TY - BOOK ID - 135993744 TI - French Riviera Adventure Guide PY - 2013 SN - 1282251317 9786612251313 PB - : Hunter Publishing, Inc., DB - UniCat KW - France -- Guidebooks. KW - Riviera (France) -- Description and travel. KW - Riviera (France) -- Guidebooks. KW - Riviera (France) -- Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135993744 AB - Starting just east of la Ciotat, the great sweep of Mediterranean coast, all the way to the Italian border, is referred to as the Côte d'Azur or the Riviera. It is a large area with dozens of beaches and, despite the coast's reputation for toney glamor alternating with brash vulgarity, it's a great location for watersports, boating, parascending, climbing, hiking and gliding. The Western Côte d'Azur is a deeply indented coast, characterized by many small towns, miles of sandy beaches, and three great mountainous headlands, called massifs. The Massif des Maures, Massif de l'Estérel and Massif ER -