It is an event that locals and tourists will find with great pleasure.
After two years of consecutive cancellation (Covid obliges), Mandelieu-la-Napoule, which welcomes more than 20,000 visitors each year on the occasion of the Mimosa Festival, renews, on this weekend in February, with this organized celebration. since 1931. And which has made this small town on the Riviera, long in the shadow of Cannes, one of the symbols of the winter Côte d'Azur.
Located in the largest forest of mimosas in Europe, this flower imported into the south of France at the end of the 19th century through English aristocrats from Australia, Mandelieu-la-Napoule quickly became the cradle of Culture.
From the first plantations in the gardens of the villas of the lords, the Acacia dealbata,
its botanical name, has adapted perfectly to the mild winter climate of the Côte d'Azur.
Its bright yellow color and its scents spread over hectares of massifs during the period of…
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