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Popular General Tips | Miscellaneous General Tips Tips | All Tips (232) "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. Leave a Comment
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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. Leave a Comment
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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. Leave a Comment
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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. Leave a Comment
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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. Leave a Comment
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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. Leave a Comment
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