Things to do in Nice

Things to do

1. The Promenade des Anglais by bike

   Seven kilometers along the Baie des Anges, and the blue chairs facing the sea. On Wikipedia (in French)

   RelaxationViewpoint2 hr≈ €5best in the morning

2. Cours Saleya and Old Nice

   The flower market, socca fresh from the wood oven, and shady lanes behind. On Wikipedia (in French)

   FoodMarket2 hr 30 minFreebest in the morning

3. Castle Hill

   Ninety-two meters, an artificial waterfall, and the whole bay at sunset.

   RelaxationViewpoint1 hr 30 minFreebest in the evening

4. The Chagall Museum

   The seventeen canvases of the Biblical Message, brought together in a building designed for them. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum1 hr 30 min≈ €10best in the morning

5. The village of Èze

   An eagle’s nest at 427 meters, its exotic garden and the Mediterranean below. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyViewpoint3 hr≈ €6best in the afternoon

When to go

The most pleasant months in Nice: in May, June, September and October, taking weather and crowds into account.

More ideas for those months: where to go in May, where to go in June, where to go in September, where to go in October.

Averages measured over recent years: mean temperatures and number of rainy days, month by month.

What budget on the ground?

Per person and per day, including accommodation, meals, local transport and visits — excluding the round trip. An estimate calculated the same way as in the app, from the local cost of living.

Budget

€70

Mid-range

€130

Comfort

€240

Getting there from Paris: the carbon footprint

Per person, round trip, in kilograms of CO₂ equivalent — manufacturing, energy and, for flights, contrails included.

Train

5 kg

Bus

64 kg

Plane

310 kg

By train rather than by plane: 310 kg less CO₂e per person (62 times less).

Factors from ADEME (Impact CO₂); outside France, rail uses the European average published by the European Environment Agency.

Book on the ground

Tours and tickets

• Go City Multi-attraction passes for big cities
• Klook Tours, tickets and excursions
• Tiqets Museums and monuments, skip-the-line tickets
• WeGoTrip Self-paced audio tours

Internet on site (eSIM)

• Airalo Data eSIM, by country or region
• Drimsim SIM card that works in almost every country
• Saily Data eSIM
• Yesim Data eSIM

From the airport

• GetTransfer Drivers make an offer for your ride
• Intui Private transfers at a fixed price
• Kiwitaxi Booked transfers, from taxi to minibus
• Welcome Pickups Driver waiting on arrival, price fixed in advance

Rent a car

• Auto Europe Rental comparison
• EconomyBookings Rental comparison
• GetRentacar Cars from rental companies and private owners
• Localrent Local rental companies, often no credit card needed

Partner links: if you book through them, Tripora may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you and without changing the order of these lists, which is alphabetical.

Good to know: France

Plugs

Type C, E, 230 V

Emergencies

112, 15 (ambulance), 17 (police), 18 (fire)

Driving

On the right

Near Nice

• Aix-en-Provence France, 150 km
• Turin Italy, 150 km
• Genoa Italy, 160 km
• Marseille France, 160 km
• Avignon France, 200 km
• Cinque Terre Italy, 200 km

Elsewhere in France

• Aix-en-Provence
• Ajaccio
• Annecy
• Arcachon and the Dune of Pilat
• Avignon
• Bastia
• Biarritz
• Bordeaux
• Brest
• Caen and the D-Day beaches
• Carcassonne
• Chamonix and Mont Blanc
• Colmar
• Dijon
• Grenoble
• Honfleur and the Côte Fleurie
• La Rochelle
• Lille
• Lourdes and the central Pyrenees
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Montpellier
• Nantes
• Paris
• Pau and the Pyrenees
• Perpignan and the Côte Vermeille
• Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio
• Rennes
• Saint-Malo
• Strasbourg
• Toulouse