Hi, and welcome to our brief look at Nice
in the south of France, filmed as part of our 2018 road trip
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So as I said, and you probably already know, Nice is tucked away in the south of France
on the beautiful Cote d'Azur there's plenty more to see
in this region like St Tropez, Cannes, and of course Monaco but we're focusing on Nice
and specifically Old Nice and i've highlighted the international airport and the railway station for you as well
but now let's go and explore, and as I said we were on a road trip so we arrived by car
and we entered via the Promenade des Anglais - Promenade of the English - we get everywhere don't we?
and as part of this road trip we were just staying around the way
at Villefranche-sur-Mer, I've got a video on that so I'll pop the link up in the corner
but for now, I need to find somewhere to park and to be fair Nice is well served with car parks
but I'm looking for somewhere convenient for me so it'll be just around the corner
and hey there's the tourist Dotto train, always a familiar sight; and over to the right
just about you can see the I Love Nice sign we'll see a little bit more of that in a while
as you can see it's a glorious day and this is actually the 7th of September
so quite late in the season, but it's a beautiful walk around from the harbour towards Old Nice
as we round the corner, I can see our car park on the right-hand side with plenty of spaces
the walk along from the car park gives you an opportunity to take in the Mediterranean
and understand why this is referred to as the Cote d'Azur
and there's that hashtag I Love Nice sign, with Janis taking the weight off her feet
next, we come across the monument nine oblique lines
which represents the nine valleys of the old county of Nice which was annexed into France
in 1860 and this is where we decide to turn in and head towards Place Masséna
and this is as good a place as any to start with the Fountain of the Sun
or to give it his proper name Fontaine de Soleil
and the first thing that struck us about Nice was how relaxed and laid back it was
I just love the colours and the architecture, especially the Nice Opera
once again, sorry, the Opéra de Nice, now I'm going to stop pronouncing it in French because I'm
no one murdering it with English accent
I want us to be able to focus on that beautiful attention to detail that you seem to see everywhere
and then there's that beautiful palette of colours, reflected in the late summer sun
now I'm not saying it doesn't get busy at times, it does, but it just seems so relaxed
and then I come across a market, not normally one of my favourite things
however, in this instance, I'm willing to make an exception because this is a glorious food market
and I half expect to see chefs wandering around exploring the produce getting inspiration
come on you have to admit this does look impressive
and in fact, we were pulled in, so we ended up buying two beautiful peaches
and then we made our way to Place Rossetti
I love this place, and you're probably going to want to come too, because there's a famous
store here that Janis really likes, let's see if we can discover why?
this store's Fenocchio, and it's easy to find because it's next to Nice's cathedral
and this 17th-century baroque cathedral takes centre stage in Old Nice, you'll see what i mean a little later on in the video
As part of our visit to Nice, we wanted to take in Castle Hill, unfortunately, that meant one thing
a rather large climb, still it's a nice day, and we were fueled by ice cream so
and the top of the climb, we come across a chapel and a cemetery, but after this climb
we've come here for the views, and can you see the cathedral and it's dome in front of us
there it is just to the right and again that beautiful azure coastline
the view to the east is no less stunning either, looking out past the harbour
Now, where did I put my boat? Oh there it is, the big one, oh well you can dream can't you?
with these views, the climb was worth it
but it's when we get to the bottom that we discover, yep there was a free lift
we could have taken up, but hey ho, I needed the steps anyway to burn off that ice cream
so that is our briefest views of Nice, and we want to come back, there's plenty, plenty more to explore
but I hope you like what we put together
So, thanks so much for watching. Take care, stay safe, and happy travels