On Saturday night I made a new discovery. Chantier Sang Neuf, an abattoire for many years was turned into a gallery/music/theatre venue a few years ago. It is a great space that retains the character and ‘charm’ if that is the right word of its former use. There is even a faint smell of blood […]
Remember when this was a car park, and bus station with a MacDonalds in the bottom? The Coulis Vert has transformed the Jean Jaures and Place Massena. There are no ‘Keep off the Grass’ signs here. Tourists and locals use every inch of the park on a daily basis.
Bored of pebblesS? Head to some of the best beaches around Nice COCO BEACH – NICE Coco Beach past the port there are a number of small coves in the rocks (this is about a half our walk around the port so not always the best option if it is very hot) PALOMA PLAGE […]
Visiting the South of France in 2015? Time your visit with one of these gems coming to Nice and the surrounding area this year BETTY BLUE COMES TO THE COTE D’AZUR The larger than life Beatrice Dalle, yes that loud and foul mouthed actress with the biggest pout in France, who played Betty in […]
‘La Liberté éclairant le monde’, which translates as ‘Freedom lighting the World’ was the name given to the Statue of Liberty by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. One of the statues cast from the original mould now sits on Promenade Des Anglais. This name seems all the more fitting this weekend following the march in Nice […]
If you were to take a straw poll of all the different conversations taking place on the beaches across the Côte D’Azur every summer, it is fairly likely that around a third of these chit chats between friends and family would involve the following discussion: “Are there any jellyfish in the water?”. So you can […]
A few years ago a friend of mine translated the following conversation he had just overheard on the beach. An Italian woman was explaining to her husband and his friend that, contrary to popular belief, the best way to get an all over tan was to stay in one position, as that way your sides, […]
–Opera, a very loud techno beat and a Bono sound-a-like all at the same time? It must be Fête de la Musique The brain child of President Mitterrand – yes even with his two families he had time to come up with this – and since adopted by many European countries, Fête de la Musique […]
1. Eat breakfast at Le Coin Quotidien – this gem at the end of Cours Saleya has the best breakfast menu by far in the old town. Hungry early risers sit at long wooden tables laden with goodies. Just be careful you don’t get so comfortable that you stay all day. 2. Soak up the atmosphere in […]
