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Discovering
Nice and its « county »
This town has preserved numerous traces of its eventful past !
The Old Town contains a treasure-trove of Baroque art from the XVIIth and XVIIIth.
Stroll along the many churches and buildings all along the narrow streets and take your time..
There are many MUSEUMS, among them
- MAMAC: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
- The Archaeological Museum of Terra Amata and Cimiez
One of the most beautiful seafront of Europe: 7 kms length with beautiful mansion
houses (some dated end end of XIXth), hotels (Negresco classified as an historical
monument), casino and its beautiful promenade…
Enjoy the most incredible Flower Market set on place Saleya with its small coloured
buildings so well renovated.
Visit of a small corner of Russia: a great Orthodox Church, Saint Nicholas Cathedral,
today one of the places most visited by the descendants of this Russian community
established since the end of XIXth.
- Saint Paul
De Vence -
The most beautiful stone built village with all its galleries
and well-known restaurants.
- Gorges Du Loup- with its perched villages, visit from the top
at Gourdon and a small stop at one of the oldest sweet factory !!!
- Grasse - is the place where flowers are so beautiful and so many
that distilleries there have been producing the most celebrated
perfumes of the world (Miss Chanel invented all her
fragrances here…)
- Mougins - Picasso lived in this lovely village for few
years.
- Antibes
- and its harbour for very rich people’s
yachts and its magnificent ramparts and fortifications.
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