"In between France and Italy" Nice by BurgerQueen

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A lot of people I know love Nice and usually spend a few days there every year.
This is the reason why when a friend of mine graduated, together with her sister and an other friend of us, we organised a trip to Nice as a present.
My general impression on the city is positive, but I was definitely expecting more from it.
Old downtown (Vieux Nice) is impressive indeed, though too much touristic, streets are dirty (dogs leftovers and anything else), and I got the impression that people wanted to cheat us, above all in the city center.

A wonderful yellow building

What I really loved in Nice are colours.
Everything is colourfull: flowers in the flower market, fruits, vegetables, buildings and the sea it's incredibly blue!
The wonderful Cote d'Azur micro-climate makes everything look even nicer.

Place Masséna with some road works

We were not lucky because when we visited the city there were a lot of ongoing road works, so we could not really enjoy all the streets and squares.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Sea, Vieux Nice
Cons:Dirt, some people, traffic

Last visit to Nice: Jun 2007
Intro Updated Oct 11, 2007
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thecatsmeow Nov 15, 2008 at 6:41 PM

Enjoyed your Nice page. The breakfast looks very yummy! =^oo^= Joyce
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850prc May 27, 2008 at 6:19 PM

Nice page, BQ. I especially smiled at the "round square" oxymoron. :)