Nature Provence-Beyond (Beyond the French Riviera) ® Provence French Riviera Provence Cote d'Azur Provence Alps Birds Fauna Flora Wildflowers List Trees List If you travel just a brief half an hour beyond the busy beaches and coastal towns, you'll find lonely hills and steep mountain passes, water falls, clear mountain lakes, villages shaded by multi-hundred-year-old trees and (in the summer season) a tiny fraction of the people. In the Beyond area, close to the most famous summer vacation spot in the world, you'll find hawks and eagles and wild animals that most city people have only seen in zoos.