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From 21 Nice’s Carnival with
processions and Battles of the Flowers, along the Promenade
des Anglais.
From 23 Menton’s Citrus Festival, this
year on the theme of “Alice in Wonderland”, on the Promenade
du Soleil.
7-23 Mimosa Festival with processions and
entertainment at Mandelieu-La Napoule.
28 Lord of the
Dance at the Palais Nikaia, Route de Digne, Nice.
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Old Town of Nice:
Narrow, winding streets, baroque churches, tiny shops and bistros,
plus the Cours Saleya flower and fruit market, open mornings only,
and replaced by bric-a-brac and antique dealers on Mondays.
Two new
addresses to investigate in Nice: Jouni, near the port,
proposing southern delicacies such as risotto, calamari,
Mediterreanean fish (10 rue Lascaris), and Le Grand Balcon, opened
in December, all decked out in red with bookshelves, paintings, DJ
and gastronomic cuisine with a touch of international exoticism (rue
St- François-de-Paule, near the Opera House). Wine-bars are
gradually catching on, and Nice now offers Vin sur Vin (18
rue Biscarra), La Part des Anges, where you’ll choose from 800
labels from all over France (17 rue Gubernatis), and the
recently-reopened Auberge des Arts-La Cave (9 rue Pairolière). In
Cannes, choose between the Bar à Vin (10 rue Marceau), Le
Comptoir des Vins also offering hearty cuisine (13 boulevard de
la République), and La Cave de Forville, an institution next
to the Forville Market, now transformed into a state-of-the-art wine
cellar, Champagne bar and gourmet restaurant (3 marché Forville).
After the January
sales, stores are ready and waiting to show their spring and summer
collections. So dedicated followers of fashion can head for the big
store Les Nouvelles Galeries on Place Massena, the Nice-Etoile
complex on Avenue Jean-Médecin, the huge shopping mall Cap 3000 near
Nice Airport, or designer boutiques on Rue Paradis, Avenue de Suède
and Rue Masséna. For late-night partying, Nice’s biggest disco Le
Grand Escurial has had a facelift (29 rue Alphonse Karr) and now
proposes a red plush restaurant with service till midnight and
dancing from 11pm. La Suite is the address for go-go girls
and the young crowd (20 rue St- François-de-Paule), while torrid
rhythms means Bario Latino (73 quai des Etats- Unis). In
Monaco, the smart rendez-vous for exotic cocktails is the Black
Diamond (11 avenue Princesse Grace), and the newest hotspot is
Le Point Rouge (21 boulevard du Larvotto), opened by Frank
Fiorito, owner of the world-famous Jimmy’z, with late-night resto
and nightclub that gets moving after 11pm. New web site for real
Riviera ravers www.nightparties.com.
octopustravel.com
Taken over by Sheraton
and now known as the Sheraton Four Points Hotel Elysée Palace
(59 promenade des Anglais), this four-star hotel with its black
glass façade and giant Sosno sculpture has had its 143 guest-rooms
and restaurant entirely refurbished. For those on a more modest
budget, these three-star hotels near the town centre and the sea
offer comfort and a warm welcome at off-season rates from €75 to
€110 per night: La Malmaison (48 boulevard Victor Hugo) with
restaurant and private beach (200 metres); Hôtel Albert 1er
(4 avenue des Phocéens), a large hotel facing the Albert 1er
Gardens; Comfort Hôtel Boréal (9 rue Paul Déroulède), five
minutes from the beach, at the heart of Nice’s shopping centre, and
the charming Hôtel Les Cigales (16 rue Dalpozzo), with only
19 rooms, 150 metres from the sea and the Ruhl Casino. Finally, the
two-star Pavillon de Rivoli (10 rue de Rivoli) is situated
just behind the legendary Negresco Hotel and guarantees good value
for money, from €61 per night.
Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport
(www.nice.aeroport.fr) lies a few miles west of the centre of Nice,
right at the edge of the sea. Terminal 1 handles international
flights, Terminal 2 with its brand new extension mostly handles
flights to Paris. Free shuttle service between the two terminals,
with drop-offs at the various car-parks, including the car-hire
parking area near Terminal 2. Coach: 23 lines from the airport to
about 100 towns and villages on the Côte d’Azur and as far as
Marseille and Genoa (St-Tropez via St-Raphael). About 15 minutes to
the centre of Nice, 50 minutes to Cannes or Monaco on the motorway.
Taxi: 400 taxis pick up passengers in front of both terminals. To
avoid squabbles about fares, fixed-rate “taxi coupons” can be bought
from offices outside both terminals. Fare to Cannes about €61; to
the centre of Nice approx. €20; to Monte-Carlo about €69.
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