Biot,
Cote d'Azur, South of France
Left:
Biot Village
You
can walk to the village in approximately 6 minutes from one of
the two Navette car parks. If you want to drive there is plenty
of car parking in the village, although this gets very full in
July and August. In the summer a Shuttle bus (Navette) is
available and visitors from outside the area are encouraged to
use the car parks outside the village and take the Shuttle in
and out.
There
are many excellent restaurants cafes and bars there, each with
their own character. La Restaurant Hotel Galerie des Arcades,
La Pierre a Four
Restaurant le Migranier, Le Café de la Poste, Chez Odile,
Café Brun and Creperie du Vieux are amongst the selection.
Biot
is approximately 5 km to the sea. Nice airport
is 15km away, Cannes 10km, Antibes & Juan
les Pins (very nice beaches here and restaurants on the beach) 8/12 km and Nice is 25km away (Lovely
old town area here)
Le
Parc de la Mer - Marineland (Europe’s largest) Marine theme
park is approximately 4 km away and going inland towns like Grasse
are well worth a visit
2006
The Verrerie de Biot celebrates 50 years of business
History
of Glassmaking in Biot - 1956 - 2006: It is an entire family history:
the creation of the Glassmaking in Biot and glass bubbles by Eloi
Monod in 1956. In 1973 the Lechaczynski family started to promote
the traditional means of manufacturer using the hand made manufacture
process of glass with bubbles in and to promote their product.
There
has been fifty years of creative passion in the style of the glass
and to promote the products made in the Verrerie de Biot on the
edge of the hilltop village of Biot throughout the world.
In
addition to sixty retail outlets swelling their products in France,
The Verrerie de Biot exports its creations ton Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland and the
United States.
This
is a very successful commercial venture with the specialized market
of glass manufacture with bubbles in it and has become a major
tourist attraction on the Côte d'Azur attracting over 700,000
visitors a year to the Verrerie and they have a turnover of four
million euros.
Since
2000 Jean and Danièle Lechaczynski have passed on the running
of the business to their children who continue with the successful
management of this family enterprise and as Anne Lechaczynski
says "they are manufacturing the traditional products with the
style of the day but also adding an innovation and a permanent
modernism"
To
celebrate its fifty years, the Glassmaking of Biot launches a
selection of glass products called The Riviera, in a contemporary
design.The Verrerie de Biot has developed their own Internet site
to sell the products on line
The
Verrerie de Biot is located at Chemin des Combes - 06410 BIOT.
It is very well signposted with distinctive purple signs.
Opening
Hours:
Summer: Every day : de 9 H 30 à 20 H Sundays and Bank Holidays
: 10 H - 13 H & 14 H 30 - 19 H 30 Winter: Every day:
9 H 30 - 18 H Sundays and Bank Holidays: 10 H 30 - 13 H &
14 H 30 - 18 H 30
In
addition there are several other Verreries in Biot
Villefranche
sur Mer (right)
Monaco, Menton (below)
and Italy only a short drive
or train journey away.
Across
the border in Italy every Friday there is a large street
market at Ventimiglia and a smaller one at the next town
along the coast Bordighera on a Thursday.
Both are set against the glorious back ground of the Mediterranean
Sea. Bordighera has some excellent value restaurants on
the sea front.
If you are visiting Italy you will also see a lot of Liquor
stores in the border town of Latte The duty is much lower on alcohol
in Italy than in France and you might want to stock up
SanRemo
is only a few minutes drive from Ventimiglia and
for more information CLICK on the picture below
There
is an
excellent selection of Self catering holiday rentals for the Biot
area and the South Of France at
