We had a great experience with Claudia and Philippe, the owners and the great Silvia that takes care of most things in the B&B. Wonderful people and the place they run an absolutely fantastic place that we'll definitely be coming back. Maybe not driving all the way from Bergen again, but we'd love to come down to Biot again and enjoy the settings and everything! Wonderful breakfast with freshly squeezed orange juice to go with fresh croissants...mmm...get watery mouth just writing about it. Lovely stay in a beautiful place that we'll be going back to. :)

The Bastide Valmasque is a very tastefully decorated B&B in Biot, run by Claudia and Philippe. They offer several rooms which differ in sizes and prices. We stayed in "Morjim" (the 2nd cheapest) for 11 nights and really enjoyed our stay there.

Before I want to comment on the exceptional hosts, just some remarks re the room and the location: "Morjim" is big enough for 2 adults with lots of baggage. Great "rain forest"-like shower, always spotlessly cleaned by Silvie and her helper. Nice decoration in a mediterranean-Indian bricolage style. Breakfast is included, and a nice upgrade of the French "croissant and coffee" routine with a large selection of marmelades, fresh cheese and freshly prepared orange juice. The only minus we can think of is that (at least in July, which is already in the main season at the Cote d'Azur) you can hear noise from the roads and the water park "Marineland" when you leave the windows open, which can be a problem for light sleepers.

The Bastide is located in Biot, a small village between Antibes and Nizza. Most of the tourist attractions - beautiful mountain villages like St Paul de Vence or Eze, beaches, Cannes, Monte Carlo - can be reached from there without hassle .That you need a car to explore the Cote d'Azur goes without saying.

What really sets this B&B apart were the owners Claudia and Philippe, who were really extremely helpful and seem to think of themselves more like "hosts" than like owners - they printed tickets for Jazz festivals for us, told us what to see, where to eat and (even more important) what to avoid at the Cote d'Azur each morning during breakfast and also initiated us into the world of steel drum jazz music. It is safe to say that our Cote d'Azur experience would have been a lot more shallow without them. Definitely recommended.

We planned to stay 3 nights, but stayed for 4, even though we had a very tight schedule. Beautifull garden, rooms and breakfast. This is moore than a B&B, its the french riviera dream. We will come back.

We stayed here as part of a larger trip in France and Belgium. We stayed here for three nights in Baga. The room looks exactly like it does in pictures and was quite comfortable. It is a small room, so if you have extra baggage, we would recommend getting a larger room. The room was extremely clean, the only "criticism" we have about the room was the shower, it is very small and leaks quite a lot, if you are tall, this will be difficult, if you are at all wide you will bump into the walls of the shower.

Our hosts were extremely nice and accommodating - we did not have a vehicle with us so they when out of their way to help us.

Breakfast was simple but good, freshly squeezed orange juice, croissants, cereal etc.

Keep in mind, if you stay here you MUST have a vehicle, it is quite a walk from the train station along a busy, winding highway with no shoulder. It was actually an extremely terrifying experience to walk here from the train station and almost as unsettling just to walk to Biot village for dinner. We would definitely stay here with a vehicle, but definitely not again without one.