No. 01 · Landmark
Promenade des Anglais
7 km of seafront walk along the Baie des Anges
Nice's iconic palm-lined seafront, laid out in the 1820s by the city's English winter residents — best walked at sunrise or just before sunset.
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Nice
Belle Époque seafront on the French Riviera
A pastel-coloured Mediterranean capital where Italianate alleys spill onto a turquoise bay — markets in the morning, pebble beach in the afternoon, socca and rosé at night.
When to go
May–June and September for warm sea and lighter crowds; July–August are hot and packed.
Getting around
Walk the old town and Promenade; tram Line 1 connects the train station to Place Masséna and the port.
Nice highlights
Don't miss
The top places to start with if you only have a day or two — the essentials before you go deeper.
No. 02 · Where to stay
Vieux Nice
Ochre alleys, Cours Saleya market, and socca stands
The old town's tangle of pedestrian streets between the Colline du Château and the sea — flower market by day, aperitif terraces by night.
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Musée Matisse
The artist's personal collection in a 17th-century Genoese villa
Set in an olive grove in Cimiez, the museum holds the works Henri Matisse kept for himself across a 60-year career he spent partly in Nice.
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4 hand-picked
A curated mix of landmarks, neighborhoods, and museums worth your time in Nice, France — grouped by type below.
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