Nice France, Rivierabarcrawltours Travel Guide

[Music] welcome to nice the fifth largest city in France with a population of three hundred and forty thousand around five million people visit us here every single year on the southeastern coast of France with the Alps to the north Marseille to the west Italy in Monaco to the east and of course the Mediterranean Sea to the south this is plus Messina the main square of nice named after Napoleon's favorite general you can admire the stunning architecture and modern art pieces as well as a gorgeous park featuring water jets a reference to the river pile that flows right underneath here on its way to the sea lease is the perfect base for your trip to the French Riviera from here you have all of the best stops on the Cote d'Azur accessible to you via train now to get to the main train station here in Nice from the main square here plus Messina you have to walk up the main shopping street avenues Amritsar around 20 minutes or get the tram to stop see now check out our other videos about v4 still there as molto TAS and Monaco all of which can be accessed directly via this train station the first let's discover nice now if you're coming from another part of France you might get the impression that nice doesn't seem very French at all and that's because nice only became part of France in 1860 before that the Dukes of Savoy ruled here and walking through the old town you'll find a population very proud of their local identity [Music] while you're here you have to try some of the local Nicoise cuisine now there's nothing more Nicoise then some fresh soccer now it's a pancake made from chickpea flour and seasoned with salt and olive oil now when you get it you have to add lots of pepper one of its before becoming part of France nice did not speak French at all but an old ox teton dialectical denis art now it's not spoken anymore but you can still find a translation of all the street signs in the old town if you go to the stadium of the local club or you're finished you can sing the anthem of the city in the old language lisa la vella the marketplace here is called la cours saleya and it's the largest fruit and flower market of its kind here in France now it's open from 8:00 until 1:30 every single day and on Monday it becomes an antiques market and when the Sun Goes Down and it gets dark this place transforms into a buzzing hub for nightlife with some great bars and restaurants of course nice is famous for its seven kilometer long promenade which stretches all the way to the airport now it's called the promenade des anglais or the walk of the English and it's named after the tourists who spend their winter months here enjoying the therapeutic effects of the climate now though the stony Beach is a little uncomfortable it's the perfect place to enjoy the beautiful pure water been living here for a whole year and a leg a tourist after exploring Lisa's old town come up the 90 metres to Castle Hill to check out the incredible views of the city from here you can see the snow-capped mountains of the Alps the sea going back to the horizon the orange roofs of the old town and even Elton John's house up on the hill [Music] if you like our to your love nice with 19 museums here you're absolutely spoiled for choice in the city now one of the most popular is this one the ahi Matisse Museum insignia now Matisse was diagnosed with bronchitis and moved to new so that the climate would help with this condition we fell in love with the colors of the sea in the sky and created some of his most beautiful masterpieces here oh hi didn't see you there now the Matisse museum is located in the district of simi a which is just a short bus ride away from the old town now after you've finished exploring the museum this is a great place to come for a picnic in the afternoon and you can also check out the AI Honda Civic these imbue Tefila preserved Roman ruins [Music] [Music] getting around in nice is easy you can buy a ticket which is good for the trauma and for the bus at any of the silver machines at any of the tram stops and you can buy a pass for ten journeys for just 10 euros now as well as line one which takes it to the train station you can also use the new line two which just opened from just outside the shopping centre by John mixer which takes you all the way to the airport stress free there's a community of 80, 000 Russians here in Nice now more and more wealthy Russians started making nice their home at the end of the 19th century and so much so that the last Czar of the Romanov dynasty nicholas ii had this imposing cathedral built for the community it's the largest Russian religious building outside of Russia and inside it's full of authentic Orthodox art thank you so much for watching please check out our other videos here if you're coming to the French Riviera and want to find out more about the region's rich history and culture why not take a tour with us visit www.

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