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Nice is the capital of the department of Alpes Maritimes, France’s fifth largest city and the most important city on the Riviera. Nice is especially reputed for its beautiful location opening out to the Baie des Anges and surrounded by mountain slopes.
Läs mer om Nice Alla bostäder i NiceNice has for centuries been a favourite holiday resort and the city has attracted kings and princes from all over the world, a fact, testified to by the city’s many luxury hotels. In the beginning of the 19th century ”an English colony” flourished, English aristocrats flocked to the coast and ”colonised”, so to speak, most of the coast. It was also the English who constructed the grandiose promenade, Camin des Angès, later named Promenade des Anglais. Queen Victoria also sojourned in Nice. At the end of the 19th century she over-wintered every year in the palace hotel Regina in the Cimiez quarter. Here, she received numerous European princes and royalties.
Nice has only been a part of France since 1860. Before that, the city was Italian, a fact which still is very visible. The city’s greatest sight is the old city, Vielle Ville or Vieux Nice, as it is also called. Here, you will find a labyrinth of narrow, winding streets, serried red tiled roofs, nice pleasant squares, an immense amount of shops, and a big choice of more or less exquisite restaurants. Cours Salaya is the heart of the old city. Every morning there is a large-scale flower and vegetable market and once a month a big flea market - brocante market. Matisse lived at the end of the market place in a big yellow house. Here, he sat on the third floor looking out of his windows while painting his small wonderful paintings. The Italian influence is very strong in the old city.
Today’s Nice lies at the foot of the mountain, Rocher du Château, (where the original town was located). From here, there are wide views over the Baie des Anges and Vielle Ville at one side and the port to the other. At the top there is a big park with a play ground, some Roman ruins and a waterfall.
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The Riviera’s third largest town. The old town in Antibes is highly interesting with its covered market, beautiful marina, Picasso museum and Marineland, with dolphins and killer whales.
A very popular, medieval village in the department of Alpes Maritimes, best known for its glassware. Here one can also find a very interesting Fernand Léger-museum.
Cagnes-sur-Mer, situated between Nice and Antibes, first of all offers a magnificent, fortified old quarter, Haut-de-Cagnes, perched high up on top of a small rock. The town is intersected by steep, winding streets and stairways and a multitude of small, idyllic squares. At the top of the town you will find the ancient Grimaldi castle from the 14th century.
The most fashionable town on the French Riviera with its long elegant promenade La Croisette and the luxurious Hotel Carlton. Lying across from Cannes is Iles de Lérins, two charming flower filled little islands, Ste-Marguerite and St-Honoret. Ste-Marguerite, the island closest to the mainland is almost covered in pine forest. It is particularly renowned because of ”the man with the iron mask” who was imprisoned here and whose identity is still unknown. At St-Honoret there is a beautiful old monastery, dating from the 11th century. In earlier times, St-Honoret was a religious centre for southern Europe and the monastery owned most of the land along the Mediterranean including Cannes. The island is still inhabited by monks. A museum and a church can be visited by the public.
Has almost grown together with the neighbouring town St-Raphaël. In Fréjus one can find a characteristic French promenade with nice, little cafés and a multitude of restaurants, bars and discos, seething with life every night. The marina is the normal meeting point in the evenings, and here there is a really good atmosphere. In Fréjus there are quite a few Roman monuments, among other things a small arena which is still used for concerts and bullfights. One can also find a big amusement park with a Marineland.
Golfe Juan, situated between Cannes and Antibes, offers one of the very best beaches on the French Riviera, an impressive marina, restaurants, cafés and boutiques. It was also here Napoleon landed in 1815, when escaping from Elba. In Golfe Juan there is a 5 hectares public park, Exflora Park, showing different Mediterranean gardens exactly as they were in Roman Times and in the sumptuous 19th century.
Situated between Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Var. The breathtaking canyon, Gorges du Verdon, is one of Europe’s greatest nature wonders - an outstanding nature experience that one must experience. At the Verdon river, which is cutting 700 metres down into the cliff, one can go hiking, climbing, canoeing and rafting.
The French centre for perfumes, producing perfume extracts and essences. Grasse is beautifully situated at 333 metres altitude, in the hinterland of Cannes. The old city is very exciting with a labyrinth of streets and narrow passages. Here, there is a multitude of small, interesting boutiques.
A popular beach resort beside Antibes. Juan-les-Pins is a town for young people with its many boutiques, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and a casino.
Le Cannet is perched high up above Cannes, and enjoys, for this reason, a fantastic panorama of the bay of Cannes and the island group, Îles de Lérins. Le Cannet is especially well known for its artists’ quarter which is dominated by art craft workshops and galleries. It is an extremely nice and picturesque old town with skilfully restored houses, narrow, steep streets with numerous small, homely restaurants and cafés.
Mandelieu-la-Napoule is a beach resort between Cannes and Fréjus. It has good beaches, a nice marina, lots of restaurants and cafés and a huge variety of water sports.
The Principality of Monaco (pop.: 31,842) is a sovereign state lying out to the Mediterranean and surrounded by the French Alpes Maritimes department. Its geographical extent of 2 km² makes Monaco the world’s smallest country. Monaco is nicknamed The Mediterranean Manhattan as it is packed with sky scrapers and sumptuous villas. It is a constitutional monarchy and Prince Albert’s family, the Grimaldies, have reigned in Monaco since 1297. Monaco consists of three towns: The old town, Monaco-Ville, with the Royal Palace on top of a cliff, Monte-Carlo with its very famous Casino and the residential area la Condamine, with its big marina.
A fantastic, medieval mountain village beautifully situated. Here one can also find one of the most famous restaurants in France, Moulin de Mougins.
The main city in the department of Alpes Maritimes, France’s fifth biggest city and the most important city on the Riviera. Famous for its beautiful location by the Baie des Anges, surrounded by mountains, Nice first of all offers a very interesting old city, the magnificent promenade, Promenade des Anglais, the museum of modern art and Chagall and Matisse museums.
The artists’ town, St-Paul-de-Vence, is one of the prettiest and most picturesque villages in the region. Here one can find Auberge Colombe d’Or, one of southern France’s most famous restaurants.
This town has almost grown together with the neighbouring town, Fréjus. Since the middle of the 19th century St-Raphaël has been a popular holiday resort with nice, sandy beaches, marina and good shopping facilities. It was at this place Napoleon landed on his way back from Egypt in 1799, and so did the French- American troupes in 1944. One of the greatest sights in the town is a Templar’s church, dating back to the 12th century.
Originally St-Tropez was a small, humble, fishing village, until Brigitte Bardot, Françoise Sagan and other celebrities discovered the town in the 1950’s and pulled in the whole jet set. In high season (August), around 80,000 tourists arrive at this extraordinary holiday resort. Despite this “big circus” in the summer, the town is definitely worth a visit.
A most charming medieval village, situated between Cannes and Nice, only 14 km from the coast. It is renowned for its culture of violets. Tourrettes-sur-Loup is very much worth a visit.
A nice medieval village in the hinterland of Cannes. The town is enclosed by fortified houses and the streets are laid out in symmetric rectangles, a phenomenon not often seen in this region.
Vallauris has been a city with pottery traditions ever since Roman Times., traditions which were later carried on by Italian potters from Grasse. Picasso has also worked in a pottery in this town. Today the town houses an exciting Picasso museum: http://www.musee-picasso-vallauris.fr/
Vence, like St-Paul-de-Vence, is one of the really big pearls in the hinterland of Nice and Cannes and has also one of the most beautiful locations. The town’s greatest tourist attraction is the Chapelle du Rosaire, better known as the Matisse chapel.
Aktiviteter i Nice
- Theatre opera.
- Shopping
- Discotheques, pubs, and nightclubs.
- Water sport
- Public swimming pool.
- Riding.
- Tennis
- Squash
- Ice skating centre.
- Hang gliding.
- Ski resorts within easy travelling distance: http://www.skifrance.fr/default-a.htm
- Golf –There are lots of golf courses in the department of Alpes Maritimes. Most of the courses can be found on the French golf union’s website. Unfortunately the website is in French. Seek under Guide de golfs and then under the region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur: http://www.ffgolf.org/#
Sevärdigheter i Nice
- Les Arènes Romaines: A Roman theatre from the 3rd century and the remains of some Roman baths. Every year in July there is a magnificent jazz festival, which attracts more than 50,000 people.
- Cours Salaya: The flower market in the old city
- Musée Matisse: Just before his death in 1954 Matisse willed his works to the city: http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/
- Musée des Beaux-Arts: Important collection of impressionist and postimpressionist works.
- Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall: Home of an extensive collection of Marc Chagall’s works. (http://www.musee-chagall.fr/)
- Promenade des Anglais Here, you will find the fashionable Hotel Negresco with its liveried doormen, the big rotonde inside the palace-looking building, the big crystal chandeliers and luxury suites, all decorated with antiques and precious objects. The hotel is listed and classified a national monument.
- Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption and Musée Franciscain.
- Franciscan monastery and gardens, laid in Italian style.
- Rocher du Château
- Vieux Nice: the old city
- Place Masséna: The city centre with its rose pink buildings and grandiose waterfall.
- Palais Lascaris: Mansion from the 17th century, situated in Rue Droit in the old city.
- Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain: Museum of modern art. Home of an important collection of avant-garde art.
- Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe: Russian cathedral, built by Zar Nikolaj 2nd in 1912: http://www.egliseorthodoxerusse-nice.com/
- Palais Masséna: Italian style villa, built in 1900, today a museum, housing a collection of paintings, jewellery and faiences.
- Carnival: In February there is the very well known carnival in Nice.
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