Activities

Nice’s coolest new gallery space is housed in this former galley slaves’ prison down by the port. Opened in 2017 by the Alpes-Maritimes’ departmental government after a €2.1-million restoration project,

Baroque Palais Lascaris is a 17th-century mansion housing a frescoed orgy of Flemish tapestries, faience and gloomy religious paintings, along with a collection of period musical instruments. On the ground

One of Nice’s Baroque architectural gems, honouring the city’s patron saint.

Visible in the dry hills to the north of Nice is the white dome of the city’s observatory, founded in 1881 on the summit of Mont Gros. Guided visits (in

This cool old 19th-century railway station was originally built to provide train service from Nice into the Alps. A century later, when it was replaced by the nearby Gare de

Painters Henri Matisse and Raoul Dufy are buried in the cemetery of this monastery, a five-minute walk across the park from the Musée Matisse. To reach Matisse’s grave, turn left

Originally Queen Victoria’s wintering palace, this monumental edifice was subsequently converted into apartments. In the 1940s Matisse lived here, using one unit as a studio and another as his home,

It’s hard to imagine that this beautifully landscaped park was once a bus station, a multistorey car park and an ill-loved square. Completed in October 2013, the park unfolds from

The hodgepodge of Roman artefacts in this archaeological museum is rather ho-hum – but if you’ve already bought a Nice museum pass, it’s worth a visit just to wander the

A landmark building overlooking the grand sweep of the Promenade des Anglais, built in 1912 for Romanian innkeeper Henri Negresco. Its rosy-pink dome and lavish façade makes for a classic