Welcome to Nice
Your guide to the French Riviera
Welcome to your apartment! We are delighted to have you in Nice. You have chosen an ideal spot to enjoy the French Riviera: the sea, the Promenade des Anglais, the beaches, the restaurants and public transport are all within easy reach. We have put this guide together so you can enjoy Nice like a local, while still seeing the highlights of the Riviera.
Enjoy • Explore • Savour • Unwind
Our 10 highlights
The Promenade des Anglais
The Promenade des Anglais is the emblem of Nice. From your neighbourhood you reach the seafront and the Baie des Anges on foot. It follows the sea for about seven kilometres.
🚶 Perfect for:
- a morning walk
- a romantic stroll
- cycling
- jogging
- watching the sunset
Our favourite photo spot: settle in facing the sea just as the sun begins to drop.
The beaches
The beaches of Nice are pebble beaches.
Bring beach shoes if your feet are sensitive.
A quiet day, with nothing to plan:
- Morning
- A swim
- Midday
- Lunch
- Afternoon
- The beach
- Evening
- The Promenade des Anglais and the sunset
The Old Town
Not to be missed. Wander the small colourful streets with no particular route in mind.
Worth finding:
- Place Rossetti
- Sainte-Réparate cathedral
- Rue de la Préfecture
- Rue du Collet
- Place Garibaldi
- Cours Saleya
Take the time to stop in a small shop, to have an ice cream, or to sit outside with a coffee.
Cours Saleya
Cours Saleya brings together the market, the flowers, the local produce, the restaurants and the terraces.
Come in the morning for the atmosphere of the market.
Castle Hill
Our recommendation for a first visit to Nice.
📸 From the top, the view takes in:
- the Baie des Anges
- the Promenade des Anglais
- the Old Town
- the port of Nice
Best time: late afternoon. Bring your camera.
Place Masséna and the Promenade du Paillon
Place Masséna is the heart of the city centre.
From the square you can walk to:
- the Old Town
- Cours Saleya
- the Promenade du Paillon
- the Promenade des Anglais
It makes an excellent starting point for a day of exploring on foot.
The port of Nice
Port Lympia, just east of the Old Town.
- The boats
- The colourful façades
- The Mediterranean
- The restaurants
Then carry on towards Rauba-Capeù for the view over the sea.
Cimiez and the Matisse Museum
The Cimiez district brings together gardens, Roman remains and the Matisse Museum.
Musée Matisse
164 avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice
Housed in a 17th-century Genoese villa, among the olive trees.
Our addresses near the apartment
Plume Cafe Nice
50 avenue de la Californie
Breakfast and coffee. A handy place to start the day over a coffee or a lunch set menu.
Boulangerie Pâtisserie Delmora
39 avenue de la Californie
Bakery. Ideal for croissants, bread, pastries, sandwiches and breakfast.
Brasserie Le Magnan
1 avenue de la Californie
French cooking. Very close to the apartment, handy for a meal without heading into the centre.
These are the host’s own recommendations, with no link to LOFTI: no arrangement, no commission.
Doing your shopping
Everyday shops — supermarket, bakery, pharmacy — are on the apartment’s street or the next one along.
Use the local shops for quick errands, and the local markets to discover the region’s produce.
Getting around
The buses and trams in Nice are run by Lignes d’Azur.
Timetables and fare conditions can change, so we suggest checking on the day you travel.
Nice Côte d’Azur airport
Tram line 2 serves airport terminals 1 and 2, avenue Jean Médecin and Port Lympia.
What to taste
- Socca
- Pissaladière
- Salade niçoise
- Petits farcis niçois
- Swiss chard pie
- An ice cream in the Old Town
- Provençal produce, at the market
The best photo spots
- Romantic: the Promenade at sunset
- Panoramic: Castle Hill
- Colourful: Cours Saleya
- Typically Niçois: the streets of the Old Town
- Mediterranean: the port of Nice
- French Riviera: Cap de Nice and Mont Boron
Our favourite walk: Nice at sunset
🕓 Set off in the late afternoon.
- Promenade des Anglais
- Old Town
- Cours Saleya
- Quai des États-Unis
- Rauba-Capeù
- Castle Hill 🌅
Nice in 24 hours
- Morning
- Promenade des Anglais
- Coffee
- The seafront
- Midday
- Lunch in the Old Town
- Afternoon
- Old Town
- Cours Saleya
- Place Masséna
- Late afternoon
- Castle Hill
- Evening
- Dinner in the Old Town
Nice in 3 days
- Day 1 — Historic Nice
- Promenade des Anglais
- Place Masséna
- Old Town
- Cours Saleya
- Castle Hill
- Day 2 — Nice by the sea
- The beach
- The Promenade
- The port
- Rauba-Capeù
- Mont Boron
- Day 3 — The French Riviera
- Villefranche-sur-Mer
- Èze
- Monaco
Day trips from Nice
Villefranche-sur-Mer
A beautiful little harbour. Perfect for half a day.
Èze
A spectacular hilltop village. 📸 An excellent spot for photographs.
Monaco
Monte-Carlo, the old town, the Prince’s Palace and the harbour.
Antibes
Old town, ramparts, harbour and a Mediterranean feel.
Cannes
La Croisette, Le Suquet, the harbour and the beaches.
Photos and videos
The tourist office publishes its own images of Nice and the French Riviera.
Links worth saving
One last word from your host
Nice is not a city you visit with a checklist of monuments. Take the time to walk. Sit facing the sea. Have a coffee outside. Try a socca. Wander the small streets of the Old Town.
And above all, enjoy the sunshine and the easy pace of the French Riviera. ☀️🌊
We wish you a wonderful stay in Nice. Have a great holiday, and welcome to our home! ❤️
Where to stay
Three apartments one street from the Promenade des Anglais, let directly by their owner.