Visit the charming villages of the Riviera

Leave the superyachts to the coast and head for the hills. Your own driver-guide takes you inland for a day in the Riviera's medieval villages: fortified towns on craggy clifftops, cobbled lanes barely wide enough for two, and tiny galleries and ateliers still carrying the artistic spirit that drew some of the 20th century's great painters here. Expect honey-coloured stone, ramparts with views over the rolling countryside and a pace that slows to a meander (sensible shoes a must). Along the way you'll stop for a long, lazy lunch somewhere local,