Verdon Gorge is a very, very mountainous place, and it is also a popular camping site. We managed to book a little caravan at Camping Calme et Nature for ~S$123 (€82.44). We booked the Superior Mobile Home for four adults, which had a bathroom, terrace, kitchen, toilet, bathroom, and small seating area. Thank goodness it had a heater as well because the temperate was 8° during the early morning. 

We also had a gorgeous mountain view that was simply magical.

Verdon Gorge is really an outdoorsy place, so the best things to do here are go camping, go rafting or kayaking. We were unable to go rafting because the river tide was too low, so we went kayaking instead at the Lake of Sainte-Croix, which was a 30-minute drive from our caravan. It's also the third largest lake in France!

We rented one of those foot paddle boats for two hours, which cost us about €20/person.

It's very hard to drive in the area especially when it's dark, which can get pretty dangerous. As the drive was tiring, we also took frequent pit stops.

Our hotel in Nice was a hostel, and we booked a room with four bunk beds at Hôtel Ozz by HappyCulture. It also had a common lounge area in the lobby where people would hang out and make friends. 

The area where we stayed seemed a bit shady at night, as there were many bars and clubs around. There were also a lot of drunk people or huge men in big groups, which felt really scary because they stared at you as you walked past. Apparently, the area we stayed in was not the safest place, but we learned that a lot later.

There were a lot of food options in the area and a lot of Asian food! We actually settled on Vietnamese food for our first meal because we were craving a bowl of clear soup.

This should actually be called 'What to do in Monaco' because we headed straight for Monaco right after lunch at Nice. Monaco was about a 40-minute drive away, if you drove fast.

We headed straight for the Casino de Monte-Carlo, which was where we spent the majority of our time. There are other smaller casinos surrounding it, as well as hotels, luxury boutiques, and restaurants. My boyfriend and his friend spent at least five hours at the casino, while my friend and I roamed around the streets and explored the Formula One circuit!

For dinner, we went to TIP TOP, which is just a five-minute walk from the casino. It is also just along the F1 track. We headed back to Nice around 10pm and returned our rental car before walking back to our hostel.