Description
Nice: 19 museums and art galleries, 32 listed historic buildings and 300 hectares of parks, gardens, forests and green spaces, as well as 150 fountains and ponds.
The old town, demarcated by the Castle, Place Garibaldi and Le Paillon, is a very lively area. Worth seeing: Tour Bellanda (circular 19th century bastion), the Naval Museum, Place St François, Ste Réparate Cathedral and the various churches, the port etc.
The seafront with the Promenade des Anglais has a sweeping view of the Bay of Angels (from Cape Nice to Fort Carré in Antibes), and the Masséna Square, "Espace" and Museum.
Cimiez Hill is home to the aristocratic district of Nice as well as several museums (Marc Chagall Museum, Matisse Museum, archaeological museum) and other curiosities (amphitheatre, monastery etc.)
The Western districts: the Fine Art Museum, the A.Jakovsky Naive Art Museum, Phoenix Park (botanical gardens with over 2,000 species of plants and animals), etc.
The Promenade du Paillon: the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Other places to see: St Nicolas Russian Orthodox Cathedral.
The surrounding area
The back country around Nice: the "Corniche de la Riviera" (coast road between Nice and Menton) with three levels: the high "Grande Corniche" offering stunning panoramic views (culminating at 450 m), the "Moyenne Corniche" with its pretty views of the shoreline, and the lower "Basse Corniche" running through all the coastal resorts. A wealth of sites and picturesque villages to discover, such as Mont Chauve (16 km), Tourrette-Levens (17 km), La Turbie (19 km), Aspremont (22 km), and St Martin de Peille (22 km).
Places to visit: Cagnes-sur-Mer (11 km), Cap Ferrat (15 km), Vence (19 km), St Paul de Vence, the artists’ town (17 km), Vallauris and its ceramics (24 km), Mougins (29 km), Grasse, the capital of perfume (34 km), etc.
Sports and leisure
Water sports: "CRIJ" (Regional Youth Centre) 4 km away, Locaventure 5.5 km away.
Golf: Golf Country Club in Nice, 9 holes (12 km away), "Golf Bastide du Roy", 18 holes in Biot (20 km away), and the Cannes Mougins Country Club, 18 holes (25 km away).
Horse-riding: "CRIJ" (Regional Youth Centre) 4 km away; Crazy Horse Ball 10 km away.
Tennis: "CRIJ" (Regional Youth Centre) 4 km away.
Swimming pool: Jean Medecin indoor swimming pool 1.5 km away.
Ruhl Casino and in the “Palais de la Méditerranée” 3 km away.
Leisure Park: Marineland (aqua park), “La Petite Ferme” (animal farm) on the N7 to Antibes (16 km away).
Events
December/January: Christmas Villages, Luna Park (big fair with many attractions).
February: Nice Carnival, flower battles, parades of floats and "grosses têtes" (giant carnival heads), concerts, activities and fireworks.
March: Paris-Nice International Cycle Race (finish on the Promenade des Anglais), the "Printemps des Poètes" (Poets' Spring).
Shops and Services
500 m from all the shops and services and 2 km from a supermarket.
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