Mougins

Mougins is a pretty little perched Medieval village, between the busy coastal town of Cannes and the back-country gateway town of Grasse.

The village of Mougins is today a collection of restaurants, art galleries and estate agents — with the emphasis on gourmet restaurants.

Mougins has retained the shape of its origins, and some vestiges of its Medieval heritage, but it lacks the maze of narrow streets found in most other little perched villages of the the South of France. You get the best idea of the circular shape of Mougins village from a map

You don’t really need a map to tour the old village, though, because just wandering the streets tends to bring you around in a circle to your starting point anyway.