Côte d'Azur Events

We all know the beneficial properties of lemons and citrus, in general, but few have heard about their international popularity during the Lemon Festival !The celebration takes place yearly during the months of February and March in Menton, France.

Born out of the hoteliers’ desire to enliven the city during the winter, the Lemon Festival has been boosting up the Cote d’Azur tourism ever since 1895. Included in the carnival tradition, the festival runs for three weeks from February, 17th until March, 7th.

During the day, the whole town seems to be holding its breath, but as night falls, a float laden with oranges and lemons appears as if from nowhere, followed by another.The drums beat impatiently, a trumpet tosses a melody into the air.It’s time for the party! Fanfares, orchestras, folk groups and dancers incite disorder, bringing the kind of incandescent splendour normally found in the most extravagant festivals to this parade. Fireworks at the end of the moonlit parades are definitely a must-see.

One of the most amazing citrus exhibition can be seen at Biovès Gardens, where you’ll discover a new way theme each year and altogether a new perspective on carnival culture. The Carnolès Palace Gardens reveal as well a diverse collection of citrus, such as kumquat, grapefruit, tangerine, etc.

The Lemon Festival is indeed a quite unique event in the world, attractting each year more than 230,000 visitors – a constantly increasing attendance. It’s the second biggest event on the Riviera after the Carnival of Nice and before the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco. It uses the services of over 300 professionals and requires 145 tons of citrus fruit.

The Festival coincides each year with two other great events : the International Orchid Festival and Pays Mentonnais crafts fair, both held at Palais de l’Europe. Like the carnival, the evocative and exotic names of these hybrid, botanical, and miniature varieties invite us to take a journey to a far-off land…

In order for you to enjoy as much of this amazing experience, our agency will take care of everything.  We hope to see you here soon !

Pick up from your Hotel to Menton Lemon Exibitions

65€ by person (garden pass included)

For further assistance :

Agence Côte d’Azur Events

4, rue Desboutin 06300 Nice FRANCE (9h-18h)

office@ca-events.fr or 06 307 260 02

What are your plans for tonight? Why not invite your better half for a dinner at one of the highest-located four-star restaurants in Monaco for a breathtaking view of this extravagant city at night ?Our English- speaking driver will be in front of your hotel at 20h, ready to take you on one of the most adventurous tours of the French Riviera.

You will enter a new dream world – Monaco under the moonlight. Wind your way along the spectacular Moyenne Corniche road to Monaco. Reach the Prince’s Palace and take a moment to appreciate its serene atmosphere. Head on to Monte Carlo, where many rich and famous people dare to gamble their wealth away at the swanky Casino.A full tour of Monaco’s Grand Prix circuit is included with the only exception that we will not be doing it in 1 minute and 30 seconds like the famous racers, but we will be taking our time to explain all the important stops along the way.

Finally, we will arrive at Vista Palace Hotel, overlooking the bay of Monte-Carlo. We will invite you to savour an exquisite meal prepared by one of the best chefs of Côte d’Azur, while enjoying the stunning sea views of the hotel, stretching from the Principality of Monaco and the Italian Riviera.
What better way to renew your love vows and make your sweetheart fall in love with you over and over again? What is more, we will get you back at your hotel at the stroke of midnight!

For reservations, contact us at 06 307 260 02 or office@ca-events.fr
Prices: Monaco Night Tour (4h) from 20:00 until 24:00 for  65 €/ person
or
Monaco Night Tour (5h) with dinner from 19:00 until 24:00 for 115 €/ person

If you have decided to celebrate the winter holidays on the French Riviera, don’t miss out the Christmas village in Place Massena.  From December, 3^rd to January, 2^nd 2012, Christmas in Nice will be marked by a sense of wonder and festivities - entertainment, craft chalets, gift ideas, oyster and champagne bar, fir-tree forest, ice skating rink, shows, everything combined to bring you memorable moments with family or friends.

While you’re here, check out the Nice Acropolis– named « Europe’s number one convention centre » for three years in a row. Nestled in the heart of downtown Nice, just 15 minutes from the airport, the Acropolis Convention and Exhibition complex offers: 5 auditoriums with 250 to 2,500 seats, 50 meeting rooms with 20 to 800 seats and a 26,000 square metres exhibition hall.

The Acropolis will be hosting on the December, 10^th P.I. Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece in 4 acts – The Swan Lake. This breathtaking classical ballet is presented by one of the world’s most prestigious ballet troupes, the Kiev Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, composed of 60 artists, featuring – en premiere – 24 swans on stage.

If you don’t arrive in time, don’t get disappointed. The Opera and Ballet season is only starting and there are plenty of cultural events you can choose from. For a full list of concerts and reservations, please visit Opéra de Nice Cote d’Azur website at http://www.opera-nice.org

For those of you not that passionate about opera and ballet, there are always plenty of things to do in Nice. You are just a click away from having a really good, good time !

More info on events happening in Nice at  the very moment :http://www.nicetourisme.com/

This famous traditional slogan, even in English-speaking countries “Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!” (literally, »The new Beaujolais has arrived! »), has recently changed to « It’s Beaujolais Nouveau Time! ». In France it has become a real nationwide social event and a reason for people to have a good time, while in the United States, it is promoted as a drink for Thanksgiving, which falls a week after the wine is released.

But what is Le Beaujolais?

Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur, fermented for just a few weeks before being released for sale, annually, on the third Thursday of November. This « Beaujolais Nouveau Day » sees heavy marketing, with races to get the first bottles to different markets around the globe.

Beaujolais Nouveau is a purple-pink wine reflecting its youth, bottled only 6-8 weeks after harvest. The method of production means that there is very little tannin, and the wine can be dominated by such fruity ester flavours as banana, fig and pear drop. The wine is recommended to be slightly chilled to 13°C (55°F).

Beaujolais Nouveau is intended for immediate drinking and not for keeping; standard Beaujolais AOC wines are released the following year. The wines show definite variation between vintages, and as such are eagerly waited as a first indicator of the quality of the year’s regional wine harvest.

This year, the first of many thousands of barrels of Beaujolais Nouveau were breached at midnight  to mark the wine’s 60th birthday. While thousands of people cheered as the clock struck midnight in the centre of its production Beaujeu (Rhône), our Japanese friends have celebrated its Tokyo launching  in a more festive manner, and a couple of hours in advance.

http://videos.tf1.fr/infos/2011/le-beaujolais-nouveau-est-arrive-au-japon-6827173.html

http://www.zimbio.com/watch/r7tpHhktMdu/Beaujolais+Nouveau+Japan+hot+springs/AFP+TV+World

This year, like always, the Côte d’Azur Events staff has joined the other party people and celebrated The Beaujolais Nouveau Day, by going to various bars and bistros in the Vieux Nice to get the pulse of this major French event. We have enjoyed this small table wine with a plate of charcuterie and cheese in good company and in a marvelous ambiance. We are inviting you all to join us next year in Nice to have a pleasant chat over a fresh and fruity glass of Beaujolais!

Do you want to experience something new, uncommon and maybe quite eccentric in the heart of French Riviera? Would you like to feel the athmosphere of this famous and glorified place by unusual but really original way? Now, you have possibility to admire the spirit of some idylic places having some summer breeze in you hair! Amazing views over La Baie des Anges or over borders of the sea from some picturesque old villages situated in the mountains, sea borders just under the rocks. Beautiful and unforgettable, ideal for taking some really nice photos!

You can spend four hours with a company you choose (three more persons) and go wherever you want. All costs are included in the price (260 euros/4 hours), sympatic driver inside the car. If you are interested, there is no easier thing to do than to choose your free half of a day, take some really good mood and amuse really well with others.

We are leaving from a marvelous port of fischermen while the sky coverd by the robe of night is brightened by beautiful sunrise. In the middle of colourful and calm surrounding of the port and the blue sea,  you can see some Mediteranean fish,  which flit on the clear surface. Stéphane, a countryman, offers you to rent his boat and explore numerous bays around one of the most famous cape in the South of France.

Renting of small boats (no driving licence is needed) permits to discover the coast viewed  from the seaside as well as to swim in the crystalline water of the bay. You can easily get on the board by using a small ladder where a sail provides you shadow and its shade. Half a day really cool.

There are also other sorts of powerful and comfortable boats of different sizes, driving licence is necessary though. Finally you choose a boat, which is the most captivating for you, with a skyper and champagne on the roomy board. If you have free half a day, it is almost imperative to live out this experinence (preferably in the morning because the sea is always calm)!

On the Prestige 34, a boat 11 meters long with 2 cabines and a shower, toilets, kitchen and open space for sunbathing. You can invite your frineds, too, 8 persons maximum (9 with a skyper). The price is just 1100€  nett for half a day (4 hours). So make a small pleasure only for yourself, become a navigator on this stunning boat where all is sensation and delight.

For more information: 0630726002 or aej.nice@gmail.com

If you are in this moment in Nice and you like fine music, you are a really lucky person, I would say. Do you ask yourself why? The reason is that in these days (from 19^th June to 15^th August) a well-known festival called Académie Internationale d‘été which is being held in the quarter of Cimiez.

A rich programme is prepared for you. You can take advantage of plenty of concerts which are sorted by different types of instruments. The protagonists of such artistic pieces are remarkable professors and students of different Music Academies of France, which are being accommodated by University of Nice during whole period of the festival.

Because of various sessions, fans of music can choose a type of music and time they really prefer. In the end, there is no more to say except this: Do not hesitate and participate even if you are not so keen on classical music because to listen to something of a great value is always good experience. To see the schedule, click here: http://www.hexagone.net/music/academy_nice_FR.htm