With the arrival of the railway it became the playground and vacation spot of British, Russian, and other aristocrats, such as Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, when he was Prince of Wales. In the summer, it also played home to many members of the Rothschild family. In the first half of the 20th century, i...