Just back from a fantstic break in Nice.
Its a great base to explore the surrounding area.
Our first day was spent explorng Nice itself, we were staying in an apartment in the old town which is an ideal location right in the middle of things with restaurants on your doorstep. We stocked up at Monoprix supermarket just a 2 min walk from the Gare routerie bus station, which is about a 5 minute walk from the old town.
We walked along the prom and up to the hotel Negreso, don´t be intimidated by the doorman we walked in to look around the foyer and the shops inside and the ballroom is stunning.
We then had a stroll though the old town and cours salaya which is much nicer atmosphere when the sun has gone down, great shops and loads of places to eat really spoilt for choice. After a rest at the apartment we wondered out again to find a restaurant it was new years eve so v busy and we ended up in la Fovola on cours salaya which was excellent, the main course portions were the biggest ive ever seen and the deserts superb, best tip in restaurants i can offer is to ask for a %26quot;carafe déau%26quot; and you will get a vase of free water. We found drinks expensive a coke at 4.50 euros for example and coffees around 3 euros, otherwise prices were fine.
We headed to the seafront to see in new year it was packed and people were swimming in the sea...nutters!! it was pretty cold!
Next day we headed to the bus station. Now we normally ALWAYS hire a car because i hate buses but from advice on this forum mainly the difficulty and expense in parking we decided to risk it, best decision it was so easy and a scenic route too and only 1 euro any journey, info point in bus station great for advice.
We visited Villa Kerylos and Villa Esphurrsi (spelling!) you get of bus at beaulieu sur mer (about 10 mins from Nice) and walk to the villa to walk between the two we took the walk on the prom of cap ferrat which was lovely. We then got back on the bus to Eze (you have to change again onto the 82) a beautiful hilltop village with amazing views from the gardens (5 euros) but worth it. Must go on a clear day though. We then headed back to Nice.
Day 3 on the bus again to Monaco (be prepared to stand) we had a wander round the palace area the actual palace is closed in winter though, there was a xmas market, we took a shuttle boat for 1 euro to get from one side of harbour to the other which saves your legs, monte carlo casino is worth a peak its 10 euros to go into the main gaming room but we were content with the bandit room where we won 2.50 euros!! wooooo
Back in Nice we had dinner at Resto´s wine bar which was excellent and we went to waynes bar to watch a rock band everybody was dancing on tables and it was a great atmosphere they seem to have live music every night.
Day 4 we got the tram to the train station...althought it is only a 15 min walk, we were intending to get train to Cannes but the train strike meant limited times so we decided to explore Nice more, we shopped along the mainstreets of the town i went a bit mad in H%26amp;M and we walked up to the castle for the views over the town (worth doing) we couldn´t find the waterfall though? we strolled along the prom again for a bit of people watching and then back though old town and disscovered lovely biscuit shop called la cure gourmande and brought some olive oil from a a lóliviera great selection.
DAY 5 We took the skibus from gare routerie at 07.15am this needs to be booked the day before (30 euros)and you can go to Auron or Isola 2000. We choose Auron because its a tradtional village resort, it took 2 hours to arrive beautiful scenery and perfect weather. We hired skis and boots in resort and was on the slopes for 10.15am. We skied until 16.00 and the bus left at 17.00. It was a great day out and highly recommended.
On our last day we decided to take bus to Antibes, not recommended there is about 35 stops and it took ages. Antibes was nice to walk around the ramparts and look at the yachts in the marina, we had a lovely lunch in the restaurant next to the tourist office where you get off the bus. We couldn´t face the bus back to decided to risk the train times this turned out to be fine at there were still two a hour, and it took 20mins instead of 2 hours!!
Use bus to go Monaco way and train to go other way.
Gosh hope i havn´t bored you!!
We had a great time, hope you do do
S x
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Slewoman, Excellent. Thank you.
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Sounds like you had a fabulous holiday, thanks for the review. Did you mean La Voglia (la fovola) I don%26#39;t recognise the name but the meal sounds like La Voglia. I%26#39;m very envious about your day%26#39;s skiing, I%26#39;ve done this a few times, it%26#39;s a great day out, didn%26#39;t make it this year due to flu. The waterfall on the Chateau hill can be missed easily. It%26#39;s on the west side of the hill, a short walk along one of the paths. If you are on rue de la Prefecture in the Old Town near la Tapenade restaurant area and look up, the waterfall is in front of you, should you want to get the bearings next time.
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allaboutNice
-la favola is pretty much across the road from la voglia though its on cours saleya rather than rue Saint-François de Paule and has same owners and essentially the same menu/format.
Slewomen, sounds like you had a brilliant time - great trip report. Its always great to hear how people got on.
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Thank you Selkienice :-)
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