French Riviera
Nice
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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?
( Do not miss )
The best way to discover Nice is to get lost in the tangle of dark, narrow streets of the Vieille Ville (Old Town), festooned with flowers and laundry and brimming with cafés, hidden squares and bustling markets. Dismissed as a dangerous slum in the 1970s, this is now the trendiest and most scenic part of Nice, with its stylish Italianate buildings painted in sunny terracotta reds with cool green shutters.
In the back streets, designer boutiques, atmospheric galleries and intimate Nissart restaurants rub shoulders with no-nonsense workers' cafés and run-of-the-mill stores catering for the daily needs of the locals. The rue du Marché, rue de la Boucherie, rue du Collet and rue Pairolière have the atmosphere of a covered market, lined with photogenic food stalls. For early risers, a visit to the pungent fish market on place St-François is an interesting and rewarding experience.
The old town's heart beats loudest at the cours Saleya. Lively both day and night, with its enticing daily market, alfresco restaurants, cafés and clubs, it also contains some striking architecture, including the Èglise de l'Annonciation, one of the oldest churches in Nice, and the Chapelle de la Miséricorde, with its Piedmontese baroque façade and flamboyant rococo interior.
Near by are several quirky museums including a tiny shell gallery - Galerie de Malacologie - Galerie des Ponchettes, showing temporary art exhibitions, and Galerie-Musée Mossa. Alexis Mossa reinitiated the famous Nice Carnival and painted it in watercolours, while his son Gustav produced lurid symbolist paintings.
Galerie de Malacologie
Address: 3 cours SaleyaPhone: 04 93 85 18 44
Open: Dec-Oct, Tue-Sat 10:30-1, 2-6 (6:30 from May-Sep). Closed Sun, Mon and hols
Bus: All buses
Accessible: Few
Admission: Moderate
Galerie des Ponchettes
Address: 77 quai des Etats-UnisPhone: 04 93 62 31 24
Open: Tue-Sat 10-12, 2-6. Sun 2-6. Closed Mon and hols
Bus: All buses
Accessible: Good
Admission: Free
Galerie-Musée Mossa
Address: 59 quai des Etats-UnisPhone: 04 93 62 37 11
Open: Tue-Sat 10-12, 2-6. Sun 2-6. Closed Mon and hols
Bus: All buses
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate
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