Sentence examples for riviera from inspiring English sources

Only a few decades back top sides headed for the English riviera, and played teams such as Exeter, Plymouth or Torquay in the hope of picking up a few holidaymakers to swell the crowd.

A derelict cement tower and rusty fairground wheel are the backdrop to an empty stretch of Black Sea coast that was once the Soviet riviera.

The president had turned his "Red Sea riviera" into a showpiece of broad, clean streets and top-class resorts.

The 29-mile (47-km) strip of coast makes up Slovenia's riviera.

The downside of such a unique situation and character is, of course, the Riviera price tag, often as steep as the Lattari mountains themselves.

There's a remarkable moment early in "The Swimmers" – which Fitzgerald called "the hardest story I ever wrote, too big for its space" – when an unfaithful wife, who is French, complains about the American women she sees on the Riviera: "How would you place them?" she exclaimed.

MEXICO For departures until 12 February, ITC Classics (01244 355 550; itcclassics.co.uk) has five nights' room only at the Rosewood Mayakoba, situated on a mile-long arc of white sand on the Riviera Maya, from £1,825 (saving £279), including flights from London Heathrow and private transfers.

Trailing Duvalier's old mother with them, they lived in opulent hotels and villas on the French Riviera, drawing on the $100m or so they had pillaged from state funds.

Split your day between the proms of the English Riviera, the catacombs of Exeter, and the wilds of Dartmoor.

Budget options on the French Riviera have never quite matched the splendour of their setting, largely owing to the no-frills, hospitality-light approach of the French Youth Hostel Association (FUAJ).

The train is the best option and, if you're travelling from the South-East, even better, the sleeper, the Night Riviera.