The Promenade des Anglais, the little coastal road that was then used by about 100 English families ad their carriages has today become one of the most clogged through fares in France. It is an eight-lane highway, 8 km (5 miles) long, on which only aggressive survive, and you need to be alert. Watch your [...]
Vieux Nice is Nice’s most colourful neighbourhood – tiny serpentine alleys where countless shops, galleries and restaurants nestle among the stacked medieva; buildings with laundry hanging outside the windows like pastel banners. Once shunned as crime-plagued and poverty-stricken, it is fast becoming the city’s trendiest district. The main, place Rossetti, is home to two places [...]
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice (Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe Saint-Nicolas de Nice) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the city of Nice. Built in 1859, it claims to be the oldest Russian cathedral in Western Europe. There is currently an ownership dispute between the parish and the Russian government.
This popular hillside park in the promenade area provides a very pleasant alternative when the crowds in the city are becoming too much. But don’t expect to find a château – it was knocked down in the 8th century. Colline de Château, the hill between the old city and the port, where there used to [...]
Cours Saleya
Vieux Nice
06000 Nice, France
Chapelle de la Miséricorde, the baroque masterpiece church is situated on the extremely popular cours saleya, one of the most delightful areas of the old town, this chapel belonged to the high brotherhood of Black Penitents. It was built in the 17th century by Guarino Guarinone and contains a beautiful Rococo [...]
Av. Ephrussi
06230 St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
France
Tl: +33(0)4 9301 3309
http://www.villa-ephrussi.com
Musée Ephrussi de Rothschild (Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild) is one of the finest of the villas built on the Cape Ferrat peninsula and is a must if you venture out this way. Created by Beatrice Ephrissi de Rothschild (1864-1934), in 1912, it combines Moorish and Italian elements with marble columns, [...]
A 7 hectare dicovery. The Park Phoenix takes you on a exciting journey into the wonderland of Nature. Stroll trough one of the largesr greenhouse in Europe: “The Gree Diamond”. A fantastic space adorned with thousand of flowers, birds, iguanas and a tacky theme park: automated dinosaurs and mock Mayan temples along with alpine [...]
An eccentric millionaire Baroness spent her life collecting precious works and objects of art in her magnificent villa. On display are paintings by Fragonard, Boucher,Monet, Sisley and Renoir; tapestries by Beauvais and Aubusson, Louis XV and Louis XVI and furniture and numerous objects from the Far East. Has a 7 hectare park and 7 theme [...]
15 Rue Droite,
06000 Nice – France
Residence of the Lascaris-Vintimille family, this palace was constructed from 1648. It remained the property of the family until the Revolution. Sold in 1802, it deteriorated greatly. Acquired by the City of Nice in 1942, it was classed as an Historical Monument in 1946. Influenced by the Genoese baroque style, [...]
Place Massena,
06000 Nice, France
Jardin Albert-Ier is one of the city’s oldest gardens, and was named after the Belgian king in 1914, with many species of palm trees and very old rose plants; it runs from the sea front to Place Masséna. Arches of vegetation surround vast lawns with ponds, waterworks and kids riding in the [...]
