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Things to see in Nice

Tourist information: 

Nice Tourist Office
5 Promenade des Anglais
Tel: (08) 9270 7407.
www.nicetourisme.com

The city's main tourist office is located right in the city centre (see address above). The helpful staff dispense insider information as well as hand out maps and brochures. They can also arrange tours and accommodation, as well as excursions outside of the city. Other branches of the tourist office are located at terminal one at the airport and also in the main railway station.

Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain

Modern art in a strikingly designed gallery with the highlights the work of Warhol and Lichtenstein, as well as an array of domestic avant garde artists. Look out also for the bizarre sculpture of the Loch Ness monster.

Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Promenade des Arts, Nice, France
Telephone: (04) 9713 4201.
Website: www.mamac-nice.org
Musée des Beaux-Arts

There is a number of interesting works on display in this impressive cultural oasis, which is housed in a lavish early 20th-century building. Sculptures by Rodin and Degas mingle with painting by Van Dongen and Monet. Well worth the visit.

Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: 33 avenue des Baumettes, Nice, France
Telephone: (04) 9215 2828.
Website: www.musee-beaux-arts-nice.org
Musée Massena

This stunning collection reopened in spring 2008 after a massive revamp. It is housed in a gem of a building, with 23 exhibit rooms that tell the story of Nice as well as welcome temporary exhibitions. The lavish gardens are worth the visit alone.

Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: 65 Rue de France, Nice, France
Telephone: (04) 9391 1910.
Musée Matisse

Works on show by the one time Nice resident include his Blue Nude IV and Woman with Amphora. Nearby, Matisse devotees can also visit his grave in the grounds of the Monastère de Cimiez.

Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: 164 avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, Nice, France
Telephone: (04) 9381 0808.
Website: www.musee-matisse-nice.org
Parc du Château

This lofty park rises above the city centre and offers a cool and shady place to relax on a hot summer day. The views of Nice and the Mediterranean are worth the effort of climbing up to the spot where the Greeks first set up shop when they colonised the area.

Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Parc du Château, Nice, France
Promenade des Anglais

This waterfront boulevard still retains a faded charm, backed up with grand fin-de-siecle hotels on one flank and the Mediterranean on the other. Those who crave sand between their toes may want to avoid the pebbled expanse of frazzled bodies on the ‘beach'. Alternatively, join the rollerbladers posing on the promenade above.

Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France
Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Nice's Russian orthodox cathedral is dedicated to St Nicholas and is a national monument. It is impossible to miss with its distinctive half dozen gleaming onion domes. Its 17th-century appearance belies the fact that it was built in 1859, but it still claims to be the oldest orthodox cathedral in Western Europe.

Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
Unesco: No
Address: 17 boulevard du Tzarewich, Nice, France
Telephone: (04) 9396 8802.

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