Nice Old Town (Vieux Nice)
- Address:Nice
- Admission:Free
Cultural Experience, Good Place to Drink, Good Place to Eat, Popular with Locals, Church / Cathedral, Neighborhood
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Nice Old Town (known locally as Le Vieux Nice) is a lovely honeycomb of narrow streets, dotted with beautiful Baroque churches, vibrant squares, shops and restaurants. Thronging with tourists eating the famous ice-cream during the day, at night it becomes one big party with bars and nightclubs spilling out onto the streets.
The key things to see are the Cours Saleya (the open air market), Chapelle de la Miséricorde (a wonderfully ornate Baroque church dating from 1740), Chapelle de l'Annonciation (known locally as Sainte-Rita), Eglise Saint-Jacques (dating from 1612 and built by the Jesuits, it has some excellent frescoes), the Cathedral Sainte Réparate (1699), and the Palais Lascaris (paintings and statues).
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Excellent. great overview of Nice. Particularly enjoyed getting off to visit Henri Matisse museum.
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Absolutely great tour! Our tour guide (I think his name was Accardo) was very informative. A great way to see Cote D'Azur in one day. We were in Cannes just 2 days before the Film Festival so the place was really buzzing ! Damn - didn't get to see Johhny Depp!!
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Being a 2 person private tour (as there were no other people), we had the priviliege to visit and stop at places in Nice we wanted to see.
A great short tour if you want to see the highlights of Nice in one day
Practical Info
Nice Old Town in located between the seafront of Quai des Etats-Unis and Boulevard Jean Jaurès. The main bus station is a short walk away.
