Neighborhoods in Nice

Port Lympia is Nice's picturesque old port, flanked by pastel Italian Baroque buildings and filled with fishing boats and yachts. The waterfront restaurants serve the freshest seafood in Nice.

Cimiez is Nice's elegant hilltop quarter, home to the Matisse Museum, Roman ruins, a Franciscan monastery, and Belle Époque grand hotels. The Roman arena and thermal baths recall when it was Cemenelum, the capital of the Roman province.

Vieux Nice (Old Nice) is a labyrinth of narrow Italianate streets, Baroque churches, and ochre buildings between Castle Hill and Place Masséna. Its street-level charms—socca stalls, gelaterias, and flower-filled squares—make it the city's most atmospheric quarter.

Cimiez is Nice's most elegant hilltop quarter — a residential neighbourhood of Belle Époque villas, grand hotels and tree-lined avenues perched above the city. The quarter is home to both the Matisse and Chagall museums, set within olive-grove gardens.