Nice is the headlight city of the Riviera. This true metropolis is the 5th town of France by its population and thanks to achievements of scale like Acropolis, Sophia Antipolis, the Palate of the Congresses and its international airport (2nd of France after Paris), Nice largely opened with the industrial activities, scientific and of high technologies.

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With the elegant and popular time, Nice has the charm of the Mediterranean cities where the softness of living is due as much to the beauty of the city as to its exceptional climate. Here, even in winter, the coffee terraces are pleasant and one can admire there the célèbrissime Promenade of the English, always impeccably flowered, going along the curve of Bay of the Angels, with side, the many beaches and other the luxurious hotels whose de luxe hotel celebrates it: Negresco.

Nice will astonish you by the Baroque architecture by certain residences and castles on the hills by the Boron Mount or by the insane exaggerations by architecture Belle Time.

Sumptuous achievements are also to discover with the liking of the walks in the flowered gardens and parks of the hill of the Castle, the Chambrun park or Masséna space.

Le carnaval de Nice cliquez sur la photo pour voir le diaporama

It is while strolling in the Nice old man, with his picturesque lanes, its frontages with the colors ochres declined until the yellows or reds which you will discover the personality of Nicois. Proud of their past of independence, Nicois have their own language (Nissart) and a typical kitchen with recorded savours, with the image of their famous carnival: Pissaladières (tarts with onions, anchovies, olives), Ratatouille (tomatos, aubergines, zucchinis) or Side Bagnat (bread furnished with vegetables) or Salad Niçoise, the whole always liberally are sprinkled with olive oil and are furnished with olives niçoises (petrels) which are small and black.

Nice is also a town of arts and culture, after Paris it is the city which counts the most museums. The city is animated of day like night with in estival period Nice Jazz festival in the superb arenas and the gardens of Cimiez, the battle of flowers on the Walk of the English launched by the prettiest girls of the Riviera. Each day, on the Soleya Course, is held the large flower market with fruit and vegetables the morning. The vitality of these districts with their markets in the medium of the shops and restaurants is contagious, animation is guaranteed there.

5th town of France

345 892 inhabitants

2nd tourist pole of France

more than 4 million visitors in 2002

2nd airport of France

1st port of French cruisings

2nd town of congress of France with Acropolis several times indicated better Palate of the Congresses of Europe

18 museums and galleries (the greatest number of museums after Paris)

2nd hotel park of France, constituting one the third of the hotel capacity of the Riviera, with 187 hotels and nearly 10.000 rooms:

- 22 hotels **** (either 3.020 rooms)

- 58 hotels *** (either 3.260 rooms)

- 77 hotels ** (either 2.803 rooms)

- 30 hotels * (either 817 rooms)

15 residences of tourism and hotel

(either 684 apartments and 1.934 beds).

Inheritance to be seen, visit:

Sites prehistoric of the Lazaret and Terra Amata.

The Palate of the Prefecture. Opera.

Superb and astonishing orthodoxe Russian church…

and other many vaults, churches and cathedrals.

Museums, walks:

Museum of Modern art.

Museum of Art and History.

Museum of Malacology (shells).

Matisse museum.

Lascaris Palate.

Museum of Beautiful Arts.

Museum of Naïve art… entre others.

Leisures:

Theatre. Operated. Water sports. Swimming pools, horsemanship.

Golf. Tennis. Squash. Night Clubs. Skating rinks. Deltaplane.

Lodgings:

Hotels furnished hirings Rooms of Hosts.