Nice is like my Poznan page. ...
by kochamanita
Nice is like my Poznan page. It's big enough to see alot, but small enough to see it all on foot. There's a lot of hotels that aren't the best, but have the basics and charge decently. I stayed at the Hotel St. Gothard near the train station twice, and I rather like it. The only bad thing is the second time, my room kinda smelled like butt and I had to get used to it. But what amazed me about that hotel was it had TVN, a Polish TV network all the way down in Nice of all places!
But you've got to go down the main boulevard leading to the long Jardin Anglais. Between that and the beachfront Boluevard Anglais and Blvd. Etats-Unis is a huge area of old little shops in a pedestrian area. There's a lot of fresh seafood markets and the ambieance is very nice. The beach itself isn't really that bad. You actually get used to the stones after awhile. Just don't hang around the wall there, a lot of people have used it as a communal toilet. And try to go to The Rock. It's a little hard to find. How I did it was walk up the Jardin Anglais, then cut across the boulevard there into the pedestrian area. There was a church in the middle of it all, then you turn left and begin scaling the steep hill to The Rock.
Eat everything they put in...
by travelmad478
Eat everything they put in front of you, and then pile in some more! I gained about 2 kg in a week over there, but it was worth it. The food was stupendous, and so much better than anything you can get in the US that it made us depressed. Here's my friend Latanya sneaking some figs off a tree.
Double-parking, a cherished French institution
by Elainehead
People here may double park their car/truck/van because it can be really hard to find a place to park on streets, so you may get used to honking (especially if it's your car, which is "trapped") when spending your days in Nice.
The house of petanque
by Dee22
If you are a petanque-player and find yourself around the Nice area, you would probably enjoy go visiting 'La Maison de la petanque' - the house of petanque.
This house is a combination of a museum and a shop. You'll get to learn about the history of this french game as well as well as buying all kinds of equipment and souveniers.
For non-petanque players it would be a good idea to learn a little about this traditional french 'custom'.
LA MAISON DE LA PETANQUE is located in:
06220 Vallauris
Medieval fortified village, Haut-de-Cagnes
by NiceLife
Would like to meet the wonderful medieval splendour of Eze or St Paul de Vence but without fifty squillion tour coaches darkening the sky?
Be my guest - Haut-de-Cagnes. Its beautiful.
From Nice Gare Routiere take the 200 or 400 bus direction airport/ St Laurent du var, and alight at Cagnes Ville Gare Routiere. From here every fifteen minutes a free minibus service will whisk you up the two kilometres to the Chateau Grimaldi and the uncommercial medieval fortified village of Haut-de-Cagnes. Here your adventure begins . Donation Suzy Solidor, stunning panoramas from the Chateau, twisting winding streets worthy of the Hobbit.
For more sights see my Cagnes-sur-Mer pages.
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