Nice attractions

Choosing a holiday in France, Nice - in the first place. This city gladly accepts its guests from all over the world, fascinating them with its greatness and beauty. Attractions in Nice start from the airport (Aeroport Nice Côte d'Azur). Its peculiarity is that it is built on an artificial embankment, and when landing before touching the chassis of the runway into the porthole there is no land visible, so the effect is that the aircraft sits at sea.

Museums

As in any tourist city, in Nice there are many museums that can interest their expositions. For starters, you can visit the Musée ett site archéologique, located in the famous Cimiez quarter, where you can see excavations of the ancient Roman settlement of Cemenelum. Lovers of wildlife should pay attention to the Museum of Natural History (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice), which houses thousands of exhibits of animals, plants, insects and minerals. For those who love art, there are permanent expositions:

• In the Museum of Fine Arts (Musee des Beaux-Arts), where you can admire the paintings of Fragonard, Sisley, Monet and Degas;
• In the National Museum of the Biblical Message of Marc Chagall (Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall), which presents paintings by the artist on the theme of the Old Testament ;
• In the Museum of Massena (Musée Masséna), which presents paintings, weapons, utensils of past centuries;
• In the Museum of Matisse (Musee Matisse), which is located in the Genoese mansion of the XVII century.

It has nice sights and such as the Musée de la flotte where you can see the models of ships and through the telescope you can admire the coast and the sea, and the Palais Lascaris Museum, the richest palace of the Genoese architectural style, is a place for connoisseurs of baroque and French Grace.

Cathedrals and churches

In the center of the city there is the largest church - the Basilique Notre-Dame, built in the Gothic style, and on the outskirts of the city, the equally beautiful Church of Our Lady of the Merciful (Notre-Dame-des-Grâces) is built on the outskirts. St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas), which was built after the death of Grand Duke Nicholas (son of Alexander II), is modeled after the Moscow five-domed churches of the 17th century. The square near the cathedral also bears his name.

In the city of Nice, the sights are everywhere: the seaside part of the city is built up with original buildings of the XVII - XVIII centuries in the Italian Baroque style with red roofs - a common phenomenon for the south of the country.

Place Masséna

Walking around the city, it is impossible not to be on the square of Marshal Napoleon's army - Andre Massena. To the left of it are the gardens of the Belgian King Albert I, where you can see the beautiful oasis with a length of two kilometers. Not far from the square stands the Centennial Monument erected in commemoration of the first century after the accession of Nice to France, and from there you can easily reach the Promenade des Anglais - the most beautiful and crowded place in the city, which is proud of Nice. Attractions of this city are attracted by unique sensations that arise, for example, climbing the Castle Hill (Colline du Chateau). On this hill there once was a castle built in the 12th century, but now there are only ruins left of it. But a few observation areas and a recreation park located above the waterfall are worth to climb the hill on foot or on a tourist train that runs from the embankment and passes by Jewish and Protestant cemeteries.

Hotels

If you do not rest, then at least see a luxury hotel "Negresco" is definitely worth it, if only because it is an object of historical significance in France. The hotel, built in neo-classical style, is located on the Promenade des Anglais. The building is notable for the fact that the pink dome of the Royal Salon Negresco (created for Maria de 'Medici) was forged in Gustave Eiffel's workshop , and a four-meter chandelier was installed under it, as in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

All these places have a long history. This is rich in Nice, there are also very young sights, for example, multi-colored lanterns on the central square in the form of people, created by the sculptor Jaume Plens, who symbolize seven continents. In the evening, these figures come in different colors.