Étang de Vaugrenier

On to Nice, which seemed Nice but there wasn’t any campsites really close by so we kind of needed by nearer Antibes.

The campsite is cool with a giraffe bouncy castle, park and pool so the children are immediately happy!

We head to the beach the next day, which was close but you had to cross a train track, Nic has a run in the morning and check it out but it is a bit pebbly too so we hop on the bikes and Croozer and head to a sandy beach. Good idea but bikes weren’t allowed on the duel carriageway (should have gone through the town), so a few wrong turns, steep hills and finally make it to the beach, pretty sweaty. Very nice beach too, beautiful white sand and bright turqouise sea, with more amazing yachts off the coast, one huge, and I mean the biggest I’ve ever seen too.

We have a great time on the beach and sea, the children love testing out their new ‘bodyboards’ and the sea is perfect for them (although Coen does find the little ledge where it goes a bit deeper and needs a quick rescue!). We spend the day on the sun and sea, a lovely unwind. The cycle home this time through beautiful Antibes, a mixture of posh casinos, high end designer boutiques and the old city - churches, city walls, harbour walls and many tiny, sandy coves dotting the little peninsula, before it opens to a big harbour full of more expensive yachts, the coast is a lot more scenic than the journey in, and soon the long stretch of pebbly beach leads us back to our campsite. We are definitely glad we made the effort to get to the beautiful beach!

A quick swim in the lovely covered pool the morning, Amelia is really building confidence now to swim further on her own, and they are both loving their new inflatable boards (Decathlon, of course!) then onwards we go...Read more