What happens when mountains meet the sea — not gradually, but abruptly, the rock face dropping almost directly into the water?
The guide examines the coastlines that answer this question differently: the Côte d'Azur and Monaco, the Italian Riviera, and Turkey's Aegean and Lycian coasts. The French Riviera is the most cosmopolitan. The Italian Riviera is the most maritime. The Turkish coast is the most exploratory — and the one most likely to surprise travelers who think they already know what a riviera offers.
Together, they suggest that a reviera is less a destination than a particular relationship between land and water, one that has produced some of the world's most compelling coastlines.T
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