After about 10 days in the beautiful city of Paris, we moved on to our 2nd stop of our journey – Nice, France.   The 2nd largest city in the Cotes-de-Azur region and on the Mediterranean coast, Nice is an idyllic spot to enjoy a taste of France as well as the beautiful views of the Mediterranean (though the beaches are filled with pebbles instead of sand).

We stayed in Old Town Nice, a few steps away from the famous Cours Saleya, which is a pedestrian area lined by restaurants, gelato and candy shops, and has daily open air markets where vendors sell fresh fruit, flowers, cheese, breads, and homemade jams and snacks.  I felt like I was walking the streets from the Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast” everyday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We occasionally  enjoyed lunches of fresh baguettes, fresh cheese, and olive oil (with cheap French wine, of course!).  And the gelato….I think the best gelato I’ve ever had was in Nice! Salted Caramel…mmmm, so tasty, but adds 2 lbs immediately after consumption. Worth it?  I think so… 🙂

And the beach….while it isn’t a great beach for laying out (due to the pebbles), it’s quite a scenic view to say the least!

The restaurants are also to die for!  In addition to gelato, the pasta in France seemed to be better than Italy!  The best one we went to was called La Favola.  At one end of Cours Saleya, this place had a casual atmosphere, with fancy dishes!  The pasta and pizza here were amazing! So, for anyone going to Nice, this place is a must!

Other than La Favola, La Cure Gourmande, and the little coffee shop next door were some of our favorites in Old Town Nice.  La Cure Gourmande is a little biscuit/chocolate/caramel shop that has possibly the best caramels I’ve ever had, plus really good biscuits of all sorts of flavors that go really well with espressos and coffee, which you can conveniently find next door.

Lastly, there are quite a few wine shops that sell really cheap French wine and champagne (though they taste like expensive American wine/champagne).  We enjoyed some champagne on the roof at our apartment for Adam’s birthday!

Good times 🙂