The guide of Nice

The population and its buildings

People in Nice are in harmony with the countryside, some are going to the bleu sea and other in green grass into the hills. However this is even more complex since people are mixed with authenticity and glamour, old values and future projects. But of course, some pictures are typical to the town of Nice such the "Promenade des Anglais", old retired people with their little puppies, the carnival and its battle flower, some famous business related to politic and financing.

View on the Mont BoronBut, let's get rid of this cliché to establish a more accurate description. Nice is not anymore this peaceful resort for wealthy people from abroad like it was at the end of the 19th century. Aristocrats, nobles, and royals from England or Russia is no more topic and should be left to the history.
The big town of Nice, now the center of the French Riviera, has become this spread city and very crowded with many cars, where it becomes difficult to circulate because of traffic jam. Have a look at the Promenade des Anglais where hundreds cars are stuck between the sea and the hills. The dream of Nice is to look like California, even if its sister city is Miami in Florida where we meet same kind of population such hip bars, retirees, rollerblades, old buildings mixed with steel and glass buildings.
Nice is a modern city with european ambitions, but is is also a place it takes 5 minutes to go from the town center to the beach. It is also a city where its history has left many traces and each neighborhoods has a strong personality: the Old Town first, very picturesque, the Belle Epoque buildings, in the town center, the string architectural models in Mont Boron and Cimiez, the exceptional museums, the long "Baie des Anges" with its Promenade. Not mentioning the Provencal countryside, where a few people keep on manage a vineyard.

The main areas of Nice

  • Old Town
  • Place Massena
  • Baie des Anges
  • Cours Saleya
  • Mont Boron
  • The port
  • Promenade des Anglais
  • Place Rossetti
  • Hills of Nice

The places to visit

  • Modern art museum
  • Matisse museum
  • Church of Tsarévitch
  • The opera
  • The castle
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