It is often very sunny in winter due to the local microclimate and there is an excellent and very cheap public transport system: trams, buses, SNCF trains and the only private railway in France - Nice to Dignes les Bains. The latter is the surviving part of the once extensive Chemins de Fer de Provence.
We were based in a hotel in Nice and went out each day to explore coastal walks, walks in the hills, deserted hilltop forts and medieval villages with dark narrow streets which hide the sun.
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