Taxi Nice — Mougins

Mougins is a medieval perched village in the Cannes hinterland that has mastered the art of combining art, gastronomy and joie de vivre like nowhere else in Provence. It was here that Pablo Picasso chose to spend the last twelve years of his life (1961-1973), at the Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie, drawn by the light and tranquillity of the place. The village became a gastronomy capital thanks to Roger Vergé, whose Moulin de Mougins (three Michelin stars) revolutionised Provençal cuisine in the 1970s. Today, the International Gastronomy Festival (Les Étoiles de Mougins) continues this tradition every autumn. The Museum of Photography, housed in a 15th-century building, displays portraits of Picasso by Doisneau, Quinn and Villers. The old village with its circular lanes, art galleries, Renaissance fountains and gourmet restaurants makes for a refined excursion from Nice.