We are certainly facing an unprecedented moment in the world! To ensure that you receive the current issue of Riviera Insider during the corona crisis, we are making it available online free of charge. We want to make sure that even though you are housebound, you can still read the articles and interviews that we work so hard to bring you.
Now that we're allowed out into nature again, we're sharing our article on Cap Roux. Our gourmet writer, Lewis Longman, traded his fork for trainers and takes us on a hike through the Esterel mountains just west of Cannes for breath-taking views of the Côte d’Azur. But did he bite off more than he can chew?
The May/June issue of Riviera Insider is the biggest and most exciting edition of the year. Out of the sleepy winter lull, the Côte d'Azur kicks into high gear for the start of the season (and the economy) with the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix, Amber Lounge, Top Marques, Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and more. But the Coronavirus brought all this to a slamming halt, causing event cancellations from early February through June.
Lemon asparagus, crab salad with grapefruit and avocado; proper madeleines; lemon cake; asparagus gnocchi, fried artichokes, Creole chicken… Lots of Michelin star chefs, top hotels and famous restaurants are sharing some of their favourite recipes online or on their Instagram feeds. We have rounded up a decent list!
If the Coronavirus never spread across the planet, today would be opening day of the Festival de Cannes. Originally scheduled to take place from 12 - 23 May, the Cannes Film Festival is one of the most anticipated international events of the year. The entire Croisette gets lined in red carpet, posters of stars cover whole sides of buildings, and crowds gather outside the fancy hotels, hoping to catch a glimpse of an A-list star.
France’s confinement ends on 11 May, but that doesn’t mean a return to normality. Restaurants, cafes, bars, hotels and performing arts centres still have no clear date of reopening. It is the tourism sector (worldwide) that will be hit the hardest out of this crisis and there is a spreading concern for the future of our local businesses. We list what has been cancelled and what has been postponed and a promising plan from the city of Cannes.
Rare whales play off the coast of Marseille, seagulls nest on the beaches of Nice, Corsica is visible from Valbonne, dolphins frolic in the port of Antibes: images that only the Corona crisis made possible. While the pandemic is imposing a pause on humanity, nature and the environment are reviving. The University of Côte d'Azur plans to record the positive effects of Covid-19 on a digital map of the world. It starts on Saturday - and everyone can join in!
What to watch: Alexa is back with some reviews of the hottest new series available to stream in France. There is one more week of confinement, so there is still time to binge before we go back to some kind of schedule...