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SALAD NIÇOISE
One of the most famous dishes to ...
SHOPPING IN NICE
Shopping in Nice has just got better. Nice Etoile, on Jean-Medecin, is now open on Sunday. The shopping centre is well laid out and has a number of shops and restaurants. Possibly the biggest H&M in Europe – Rotterdam may have the biggest store – is also now open on Jean Medicin. It occupies the […]
TOURTE AUX BLETTES SALÉE
The best place to get your tourte aux blettes in Nice is La Fougasserie (5 Rue de la Poisonnerie, Vieux Nice, 06300). This bakery is just behind Cours Saleya. But if you fancy making your own, the recipe for savoury tourte aux blettes is below: INGREDIENTS THE PASTRY: 2 cups unbleached flour ½ teaspoon salt […]
NEW BLOOD?
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 […]
8 OF THE BEST
8 of the best places to visit in and around Nice Musee Marc Chagall At Avenue Docteur Menard this new museum is well worth a trip to the quartier of Cimiez in Nice. Musee Matisse is a little further up Boulevard Cimiez at 164 Avenue des Arenes de Cimiez St Paul du Vence The beautiful […]
LE COULIS VERT
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.
BEST BEACHES ON THE COTE D’AZUR
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 […]
THINGS TO DO IN NICE IN 2015
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
‘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 […]
LA BELLE ÉPOQUE
In 1886 the Calais-Mediterrean Express, which linked London (via the Club Train) and Paris to the French Riviera was born and with it the belle époque made it’s way along the tracks to the French Riviera. The buildings from that time are dotted all over Nice. I have selected a few that best evoke the […]
FROM CALVI TO AJACCIO – WHY WE HEART CORSICA
Corsica sits off the coast of Nice and is well worth visiting. Like the Scots, the Corsicans consider themselves Corsican before French and the tiny island has only been part of France for a little over 200 years. Part of the Republic of Geneo, briefly independent and even more briefly British, the question of […]