Evening star., 1957-12-15

Cannes. the year-round divertis
ing Of Monte Carlo. but 1t dot
southern Frances glamor coast
the ones always cropping up
IN books and newspapers.
What Of Eden Rot, VILE
franche-sur- Mer. Juan les Pins.
Where do the artists so, where
the movie stars. where the ex-
crowned heads Of Europe? In
other words. who is the tourist
likely to see where? And when2
On the Riviera recently. we
took our questions 70 hotel
managers. barmen. tourist Of
ficials and others in the know.
Take US from one end Of the
Cote d'Azur 70 the other. we
proposed. and connde the per-
sonality Of each place. Here's
the concensus:
To set the scene. picture the
Cote d'Azur as bordering the
Mediterranean at the foot Of
the last outcrops Of the Alpine
chain. Because Of its frostless
climate. IL became fashionable
among the English particularly
rs q winter resort more than
100 years ago. Alexander
Dumas. for instance. in an 1881
travel book on Nice. commented
that hotel prices we're very high
because everybody was called
Milford"
Prices are still high along
some parts Of the Riviera-and
not because the guests are all
"milordS S"-but camping sites
now nudge the villa-topped
estates Of some Of the wealthy
and some villages along the
Riviera include inexpensive ef-
ficiency apartments and small
bungalows.
Seasons" Change
The seasons" have changed
too. Nice, now q year-round re-
sort, Is jammed in the summer
time. Cannes has q summer as
well as a winter casino. For the
Cote d'Azur as q whole. the
popular season now runs from
July to September. The rich
and fashionable choose Sep
tember in the summer season
and January to March in the
winter. You're most likely TO
see the most movie stars at
Cannes during the film festival
Is days after Easter.
The Cote d'Azur begins at
Satnt-Raphael, a French family
resort with small sand beaches
and very clear water.
A number Of villages follow
nesting amidst pine and mi
mosa, but the next important
center Is Cannes. an interna-
tional resort and port Of call
for transatlantic liners and
luxury yachts. To Cannes, In
the season Of the elite. come
the rich and the royal. They'll
stay at such luxury hotels as
the Carlton or the Majestic.
Or they are received at palaces
that on the Riviera 60 under
the deceptively simple name Of
villas. The Begun Aga Khan
lives at Yakimour on a hill
above Cannes. Picasso, who
used to live in q peasant house.
paid a reported l3 million
francs for his villa at Cannes
Between Cannes and Nice
are q string Of resorts that run
the gamut from the most ex-
elusive to the most economical
on the Riviera. There's Golfe-
Juan. a little place whose claim
10 fame is a stone marker
showing that Napoleon landed
there on his return from Elba.
Then comes Juan-les- Pins,
called the night club Of the
Cote d'Azur. Developed by
American Millionaire Frank
Jay Gould. II is essentially a
family resort and a gay one.
In the daytime, children frolic
on the sandy beach. At night.
garden cabarets come TO life
with young people vieing for
champagne bottles which bob
UP and down over the heads
0f the dancers. The shops are
open all night and you can
get a permanent wave at 2
am.
Exclusive Resors
Cap d'Antibes, its neighbor
IS at the other extreme. Here
you1l find the exclusive Hotel
du Cap and Eden Roc. They
Gay you can find a millionaire
under every rock at Edfn Roc
Nearby cros-de-Ca hes is
booming Under the hgt-wa
trend Of making the Riviera