No itinerary required
Or just explore.
Mametas can tell you where to base yourself and what to book. It can also get out of the way. This is the part for museums, swims, walks, islands, restaurants and good detours.
Choose a mood
Follow the day, not the spreadsheet.
These are the four doors into the less directive side of Mametas. Open whichever one sounds better after breakfast.
Day trips & walks
Islands, coastal walks, train days and the excursions that justify leaving your base.
Culture & museums
Matisse, Picasso, Maeght, Cocteau, villas and places where the Riviera becomes more than a view.
Beaches
Pebbles, sand, coves and the useful difference between a famous beach and a pleasant one.
Restaurants
Short local selections. No encyclopaedia, no pretending that 47 recommendations are a recommendation.
A few good ways to disappear for a while
Start anywhere.
Some places deserve to be discovered because they fit the day, not because an itinerary assigned them a slot.
Fondation Maeght
Modern art, architecture and gardens above Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Villa Ephrussi
A spectacular villa and gardens on a peninsula already showing off.
Cap-Ferrat on foot
A coastal walk that earns the view rather than merely photographing it.
Lérins Islands
The easiest way to make Cannes feel much further away than a short boat ride.
Matisse Museum
One of the cultural reasons not to reduce Nice to the Promenade.
Picasso Museum
Art, sea and old Antibes in the same few hours. Efficient, but not in a depressing way.