Your first stop should be on the lively harbour where the two town beaches, bracketed between the Templar fortress and the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, provide a view of the hillside town and the boats at sea.

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The events were held at the Moulin de Mougins, a hillside restaurant north of town, and the presence of Ms. Taylor elevated the event, especially for wealthy older men of my generation, who bid absurd sums for baubles, perhaps to impress her.

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The 15th Century monastery is built into the hillside and overlooks Cetinje, a town of former palaces and embassies.

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The single drawback was that because Union, like Hillside, was a Gentile working-class town, my father would most likely be the only Jew in an office of some thirty-five people, my mother the only Jewish woman on our street, and Sandy and I the only Jewish kids in our school.

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For the best views, retreat up the steep hillside (by foot or taxi) to the sleepy town of Monticello, which may lack action but more than makes up for it with sweeping vistas of the sea below and mountains in the distance.

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The Saeynaetsalo Town Hall of 1948-52 is cut into a hillside where irregularly ascending steps of masonry and earth and grass lead to an enclosed courtyard and the building's "crown, " the council chamber.

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