Summer crowd, Nice, Côte d’Azur, France. Photo source: ©© Mark Notari
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Pebble beaches of French resort eroding so quickly that daily bulldozing not enough to stop shoreline slipping into steep drop.
The pebble beaches of the Côte d’Azur resort have been eroded so steeply by the waves of the Mediterranean that swimmers are complaining that they have to crawl out of the sea on their hands and knees…
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Nice, Côte d’Azur, France. Photo source: ©© Blue Barnacle
Nice: First French Seaside Resort to Have Smoke-Free Beach, The Riviera Times (02-23-2012)
Les plages sans tabac se multiplient en France, Le Figaro
Nice, the first French seaside resort to introduce a tobacco-free beach, is now followed by eight more cities.
Depuis quelques années, la Ligue contre le cancer se mobilise pour la mise en place de plages non-fumeur en France. Nice est la première à avoir adopté le label en 2011, suivie maintenant par huit autres villes…
