Nice
The largest city on the famed Cote d'Azur along the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is a legendary vacation spot, as well as famed for the many artists who lived, drank, and painted here and on other spots in the area. Nice today retains its elegant, storied past, most notably in such establishments as the Hotel Negresco. The fifth-largest city in France, Nice is close to Monaco and Italy and has a decidedly unique feel to it. Its central boulevard that runs between the Place Massena square and the Nice Acropolis Convention & Exhibition Center is has been extensively redesigned away from being a transport route to being a green oasis perfect for strolling. The city has one of France's busiest airports, Nice Cote d'Azur Airport (NCE), which is four miles southeast of the city center and can be reached just as easily by public bus as it can by taxi. It has service from all over Europe, but its only North American service is on seasonal routes from Montreal and New York City. Chief among convention venues, Nice Acropolis Convention & Exhibition Center, at the northern end of the new green stretch starting at the Place Massena, is th…
Nice