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A joyful city with a gentle way of life

Bathed in light and blessed with a gentle way of life, the city is reflects in a mirror of blue lined with palm trees. You’re in Nice, on the shores of the Mediterranean: welcome to a wonderful change of scenery.
“Nissa”, as it is known in the local language, or the “Miami of the Mediterranean”, as it has come to be known in modern times, is a city full of life and celebration, a surprising mixture of hot and cold, of famous beaches (Castel Plage, Beau Rivage…), mountains (with ski areas starting at just one and a half hours away), and hills (the sublime countryside of the hinterland).

Ancient city and high-tech metropolis

The architectural heritage of the city, with its “belle époque” and art deco buildings, offers an inexhaustible source of enchantment for lovers of beautiful stonework. “There are,” said Alexandre Dumas in “A Year in Florence”, “two cities in Nice, the old city and the new city […], the Italian Nice and the British Nice”. Echoing his sentiments, those living in the city today would respond that there continues to be a picturesque city that cultivates its ancient traditions, as well as one that is now complemented by a major high-tech metropolis with its eyes turned towards the future, that has succeeded in welcoming absolute modernity and rejuvenating itself at the same time as the world was celebrating the turn of the millennium.



Good to know :
- Nice boasts 19 museums and galleries, 32 listed historic monuments, 300 hectares of parks, gardens, communal forests and green spaces, and 150 ornamental ponds and fountains!
- Truly irresistible, the little tourist train of Nice enables visitors to (re)discover the city in 40 minutes, taking in the flower market, the historic part of the city, and the gardens of the chateau. It leaves from the Esplanade Albert 1er, across from the Méridien hotel.