Families with children aged 6 to 18 on the Côte d’Azur, as across mainland France, will receive the back-to-school allowance (ARS) on 18 August 2026. The amount of the payment depends on the child’s age and has increased compared with last year.
In Menton a number of cafés and shops have started accepting tourists’ suitcases and bags for storage. The service, which appeared in the town about a year ago, is popular with travellers who arrive for a single day.
Three Spanish nationals were detained at the country’s border — a Patek Philippe watch worth €120,000 was hidden in their car; it had been ripped from a Qatari diplomat on La Croisette in Cannes on 11 August.
On 17 August 2026, Nice’s public transport will again switch to Sunday service: the SUD union continues a series of summer strikes at Lignes d’Azur.
On 15 and 16 August the mountain village of Castellar above Menton will host its traditional festival in honour of Saint Bernard — with a mass, a procession and a free tasting of pistou soup offered by the municipality.
On 13 August 2026 the Alpes-Maritimes department is under an orange meteorological alert for heat, and meteorologists expect storms in mountainous areas in the afternoon.
Until 15 August 2026, families supported by Secours Populaire in Antibes can receive school supplies for the new school year free of charge. The association helps both local residents and refugees.
12 August a partial solar eclipse will occur over the Côte d’Azur: at around 20:24–20:30 the Moon will cover up to 95% of the Sun’s disc, and at sunset, at about 20:40, the star will set already partially eclipsed. The best viewing point is where the western horizon is open: by the sea or high in th
On 6 August the administrative court of Nice suspended the mayor of Mandelieu-La Napoule’s order banning the wearing of the burkini on beaches. The court found that the ban violated citizens’ fundamental freedoms.
Two young men were arrested on the night of 6 August 2026 for setting fire to vegetation on Mont-Boron in Nice and were sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, six months of which are to be served in custody.
From 7 to 9 August 2026, Plages Électroniques is taking place in Cannes — the largest beach electronic music festival in France, which this year marks its 20th anniversary. The anniversary edition is under heightened security: several hundred security staff a
Until the end of October, Monoprix in Grasse is showing “Martelly / Monoprix: a shared history” — a hundred square metres of photographs, archive documents and objects about a shop that has held the town centre for more than sixty years and moves to a new site this autumn.
Model Thylane Blondeau and her husband Benjamin Attal celebrated their wedding on the Côte d’Azur: on 25 July 2026 guests dined on the beach in Juan-les-Pins, and the next day the celebrations continued at Château Diter near Grasse.
Throughout August 2026 access to six woodland areas in Antibes is closed — the town hall says the ban is due to a very high risk of fires. City parks and gardens are operating as usual and close at 21:00.
On Monday, 3 August 2026, Météo-France maintained an orange danger level for heat in the Maritime Alps: inland temperatures are expected to reach up to 36 °C, while along the coast nights will not drop below 26–27 °C.
French tourists on the Côte d’Azur are rethinking what they spend on food: many deliberately cut back at lunchtime to keep their budget for the evening. [Nice-Matin]( https://www.nicematin.com/economie/pouvoir-d-achat/on-economise-sur-les-repas-pour-sortir-le-soir-comment-les-touristes-francais-geren
Monaco’s Minister of State, Christophe Mirmand, has set out the second national housing plan: by 2040 the principality intends to raise its stock of public flats from today’s 4,380 to 5,260. The interview was published on 28 July 2026.
A giant Snapchat advertisement on the façade of the historic Palais Hongran in Nice has been installed lawfully — the Prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes confirmed this on 31 July 2026. Permission was granted before the installation, and the revenue from the banner must be used for the restoration of
A man who walked into the Terra Amata school in Nice on 27 July, where a children’s holiday centre operates in summer, was only banned from approaching the building: the prosecutor’s office closed the case, finding no justification of terrorism in his words.
A video of sparklers being served at the La Guérite restaurant on the island of Sainte-Marguerite drew a wave of criticism and an inspection by Cannes municipal services on 13 July 2026. The restaurant says it operated in strict compliance with the rules.
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