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Where to eat, swim
and wander in Nice
Your English-language guide to Nice — honest top-10s of the restaurants, socca stops, pebble beaches, markets and day trips worth your precious Riviera hours.
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The 10 Best Restaurants in Nice
Michelin stars, Niçois grandmothers' recipes and dinner on a rock in the sea.
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Where to Eat Socca in Nice (and the Rest of Nice's Street Food)
Chickpea pancakes, onion tarts and fried courgette flowers, eaten standing up.
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The Best Beaches in Nice
Free pebbles, private sunbeds, rocky coves and a sandy bay one stop away.
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One Perfect Day in Nice (Cruise-Stop Edition)
Docked at Nice or Villefranche for the day? Here's Nice in eight glorious hours.
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The Best Museums in Nice
Matisse, Chagall, Yves Klein and a palace full of instruments.
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The Best Bars in Nice
Jazz in the Old Town, an apéritif in the lanes and a drink above the sea.
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The 7 Best Day Trips from Nice
Perched villages, pink villas, Monaco and Menton, all by train or bus.
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Featured places
Cours Saleya Market
Flowers, fruit, olives and socca under striped awnings, every morning.
Vieux Nice (Old Town)Free1.5 hrs
Colline du Château (Castle Hill)
The view of Nice: the bay, the Old Town roofs and the port, from a park on the hill.
Vieux Nice (Old Town)Free1.5 hrs
Chez Pipo
Socca from the wood oven, in the same spot for about a century.
Le Port & Mont Boron€1 hour
Musée Matisse
Matisse's paintings, paper cut-outs and studio things in a red Genoese villa.
Cimiez & Libération€1.5 hrs
Le Plongeoir
Dinner on a rock in the sea, under the old diving board.
Le Port & Mont Boron€€€2 hours
Èze Village
A perched medieval village with a cactus garden and a huge sea view.
Around Nice & Day Trips€4 hours
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One perfect day in Nice, cruise-stop edition
Flower market, socca, the view from Castle Hill and a swim off the Promenade — Nice in eight glorious hours, with a map you can take with you.
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