Pauline
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We are spending 5 nights in Nice - leaving in a week. The agency Nice Pebbles offered me a free apartment! I am not sure why. I rented an apartment from them in 2010. I think they made this offer to people who booked with them before because I talked to someone else who got the same email from them. I used miles for the flight and we won't get a rental car, so this is almost a free trip.
(And I need a vacation after this move. It was all going well until my 70 boxes from the US arrived. I have been unpacking and organizing for nearly 3 weeks straight!)
Any recommendations for things to do, or restaurants, in Nice?
I think we will take the train to Antibes one day (@Chris told me one time she thought we would like Antibes). Or should we take the train in the other direction to Menton? I would like to see both places, but we won't have time for both (unless we skip Vence).
Another day I would like to take the bus to Vence to see the Rosaire Chapel (designed in the 1950s by Matisse). Has anyone seen this? Is it worth the day trip for this? We tried to see it on our 2010 trip but arrived in Vence by car, in the pouring rain, on market day, and there was not a single parking spot in town, so we left (no patience). The hours are limited - closed Friday and Sunday, limited hours the other days - so I will pay attention to that.
The other two days we will spend in Nice. I thought we might take the bus to Villefrance-sur-mer where @jonathan stayed a couple of years ago. Should we try to walk out on Cap Ferrat to see all the villas, or is this not the kind of area where you walk?
Nice Pebbles has good information on their site about visiting Nice.
I don't find any vegetarian restaurants in Nice (other than juice bars and salad bars). Last time I remember eating in a very good Italian restaurant.
I am hoping for a few days of sunshine and warmer weather. A chance for Steve to speak French. And some sitting in a cafe time!
Photo from 2010 of Nice Old Town.
(And I need a vacation after this move. It was all going well until my 70 boxes from the US arrived. I have been unpacking and organizing for nearly 3 weeks straight!)
Any recommendations for things to do, or restaurants, in Nice?
I think we will take the train to Antibes one day (@Chris told me one time she thought we would like Antibes). Or should we take the train in the other direction to Menton? I would like to see both places, but we won't have time for both (unless we skip Vence).
Another day I would like to take the bus to Vence to see the Rosaire Chapel (designed in the 1950s by Matisse). Has anyone seen this? Is it worth the day trip for this? We tried to see it on our 2010 trip but arrived in Vence by car, in the pouring rain, on market day, and there was not a single parking spot in town, so we left (no patience). The hours are limited - closed Friday and Sunday, limited hours the other days - so I will pay attention to that.
The other two days we will spend in Nice. I thought we might take the bus to Villefrance-sur-mer where @jonathan stayed a couple of years ago. Should we try to walk out on Cap Ferrat to see all the villas, or is this not the kind of area where you walk?
Nice Pebbles has good information on their site about visiting Nice.
I don't find any vegetarian restaurants in Nice (other than juice bars and salad bars). Last time I remember eating in a very good Italian restaurant.
I am hoping for a few days of sunshine and warmer weather. A chance for Steve to speak French. And some sitting in a cafe time!
Photo from 2010 of Nice Old Town.