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The Cote d'Azur is the eastern end of the Mediterranean, and is the crowded part.  There are plenty of other, less crowded areas, in Mediterranean France - though in August most will be busier than inland France.  If you can face the traffic then there's no doubt that the eastern Med is beautiful, as in the hinterland too!  Roquebrune/Frejus/St Raphael are popular areas, with nice beaches, and plenty of 'day out' options.

The western Med does become windy - something to do with the airflow over the Pyrenees and the cooling effect of the Med, but then so does a lot of Provence when the mistral blows.

However, one thing, last year's weather was very different and even down on the Med there wasn't as much sunshine as people were hoping for.  Weather patterns changed dramatically last year and many areas had more rain and cloud than normal.  Who knows what may happen next year.

If you can bear it, you could be radical and stay at much smaller sites, perhaps where you can find an inland lake or river beach (and there are some lovely ones), then just 'tour' and find the best weather without pre-planning or pre-booking.  We have friends who are teachers and they do that every year, starting when the schools close and going back just before GCSE results are announced - and they've never had problems finding sites to stay on.

We were near Beaulieu sur Dordogne towards the end of August - and guess what, it was raining!  We stayed two days in order to see the places we wanted to visit, and then moved south to the Ceze area where we had two weeks of very hot sunshine!  We hadn't booked in advance.

Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 24/12/2014

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Hi ldpdmp, did De Gaulle not say that the Stylish turn left?

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