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  1. 1

    Promenade des Anglais - The Iconic Seafront of the French Riviera

    The Promenade des Anglais traces the curve of the Baie des Anges for 7 km and is the single most famous stretch of seafront on the French Riviera. Lined with palm trees, the iconic pale-blue chaises bleues, Belle Époque…

    Address
    Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 2 - Magnan or Alsace-Lorraine stop, 2-min walk
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    Vieux Nice - The City's Italianate Old Town

    Vieux Nice, the Old Town, is the city's beating heart - a network of narrow streets where ochre and oxblood-painted facades crowd against baroque churches and the air carries the smell of socca cooking on iron griddles…

    Address
    Place Rossetti, 06300 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 1 - Cathédrale-Vieille Ville stop, 4-min walk
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    Castle Hill (Colline du Château) - The Best Panoramic Viewpoint in Nice

    Colline du Château is the rocky outcrop separating the Old Town from Port Lympia, and the panoramic platform on top delivers the postcard view of Nice that opens almost every guidebook. The medieval citadel was…

    Address
    Montée Lesage, 06300 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Free public lift from Quai des États-Unis (near Hôtel Suisse), or Tram Line 1 - Garibaldi stop
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    Cours Saleya - Nice's Open-Air Flower and Food Market

    Cours Saleya is the long pedestrian square that runs through the southern edge of Vieux Nice, and its daily market is one of the most photogenic in southern France. From Tuesday to Sunday mornings it fills with the…

    Address
    Cours Saleya, 06300 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 1 - Cathédrale-Vieille Ville, 5-min walk
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    Place Masséna - Nice's Central Square and Tram Hub

    Place Masséna is the central square of Nice and the natural pivot between Vieux Nice, the Carré d'Or shopping district, and the seafront. Its ochre-red Italianate buildings surround a black-and-white chequered marble…

    Address
    Place Masséna, 06000 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 1 - Masséna stop, directly on the square
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    Musée Matisse - The Largest Collection of Matisse in France

    The Musée Matisse holds the largest single collection of works by Henri Matisse anywhere in France, set inside a 17th-century red-ochre Genoese villa in the leafy hilltop neighbourhood of Cimiez. Matisse lived in Nice…

    Address
    164 Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Bus 5 - Arènes / Musée Matisse stop, 1-min walk
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    Musée National Marc Chagall - The World's Largest Public Collection of Chagall

    The Musée National Marc Chagall houses the largest public collection of Chagall's work in the world, centred on the 17 monumental paintings of his Message Biblique cycle. Chagall chose this purpose-built museum on the…

    Address
    36 Avenue Dr Ménard, 06000 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Bus 15 - Musée Chagall stop, 1-min walk
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    Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas - The Largest Russian Orthodox Cathedral Outside Russia

    The Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral outside Russia and the most unexpected building in Nice - six onion domes in green, gold, and rose surrounded by palm trees a short walk from the…

    Address
    Avenue Nicolas II, 06000 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Bus 64 - Tzarewitch stop, 2-min walk (10-min walk from Nice-Ville train station)
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    Promenade du Paillon - Nice's 12-Hectare Linear Park

    The Promenade du Paillon is a 12-hectare linear park that cuts a green corridor through central Nice, from the Théâtre National down to the sea at the Espace Masséna. Opened in 2013 on the covered bed of the Paillon…

    Address
    Promenade du Paillon, 06300 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 1 - Masséna or Cathédrale stops, directly adjacent
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    MAMAC - Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain

    MAMAC is Nice's powerhouse of 20th- and 21st-century art, housed in a striking marble-clad complex at the eastern end of the Promenade du Paillon. The permanent collection focuses on the Nouveaux Réalistes movement that…

    Address
    Place Yves Klein, 06364 Nice, France
    Nearest transit
    Tram Line 1 - Garibaldi stop, 2-min walk
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    Villefranche-sur-Mer - The Closest Riviera Fishing Port to Nice

    Villefranche-sur-Mer is the closest classic Riviera fishing village to Nice and the easiest day trip on this list - just 6 km east, 7 minutes by TER train, and visible from the lookout on Mont Boron. Its deep natural…

    Address
    Quai Amiral Courbet, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
    Nearest transit
    TER train from Nice-Ville to Villefranche-sur-Mer station, 7 min, then 5-min walk downhill
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    Èze Village - The Perched Medieval Village Above the Mediterranean

    The medieval village of Èze sits 427 metres above the Mediterranean on a perched rock between Nice and Monaco, and the views from its summit Jardin Exotique are among the most photographed on the French Riviera. The…

    Address
    Place du Centenaire, 06360 Èze, France
    Nearest transit
    Bus 82 direct from Nice (~30 min), or TER to Èze-sur-Mer then bus 83 up to the village

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