St Paul de Vence

I mentioned we recently spent a long weekend in Antibes on the French Riviera. On our way there we stopped for the afternoon in St Paul, located in the Riviera hinterland.

St Paul has a beautiful walled old city (founded in the 9th century) perched high on a hilltop with gorgeous views.

There was plenty of this sort of stuff to walk around and admire:

Of course there was a church:

And this building is a dungeon, all that remains of the 9th century Chateau de St Paul.

St Paul is renowned for being a bit of an artist hang out (as well as being popular with writers and actors). We loved that there were sculptures on many different streets.

There were also tons of art shops with some stunning and kinda weird paintings/sculptures/etc. No photos of those to show you due to all the 'photography prohibited' signs in their windows. The sweet shop had no such sign though, so here you go:

So there you go - St Paul de Vence. Very nice, you should go there. 

Next up: Antibes.