Try Albenga!
I'm amazed that no-one has mentioned Albenga. It's just over the border in Italy but has a longish runway - usavle one-way only because of surrounding high ground. Definitely VFR/VMC ONLY! Good train service (cheap and picturesque) from the town direct -along the coast - to Monte Carlo. Suggest you give Nice a miss... expensive and they often refuse take-off clearances if VMC is patchy in their zone. Good luck. bm