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 ====== Equestrian Côte d'Azur ======
-The [[wp>French_Riviera|Côte d'Azur]] carries a reputation built on beaches, casinos, and film festivals, but its equestrian culture runs deep and wide. From the Roman city of Cemenelum on the hills above Nice — where cavalry cohorts once trained in the amphitheatre now surrounded by olive trees — through the aristocratic stable yards of Belle Époque Cimiez to the glittering spectacle of the [[wp>Longines_Global_Champions_Tour|Longines Global Champions Tour]] at Monaco's Port Hercule, the horse has been a constant presence along this coast. Today the region supports a network of riding clubs and trail operations that spans the full range of landscapes available to it: the coastal strip, the forested pre-Alpine hills, the high valleys of the [[wp>Mercantour_National_Park|Mercantour]], and the volcanic red massif of the [[wp>Massif_de_l'Estérel|Estérel]] to the west. Competition at the highest international level takes place here each summer; at the same time, a beginner can mount a gentle horse within twenty minutes of Nice city centre and find themselves in open country.
+The [[wp>French_Riviera|Côte d'Azur]] carries a reputation built on beaches, casinos, and film festivals, but its equestrian culture runs deep and wide. From the Roman city of Cemenelum on the hills above Nice — where cavalry cohorts once trained in the amphitheatre now surrounded by olive trees — through the aristocratic stable yards of Belle Époque Cimiez to the glittering spectacle of the [[wp>Longines_Global_Champions_Tour|Longines Global Champions Tour]] at Monaco's Port Hercule, the horse has been a constant presence along this coast.
+Today the region supports a network of riding clubs and trail operations that spans the full range of landscapes available to it: the coastal strip, the forested pre-Alpine hills, the high valleys of the [[wp>Mercantour_National_Park|Mercantour]], and the volcanic red massif of the [[wp>Massif_de_l'Estérel|Estérel]] to the west. Competition at the highest international level takes place here each summer; at the same time, a beginner can mount a gentle horse within twenty minutes of Nice city centre and find themselves in open country.
 This page covers the principal equestrian centres in the Alpes-Maritimes and adjacent departments, the trail-riding landscape, the Monaco show-jumping competition, para-equestrian provision, and practical guidance for visitors and residents.
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 **The pre-Alpine valleys** — the valleys of the Vésubie, the Tinée, the Roya, and the Var above its coastal plain — open into mountain riding country of a very different character. Elevation increases sharply, pastures replace maquis, and the views switch from sea to peaks. The villages of the arrière-pays perch on hillsides or in valley floors much as they have for centuries. Riding here feels genuinely remote even when Nice is forty minutes away by road.
-**The [[wp>Mercantour_National_Park|Parc National du Mercantour]]** — the great alpine wilderness along the Italian border — offers the region's most ambitious equestrian terrain: multi-day itinerant rides at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,800 metres, through high alpine pastures, across passes, and into the [[wp>Vallée_des_Merveilles|Vallée des Merveilles]], whose rock faces are covered in prehistoric Bronze Age engravings. Riding here is seasonal (broadly April to September), guided, and physically demanding.
+**[[wp>Mercantour_National_Park|Parc National du Mercantour]]** — the great alpine wilderness along the Italian border — offers the region's most ambitious equestrian terrain: multi-day itinerant rides at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,800 metres, through high alpine pastures, across passes, and into the [[wp>Vallée_des_Merveilles|Vallée des Merveilles]], whose rock faces are covered in prehistoric Bronze Age engravings. Riding here is seasonal (broadly April to September), guided, and physically demanding.
 **The Estérel Massif** — a protected volcanic outcrop of red porphyry rock, pine and oak forest, and dramatic viewpoints over the sea, extending from the western edge of Cannes toward Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël — provides excellent riding for all levels through marked forest trails, with no altitude challenges.