Car Rental Nice - Exploring Nice
Cimiez, the hilly northern suburb behind the city, is the location of the ruins of the ancient city of Cemenelum, and a 16th-century monastery.
Nice's hinterland is a maze of remote hill-top villages connected by hairpin mountain passes. The medieval village of Peillon is particularly rewarding.
West, along the coast, is Antibes with its fantastic beaches and cluster of hotels, pensiones and seaside apartments. Central to its character are the mariners that are home to some of the world’s most expensive pleasure yachts during the European summer.
Cannes is equally upmarket and famous for its annual film festival. Apart from posturing boutiques, hotels and restaurants, it boasts the world’s greatest concentration of paparazzi.
Beyond here the little towns become even more exclusive, such as Saint Tropez, a nice place to visit for a few hours but ruinously expensive to stay in.
Monaco, while technically not part of France, is one of the world’s few remaining absolute monarchies and survives on a reputation for attracting the wealthy but bored. Its Casino Royale, Castle rock, Acquarium and super-yacht mariners are jaw droppers.
Avignon is an historic town, once the seat of the papacy during 15th century upheavals in Rome, and the main centre of the lovely, laid back Provence region. Arles, on the Grand Rhône river, has a fine Roman history and architecture to match.
