For fun in the warm sun and azure sea, Nice is the place to be. It boasts of locations as nice as its namesake like the des Anglais and the Bay of Angels. Nice has spots for folk who love design, history and galleries too.
Along with anything which has to do with the seashore, the Blue Beach gives a day full of excitement and thrill for any kid as it is equipped with a playground. It’s got something for the smaller ones like a paddling pool detailed with slides. Seashores with pebbles and certainly not sand is also totally unique to Nice. The Plage Publique des Ponchettes is covered with both non-public and public beaches peppered here and there with cafes, showers and changing rooms.
One of Nice’s architectural wonders is the Cathedrale Orthodoxe Russe St-Nicolas. It was built between 1902 and 1912 but in the 17th century Russian style with six onion-domed roofs. It’s the largest cathedral outside Russia.
The Eglise Notre dame is connected to the Monastere Notre dame de Cimiez which has a fantastic 17th century baroque style altar. Design by the medieval artist Louis Brea are also displayed here. The Monastere itself has the graveyard where the famous Henri Matisse was buried. At the entrance to the cemetery, you will see his grave is inscribed with the words sepulture Henri Matisse. At the Rue de la Prefecture, which is Nice’s old main streets, the Palais de la Prefecture stands imposingly. It really is home of the princes of Savoy in the 17th century.
For historic and heritage sites, the castle de l’Anglais is the pink tinged castle in all of Mont Boron when you look at it from Nice’s port. It was built in 1859 by the sole foreigner that lived in Nice the whole all year. The Tour Bellenda is a rounded structure that you can also see from the quai des Etats-Unis. It was built in the 16th century and serves as a memory for the twelfth century castle of the same name that was devastated by Louis XIV in 1706. If you are more of a museumgoer, there are about fourteen prominent museums and galleries to be discovered in Nice. You may either visit the Anatole Jakovsky international Nave Art Museum or the Musee des Beaux-Arts. Either way, your thirst for art and history will always be satisfied.
Local climate : Temperature is moderate in the town of Nice. The summer season are hot and dry with temperatures which are averaging in the 30s. Autumn is from the months of Sep to October where temperatures get cooler down to twenty degrees Celsius.
transportation : Travelling around Nice can either by bus, tram, automobile, motorcycle or taxi. Tickets are bought for the bus in the bus itself. The trams of Nice are being reconditioned will shortly be in full operational force. For auto and bike rentals, there are many locations to choose from like Easycar, holiday Bikes, Budget or JML that have reasonable costs for the cars and motorcycles they hire out. If you choose to go round Nice in a taxi, just ensure that the driver is using a meter and the fare rate is obviously posted on a laminated card.
