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Promenade des Anglais, Nice

the kilometres long promenade and boulevard - Nice
the kilometres long promenade and boulevard
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Promenade des Anglais: Promenade des Anglais
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  • amapola66
  • Updated By amapola66 on February 15, 2006
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  • Promenade des Anglais - Nice
    Promenade des Anglais
    by amapola66
    The Promenade des Anglais, Nice's famous seafront esplanade, is a fantastic place to take a stroll any time of day or night. It is nearly three miles long and if you feel so inclined, you can hire a bicycle or rollerblade up and down it. Chairs line the promenade overlooking the ocean. It's a great spot for a romantic stroll. On the other side you can find caf?s, restaurants and shops along with hotels like the famous Negresco Hotel.

    Perfect for peoplewatching, this is the place to be and be seen. Sit down on one of the many benches and watch people hanging from parachutes among various other sports, picnicking or generally posing and jsut watch the world go by.... You can walk all the way round to the harbour and the Quai Rauba Capeu is a great place to watch the sun go down.

    An early evening stroll or sunset is our favourite time for the promenade, but there is alot going on whatever time of day or night.

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  • Directions: Seafront, Nice.
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    Promenade des Anglais: Take a walk along the promenade.
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  • Herkbert
  • By Herkbert on September 22, 2007
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  • along the promenades - Nice
    along the promenades
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    There was nothing more beautiful then taking in the sites while walking along the Promenade des Anglais. The promenade runs the length of the bay and is used by walkers, runners, bicyclists and roller bladers. On one side you have the bay, with glistening blue water lapping at the shoreline, and beaches with people enjoying the sunshine. On the other side, there are hotels, restaurants, shops, parks and roads leading throughout Nice.

    There are many places to sit and relax and just watch the world go by. Pictures really don't do it justice, it really is one of those places that you have to see with your own eyes.

  • Directions: All along the Bay of Angels from the port to the airport.
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    Promenade des Anglais: Promenade des Anglais
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  • By mallyak on August 20, 2008
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    look at my Menu
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    Few spots epitomize Nice -- or, in fact, the joie de vivre of the French Riviera in general -- than the inviting Promenade des Anglais. It is always bustling with humanity.There are tourists relaxing in the royal blue chairs lining the shore. There are locals roller blading, biking or jogging along it. Vendors sell crepes and drinks on it. Best of all, there are delightful (if over-priced) seaside restaurants. Splurge on a chaise lounge, and let waiters bring you cocktails and appetizers. Of course we just walked through looking for a simple asian restaurant which we finally found!

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    Promenade des Anglais: Walk the Promenade des Anglais
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  • NiceLife
  • Updated By NiceLife on June 21, 2005
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    Walk the Prom
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    The Promenade des Anglais - so called because it was built in the 1820's by the English community in Victorian times - runs along the Baie des Anges from the Coline du Chateau up to the airport some six kilometres away, alongside the six lane highway lined with palms.

    You can walk all the way and back in around three hours. If your feet can take it, your heart will thank you for it. On the way admire the belle epoche hotels and apartments, or just drink in the azure blue sea and sky.

    It was outside the Negresco in 1927 that Isadora Duncan met her untimely end courtesy of the wheels of her Bugatti. The three white Pergolas opposite date from the 1930's. The famous blue chairs appeared in the late forties, only to disappear last year and make a comeback, welded together

    At weekends in high season crowds throng in their thousands to the Prom. Street entertainers to divert you momentarily from one of the finest people watching opportunities in Nice. Glamorous Italian couples, haughty Parisians, eccentric retired Nicios dressed forty years too young, rollerbladers, joggers, bikers, families, everyone just taking a stroll down the Prom.

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  • Address: Sea front Nice
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    Promenade des Anglais: Le Palais de la Mediterranee
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  • Updated By NiceLife on June 8, 2005
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  • Palais de la Mediterranee - Nice
    Palais de la Mediterranee
    by NiceLife
    Occupying a prime position on the front of the Promenade des Anglais, with its huge art deco facade, Le Palais de la Mediterranee, opened its doors in 1929. Designed by the Nice architect Charles Dalmas, whose other commissions included the luxurious Hotel Carlton in Cannes , the sumptuous decor of its lounges and Casino attracted a clientele of rich men and elegant women. A rival to the much photographed belle epoche Negresco built in 1912.

    The Palais closed in 1978, and after some years of dereliction, it has been completely restored to its former glory and reopened in January 2004. The facade holds within a luxury hotel and residences. Its imposing presence puts to shame the ugly fifties and sixties apartment blocks around it.

    Always worth an evening stroll to see any status-symbol luxury cars parked on the forecourt, signalling that someone famous is dining or gambling or just stopping overnight.
    Star the other evening was a black Hummer, with British number plates and a lot of nose-prints on the front windscreen.

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  • Address: 13-15 Promenade des Anglais
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    Promenade des Anglais: Browse the estate agents windows
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  • Updated By NiceLife on April 21, 2005
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  • Near the Negresco - a snip at 750,000 eu - Nice
    Near the Negresco - a snip at
    750,000 eu
    by NiceLife
    Buying and selling property is one of the main heavy industries of the Cote d'Azur. Browsing real-estate agents windows is an absolutely must-do activity in Nice .Everybody is at it.What's on offer? What does it cost? That's outrageous! Hey we could afford that...

    Since Nice is one of the most beautiful cities you will find, why not see what the price of admission is? This four bed apartment "close to the Negresco" is only three quarters of a million euro, but a studio in a good central neighbourhood 80-90,000 euro.

    Apartments are the main form of residence, Oh, but add 100,000 euros to the price of anything with a sea view.

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    Promenade des Anglais: Take a stroll along the Promenade Des Anglais
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  • By Nice2004 on October 12, 2004
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    This is one of the main things and best things to do in Nice, take a stroll along along the Promenade des Anglais. It runs along the sea front from the Colline du Chateau all the way to the airport. It's always busy with people walking, jogging, rollerblading, cycling etc. Or if that's too energetic sit in one of the chairs provided along the Promenade and just gaze out to over the beautiful blue sea!

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  • Address: Promenade des Anglais - Sea front
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    Promenade des Anglais: Hotel Negresko
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  • Updated By Kuznetsov_Sergey on March 31, 2007
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  • Nice - Hotel Negresko - Nice
    Nice - Hotel Negresko
    by Kuznetsov_Sergey
    The smartest hotel is Hotel Negresko which was constructed by Romanian businessman Henry Negresko in 1912. The double room costs not less than 400 euros. Rooms are arranged by ancient furniture in empire style and Napoleon III. It is included in ten of the best hotels of the world.

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    Promenade des Anglais: Quai des Etats-Unis
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  • By in4ik on July 30, 2003
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  • Niki de St. Phalle - Nice
    Niki de St. Phalle
    by in4ik
    Start promenade walkings from the Old Town side. The view would be more exotic - Old Town rather than hotels on Promenade des Anglais.

    A very pleasant people watching activity. You'll roller skaters almost dancing along your steps.

    In 2002, the promenade was decorated with modern art sculptures by famous Nice artist - Niki de St. Phalle.

    As you approach the new part of Nice, look for Opera House. Couple of minutes later, the famous Negresco Hotel.

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    Promenade des Anglais: The highlight in Nice
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  • Updated By y2ketan2007 on April 23, 2008
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  • Promenade des Anglais - Nice
    by y2ketan2007
    The Promenade is such a lively place.Spend atleast half a day here to see and meet locals as well as tourists.Street performers, skaters , cyclists and joggers make this the place to be in , while in Nice.The beach is not sandy but is nevetheless beautiful.Beautiful people make it a point to be seen here. The cool blue of the Mediterranean Sea is soothing to the eyes.

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