Nice General Tips by NiceLife

Favorite Thing: The secret of travel happiness is triangulation.

Transportation termini inwards and outwards, Accommodation location, things to see and do.

I have tried to put the bare bones together on one map, to enable you to judge the best fit. the fonts are not great at this size.


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Favorite Thing: 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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Favorite Thing: 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.


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Favorite Thing: A warm summers night in Nice, the beach lit by moonlight and its reflections, let the gentle waters of the Med cool your feet.

Stroll the prom, head for the beach for a swim, or simply to sit out a while and soak up the atmosphere.


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Favorite Thing: Palms and the Cote d'Azur - tropical splendour mixed into the belle epoche.

This Christmas the Maire went one better and lit the Palms with Christmas lights, making the Prom by night a truly spectacular sight.


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Favorite Thing: 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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Favorite Thing: Not without reason called "the Cote d'Azur", feast your eyes on the colour blue and its variations.

Missing right now are the famous blue chairs. Too many disappeared as a souvenir into the back of a visiting camper van.

They have been promised to return, but right now, very un-Nicelike white benches have taken their place.


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Favorite Thing: 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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Favorite Thing: Another of Nice's traditions are candied fruits. To be found in the Flower market and specialist stalls in the winding alleys of Vieux Nice.

Made with much sugar, try a good number of these, and your dentist will thank you for it.


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Favorite Thing: As the season warms up expect the hen-count to rise. Nice is very female-friendly and generally very safe - and a magnet for those hen-weekends of six to eight girls out together for a a good weekend - away from the pressures of work and the men back home.

The men back home can now all have their mates around, drink beer and watch football, with a clear conscience.


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