Out And About In Nice, France

By Orson Johnson

The Angels City, Nice is really the nicest city of France. Located on the Mediterranean coast, between Marseille and Genoa in southern France, Nice is a chief resort on the French Riviera. The historical capital city of the County of Nice is a major tourist centre featuring long promenades, stony beaches, and fine weather.

The year around mild and sunny weather makes Nice a perfect vacation destination. Nice is particularly very popular amongst young travelers, but the city certainly has something for everybody’s taste. The city is widely known for its striking buildings, art repositories, good hotels, bars, restaurants, pubs, markets, baroque churches, and lots-lots of more fantastic sites and fun things.

Surrounded by the Cours Saleya and the Albert 1st Gardens, Vieux Nice or Old Town is much more than a must-see site. It is a vivacious and active place with traces of Italian structural designs and cuisine showing.

Situated on the northern side of Pampelonne, Plage de Tahiti Beach is a stylish oasis dotted with coffeehouses and voguish eating houses. This is the best place to relax on the comfy golden sand. Certainly, you should not miss the chance to take a tour of Nice Tourist Train (Train Touristique de Nice). These rubber wheeled vehicles provides a sightseeing experience of the main parts of the town including the place Massena, the promenade des Anglais, and the quai de Etats-Unis.

St. Nicolas Church, built between 1903 and 1912 is a fantastic cathedral with elegantly ornamented exterior in mosaic. The cathedral has 6 onion domes and is constructed in the shape of a Greek cross. It contains superb treasures of icons, woodwork, and frescos.

Cours Saleya is the most renowned flower market in the old town. It remains sparkling and vibrant in the morning. The flower market also offers plants, cacti, fresh fruit, vegetables, delicatessen, bread, olives, socca and traditional glaced fruits.

Musee des Beaux-Arts is a home to a superb collection of Italian and French paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. You can also find the noteworthy art works by Chéret (d. 1932 in Nice), Degas, Carrière, Sisley, Chagall, Fragonard, Monet, and Braque, and sculptures by Carpeaux and Rodin in addition to pottery by Picasso.

The Matisse Museum, bounded by an olive grove, is a refurbished 17th century Genoan-style villa. It is the home to the Matisse’s private collection with works all through his life from 1890 to 1954. The Monument aux Morts is one of the most distinguished memorials in France. It serves to remember the 3,655 people who lost their lives in World War II. Located in the rocks, the Monument aux Morts is constructed with white stone.

The Promenade des Anglais is an amazing 3 miles long area to take a leisurely walk any time of day or night. Additionally, you can also find coffee shops, eating houses and shopping stores along with hotels like the famed Negresco Hotel. You can rent a bicycle or rollerblade to travel around the area.

Massena Square, established in 1832, is the city’s most renowned place. It has been renovated many times since then and in 1852. This is a stunning embellished square of fountains, sculptures, trees, flowers, etc.

Orson Johnson writes for Holiday Velvet, a website providing listings for apartments, bed and breakfasts, Apartment rental in Rome hotels and Rome holiday rentals