French Riviera
Nice
+ Nice
Sights
* Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe
* Cathédrale Ste-Réparate
* Cimiez
* Colline du Château (Castle Hill)
* Cours Saleya
* Hôtel Négresco
* Musée des Beaux-Arts
* Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatoly Jakovsky
* Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall
* Palais Lascaris
* Palais Masséna - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
* Promenade Des Anglais
* Quartier du Paillon
* Quartier du Port
* Vieille Ville
The Riviera
+ The Riviera
Monaco
+ Monaco
St-Tropez
+ St-Tropez
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
For centuries there was no port at Nice. Local boats simply moored in the lee of the castle rock while larger ships anchored in Villefranche Harbour. It was only in 1750 that Charles-Emmanuel III, Duke of Savoy, saw the potential trading benefits, and excavated a deep-water port at the mouth of the Lympia River.
Today Lympia port is busy with craft of all kinds, from tiny traditional fishing barques to car ferries from Corsica. It is flanked by striking red-ochre, 18th-century buildings and the neo-classical church of Notre-Dame-du-Port. It is best approached via a windy headland, aptly named quai Rauba-Capéu ('hat-thief'), past a colossal monument commemorating the 4,000 Niçoise who died during World War I. On a hill to the east, the Musée de Terra Amata, built on the site of an excavated fossil beach, documents prehistoric life in the region.
Musée de Terra Amata
Address: 25 boulevard CarnotPhone: 04 93 55 59 93
Open: Tue-Sun 9-12, 2-6. Closed Mon
Bus: 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 20, 32
Accessible: Few
Admission: Moderate
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