A lovely combination of pebble beached seaside, a mediaeval town, bustling commercial city, kilometres after kilometres of promenades, pooches being walked by stiletto heeled Cote D'Azur trash and a fairycake of a hotel fronting the Mediterranean sea. Nice, I have to say, for a great few days stay would be my favourite town on the Cote D'Azur. But to knock over all the things in the 1000 places to see before you die book of course I could only blow in to the town, do a tourist bus ride for an hour, a wee walk on the promenade, lunch in the old city, before jumping back in the car to head further down the coast to St Tropez.
The beauty of this city is that, while it may well be the 5th largest city in France it did, as the book promised, retain its feel of a small town. It was my first experience in an open decker tourist bus which was a laugh, soaking up the sun while hearing about various points of interest as the bus meandered up and down the hills- Chagall museum, Picasso museum, the sugerplum cake exterior of the Hotel Negresco on the waterfront with its priceless furnishings, the graveyard of the czar-in -waiting who died in the city at the age of 22 after contracting meningitis and the beautiful ancient merry-go-round on the waterfront with its cavorting horses.
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A meander through old Nice, with its cobbled stones, its tiny streets, the amazing parking skills of people who it seemed just "dumped" cars whereever they could find a spot irrespective whether parking there made the road safe or not.
Yes definately a charming place and belonging in the 1000 places to see before you die book.
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