Villefranche is reopening to tourists! What you need to know.

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Villefranche is reopening to tourists! What you need to know. All the key dates and new rules in France going forward as the big re-opening gets underway. Will it work? Bars and restaurants in Villefranche like Lou Bantry, La Mere Germaine, La Corderie, La Baleine Joyeuse, Acchiardo, Les Palmiers, Le Serre, Le Cosmo, Les Garcons, La Belle Etoile, Chez Betty, Roxy, Le Safari, L'aparte, La Cantine de Tiflo, Mayssa, Good Mood cafe, l'oursin bleu, Deli Bo, La Trinquette, Achilles, la Trastevere, la Grignotiere, Pizzeria Marechiaro, Espouma, and hotels like the Welcome hotel and the Royal Riviera and le Versailles and hotel Provençal, hotel Vauban will be able to reopen soon. Nearby Beaulieu sur mer is also gearing up to reopen along with St jean Cap Ferrat and Eze sur mer.
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Villefranche-sur-Mer is immediately to the east of the city of Nice, along Mont Boron, Mont Alban and Mont Vinaigrier, and 6.2 mi (10.0 km) south-west of Monaco. The bay (rade) of Villefranche is one of the deepest natural harbours of any port in the Mediterranean Sea and provides safe anchorage for large ships from easterly winds. Reaching depths of 320 ft (95 m) between the Cape of Nice and Cap Ferrat; it extends to the south to form a 1,700 ft (500 m) abyss known as the undersea Canyon of Villefranche at about one nautical mile off the coastline.

The city limits extend to the hills surrounding the bay climbing from sea level to an altitude of 1,893 ft (577 m), the highest point of Mont-Leuze, reflecting on land the features found offshore. The three "Corniches" or main roads linking Nice to Italy pass through Villefranche.

History
The site of what is now Villefranche and surrounding Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat has been settled since prehistoric times. Celto-ligurian tribes roamed the area and established farming communities on the surrounding hills. The Greeks and later the Romans used the natural harbour as a stop-over en route to the Greek settlements around the Western Mediterranean. After the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar, the Romans built an extension of the Via Aurelia (Aurelian Way), which passed through the settlement of Montolivo.

By the fall of the Carolingian Empire, the area was part of Lotharingia and later part of the County of Provence. In 1295, Charles II, Duke of Anjou, then Count of Provence, enticed the inhabitants of Montolivo and surroundings to settle closer to the coastline in order to secure the area from pirates. By charter, he established Villefranche as a "free port", thus the name, granting tax privileges and port fee rights that lasted well into the 18th century.[4]

By 1388, East Provence became part of the Duchy of Savoy as a result of the disputed succession to the heirless Queen Joan I of Naples. For the next 400 years, the area known as the County of Nice was hotly disputed between the Holy Roman Empire to which Savoy was an ally and the French.

In 1543, the Franco-Turkish armies sacked and occupied the city after the siege of Nice, prompting Duke Emmanuel Philibert to secure the site by building an impressive citadel and a fort on nearby Mont Alban. In the late 17th century, the area fell to the French but was returned to Savoy after the Peace of Utrecht.[5]

During the 18th century, the city lost some of its maritime importance to the new harbour being built in Nice but remained a military and naval base. In 1744, a Franco-Spanish army under the Prince of Conti overran the Piedmontese regiments of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia at the Fort of Mont Alban in the heights above the town.

In 1793, the French returned to re-occupy Villefranche and the county of Nice remained part of the Napoleonic Empire until 1814. It was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia by the Congress of Vienna.

In 1860, as a consequence of the Risorgimento, it was given to France by treaty following a plebiscite.
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Tim, if I can get over there to France on June 9th I will buy you and your mate your fav bottle of wine!! Thanks for another great update. Xoxo

janellfrey
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Enjoyed your update, see you on heygo.

beverlymoore
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So so informative! Thank you Tim! Just did my first Heygo tour with you today. Will be joining more in the that’s for sure. Always wanted to go to Nice.... can’t wait to go. But most importantly I want to be able to visit my son who moved to Languedoc-Roussillon before the Covid hit! Anyway, thanks again! I just subscribed!

odellpark
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We are staying in villefranche in june. We’ve been to Ventimiglia. Can you recommend a day trip to Italy by train? Love your films. Making my way through them.

Mavtrav
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Thx for the video ! Just booked mine for end of July, hopefully France will go green by that time !
Any info on PCR tests ? on my return back to uk where to get them in Nice prices ext ?

Comentator
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Hi Tim! Great Video! Im from Mexico and i have a plane ticket to france on July 2th, to visit my girlfriend in Montpellier. We are not actually legally married but we consider ourselves married. Do you think that there is a chance that i can get in and continue my love life that has been on hold the past few months? i just hope that it doesn't go bad and by July everything shuts down again!

nicogames
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Tim Do you have a Twitter page to follow?

gitsme
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The lad that made me cry laughing as he sang songs from the crooners at full volume as Mr Price tried in vain to teach us physics and the lad who's post beer farts required a gas mask while I still dreamt of looking old enough to get served.
The lad who at times made me cry with his cruel ring leading of fellow pupils taunting the square peg that I was. Sometimes he was my lovely friend at others my biggest dread. Now the new Alan Whicker who he impersonated as he read This Morning's Reading in assembly to our great delight.
Will the real Tim Fountain please stand up.

johnnutton
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Great news. Let’s hope Macron’ s gamble pays off. Hmmm we shall see but I hope so for the sake of the restaurant owners.

andyshacks