Vallauris Anchorage

Drop anchor just off the coast of Vallauris, a hilltop town in the French Riviera hinterland best known as the place where Picasso lived and worked throughout the 1940s and 50s. The setting is classic Côte d'Azur — turquoise water, a backdrop of pine-covered hills, and the buzz of Golfe-Juan's shoreline within easy reach by tender. Once ashore, you can head up into town to explore the ceramics studios and workshops that have defined Vallauris for centuries, with the Musée Picasso sitting inside a 16th-century château at the top.