Abstract
English visitors in Montpellier and Nice. During the second part of the 18th century, the South of France attracted many english visitors, some of them the «splenetic travellers » Sterne spoke about. Two towns had their favour, as is attested by the numerous travel accounts and diaries. The first one, Montpellier, offered a pleasant climate, a renowned University and a choice society, mainly during the meetings of the États provinciaux. It went nevertheless soon out of fashion and was deserted by the english «milords » for a younger, cheaper and sunnier rival : Nice. For this, Smollett's Travels through France and Italy can be held partly responsible. During the years 1770-1790, the british tourists who spent the winter in Nice (they were 300 in 1784) became a good source of income for the locals, though they were careful not to mix with them.
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