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Introducing Nice
It might be a cliché to say Nice has something for everyone, but the Côte d’Azur’s cosmopolitan capital pretty much does.
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Sure, sun seekers sip cocktails on parasoled lounges lining its polished pebbled shores, and kids splash in the azure sea, while bladers cruise the curved Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels) against a backdrop of fairy-lit palm trees flanking the promenade des Anglais.
But Nice is much more than just a place for fun in the sun. Art aficionados’ must-sees include major museums. Archaeological buffs ruminate over the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Cemenelum. Flaneurs ferret out secret passages leading to narrow pedestrian laneways in the romantic old town, lingering over the sights and scents of the colourful flower and produce markets, and trawling for antiques. Festival fans descend for animated events. Gastronomes go gaga over finely prepared food, from chic little bolt holes to family-style French cooking and Michelin-starred cuisine. Barflies flit to the perpetually-buzzing watering holes, and hipsters hop between ever-emerging hotspots.
France’s fifth-largest city is naughty, it’s nice…and it’s everything in between.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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End of The Road
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 November 2009
When I awoke this morning the Chinese guy in the bunk opposite asked me if I minded if he made a call on Skype which of course I didn’t. Anyway he didn’t use a headset so I could here it all, though oddly him and the other guy didn’t speak to each other that much but [...]
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Nice to see ya, to see ya Nice
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 November 2009
Well today hasn’t started too swell, I missed the 11:10 train to Nice I intended to get. The problem was that I just missed a tram to the central station while buying a ticket and annoyingly the screen said the next one wouldn’t be for 25 minutes which wouldn’t give me time to get my [...]
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Nice is… No, I’m not going to say it.
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 6 November 2009
It has been Greek, it has been Roman, it has been Italian and it is now French. Yet, throughout the ages, Nice has always been Niçois; or is it Niçard? Maybe it’s neither. My French is awful and my Niçard is nonexistent, but the individuality of Nice is indisputable. There are spots throughout the world where an area has been subject to one conqueror or another and, yet, has always stayed true to itself. When a new culture holds sway here, the area has changed the culture rather than the ...
