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Marseille, France
Harbour city with a lively old port and hilltop basilica.
Eat: Chez Fonfon
Stay: Hôtel La Résidence du Vieux Port
Do: Vieux Port, Notre-Dame de la Garde, Le Panier
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Saint-Tropez, France
Beach clubs, a Provençal market and a harbour citadel.
Eat: Le Club 55
Stay: Hôtel Les Lauriers
Do: Pampelonne Beach, Place des Lices market, Citadel
- Port de Port Grimaud
- Place des Lices
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Cannes, France
Quick stop for the Croisette promenade and the old Suquet quarter.
Eat: Le Caveau 30
Do: La Croisette, Le Suquet, Palais des Festivals
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Nice, France
Seafront promenade and a colourful old town.
Eat: La Petite Maison
Stay: Hôtel Rossetti
Do: Promenade des Anglais, Vieux Nice
- Colline du Chateau
- Nice Beach (Plage de Nice)
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Ventimiglia, Italy
Border stop; the Friday market is the draw.
Do: Ventimiglia market, Hanbury Botanic Gardens
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Portofino, Italy
Pastel harbour village with a hilltop castle and a hidden abbey.
Eat: Trattoria Tripoli
Stay: Hôtel Eden
Do: Castello Brown, San Fruttuoso Abbey, Portofino marina
- Marina di Portofino
- Portofino e San Fruttuoso Boat Experience
- La Cervara Abbazia di San Girolamo Al Monte di Portofino
- Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
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Cinque Terre, Italy
Five clifftop villages linked by train, boat and trails.
Eat: Ristorante Miky
Stay: Hôtel Marina Piccola
Do: Village hopping, Manarola sunset, Via dell'Amore
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Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy
Renaissance art and the dome climb, with a quieter side-street dinner.
Eat: Trattoria Sabatino
Stay: Hôtel David
Do: Uffizi, Duomo, Ponte Vecchio
- Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
- Ponte Vecchio
- Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi)
- Piazzale Michelangelo
- Piazza del Duomo
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Piombino, Italy
Ferry port for Elba; a short wander through the old centre.
Do: Historic centre
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Elba, Italy
Island of Napoleon's exile with beaches and a cable car up Monte Capanne.
Eat: Ristorante da Gianni
Stay: Hôtel Villa Ombrosa
Do: Villa dei Mulini, Spiaggia di Sansone, Monte Capanne
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Florence, Italy
Last evening in the Oltrarno artisan quarter.
Do: Oltrarno stroll, trattoria dinner