Nice Tourism

waterfall

by Lilasel

"Le Chateau" isn't a chateau -- the castle on top of this high rock hill overlooking Nice old town and the port has been gone since 1706, but it's a great place to visit. There are cool walks in the shade of the trees, great views out over Nice and the Mediterranean, a large grassy park, playground, Roman ruins and a waterfall.

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	The Center Tip Rating:

Updated By Lilasel on February 28, 2005

by Lilasel

The center of Nice is from the big fountain, Fountaine du Soleil, across the Place Massena, ringed by bright pastel buildings, and up the Avenue Jean Médecin. Continuing beneath the railway overpass beside the train station, Ave Jean Médecin becomes Ave Malaussena.

The Rue de France pedestrian shopping street runs from the end of the Place Massena, roughly parallel to the seaside. This area is full of shops, including some exclusive clothing boutiques, and restaurants and cafés with outdoor terraces - a great place to sit and watch the world go by, while you eat or drink.

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	Seaside Tip Rating:

Updated By Lilasel on February 28, 2005

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This is probably the most famous part of Nice. For more than a century, people have been flocking here to walk along the famous boardwalk des Anglais.
The seashore is also lined with an impressive selection of luxury hotels, the most prestigious of which is the Négresco.

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	Vieux-Nice Tip Rating:

Updated By Lilasel on February 28, 2005

by Lilasel

You can feel the atmosphere that fills picturesquely narrow streets during the day or night. The streets are packed with shops and shoppers. Small restaurants, food, meat, produce, pasta, clothes, gifts, anything and everything. You can buy wine by the bottle or the barrel (bring your own container) and an amazing variety of fresh-made ravioli and other pasta.

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	Twelve noon - its "boom" time! Tip Rating:

Updated By NiceLife on December 25, 2004

Sir Thomas Coventry's cannon
shot

by NiceLife

On the dot of twelve noon each day, a canon shot sounds over central Nice. Look up to the sky and you will catch the puff of smoke from the explosive arial charge.

It is the canon of Sir Thomas Coventry, a colonel of the British army , who in 1860 asked the municipality of Nice to fire a cannonball everyday at noon, to remind his forgetful wife that it was time to serve his lunch. He committed to supplying all the ammunition and the canon, which was installed in the castle, at 92 meters in height, so that it could be heard by all the citizens of the city.

Hear the sound of the canon at twelve sharp and note, along with 300,000 Nicois, that it is time to go find a little restaurant to sit, eat and chat for the next two hours.

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	Pricy Meals in Restaurants.... make your own lunch Tip Rating:

By chagi1 on April 15, 2004

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The active Promenade de
Anglais where ppl gather

by chagi1

If you are trying to save some money and avoid some of the over priced restaurants in this region... stop off at any Patisserie, buy some excellent french bread, get some cheese maybe a wonderful Olive spread.. a plastic knife.. a blanket and you are set!!!
Many people (locals and tourists) head to the sea shore line at lunch where they enjoy their packed lunches.
It's a beautiful setting for a tiny picnic, it saves some money.. and if you are with the right person, it can be so romantic!!!
Enjoy!

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	Live from Nice! Check the Baie des Anges from home Tip Rating:

Updated By NiceLife on March 6, 2005

Webcam view says it all

by NiceLife

The ever helpful Nice Office de Tourisme at 5 Promenade des Anglais has a webcam mounted on its roof, overlooking the Baie.

Anytime you want, you can peek through a thousand mile window looking out over Nice. Watch in real time the azure blue sky, the turquoise blue waters of the Med and the radiant curve of the bay all the way out to the tip of the airport. Tiny people totter along the promenade and disappear under the white arches, while the traffic zips by as the image refreshes.

Though its not always the case, this morning it was looking just perfect. Makes you just want to jump on a plane..... or at least go click on Webcam

There. Now your living room has a sea view.

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	Jean-Louis Martinetti Tip Rating:

Updated By NiceLife on August 15, 2005

by NiceLife

JL Martinetti is THE photographer of Nice. His awe-inspiring photo's really capture the colours of the Mediterranean and the style that makes Nice so uplifting. Framed or unframed, small and large, they come no better than this. His shop is in the centre of Vieux Nice, and stocks a huge selection in poster or postcard form.

Rue de la prefecture, off Vieux Nice and the Palais de Justice

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	The Negresco Tip Rating:

Updated By NiceLife on February 15, 2004

Negresco - in Italian colours

by NiceLife

The Negresco is the unique landmark of Nice and the Promenade. Designed in the best Belle Epoche style by architect Edouard Niermans it opened in 1912, and remains Nice's most luxurious address.

Inside it boasts a chandelier that is twin to one in Moscow.. and its restaurant, Chanteclair is almost certainly the most expensive in Nice.

Photographed countless times by every visitor, it still raises the spirits every time you see it. Pictured here a little unusually, when its night time illumination bulbs were briefly changed over to mimic the tricolor of the Italian flag.

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	Street Entertainers Tip Rating:

Updated By NiceLife on February 7, 2004

Catman

by NiceLife

Nice plays host to a great variety of street entertainers anywhere that tourists gather. These range from the half dozen Pan Pipes South American musicians every twenty yards along the Prom to wannabe Django Reinharts who hop from cafe to cafe repeating their little repertoire. Its all very good-humoured and not unexpected

My favourite is the "Catman" who is a regular on the Zone Pietone. The crowd is truly enthralled how he has trained two lovely cats to climb and sit on his raised arms, and then catch a ball of cotton wool thrown from the crowd. Its just a little party piece, but I would guess enough to earn the masked man a living.