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Nice

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · Allow 1 to 2 days · 28 places in the guide

A Riviera city on the Bay of Angels: a Baroque old town with a flower market, a castle hill above the port, a seafront promenade and the museum hill of Cimiez. Socca, pissaladière and seafood are the local table.

A first look at Nice

To see

Castle Hill

about 90 min

A hilltop park above Old Nice with panoramic views over the Bay of Angels, a waterfall and free entry.

Lascaris Palace

about 60 min

A 17th-century Baroque palace in Old Nice with a frescoed staircase, painted ceilings and a collection of antique musical instruments.

Marc Chagall National Museum

about 75 min

A national museum with the 17 canvases of Chagall's Biblical Message and the largest public collection of his work.

To do

Cours Saleya Market

about 60 min

The flower market of Old Nice, which also sells produce and crafts; antiques dealers take over on Mondays.

To eat and drink

Café de Turin

about 75 min

A seafood brasserie on Place Garibaldi, open since 1908, known for oysters and seafood platters.

Chez Acchiardo

about 75 min

A family-run Niçois restaurant on Rue Droite since 1927, in a stone-walled dining room.

Chez Pipo

about 60 min

A Nice socca house near the port, cooking the chickpea pancake in a wood-fired oven for nearly a hundred years.

Chez Thérésa

about 40 min

A socca counter on Rue Droite with a wood-fired oven from 1867, open for lunch Tuesday to Sunday.

Fenocchio

about 30 min

An artisan ice-cream maker on Place Rossetti, with over 96 flavours including violet and tomato-basil.

La Merenda

about 75 min

A small Niçois bistro in the old town, serving pissaladière, courgette-flower fritters and pistou pasta.

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