Upon arriving in Nice… I immediately fell in love with this city.
The red buildings of Old Nice, the Place Messena, the Mediterranean, the greenery, the rocky beach… seriously one of my favorite places I’ve ever been.
I immediately said to Nick the first day there, “I could seriously live here.”
And while Paris probably still tops off my number 1 favorite place, Nice is definitely up there high on that list.
We started our day actually in Milan with an early train to Nice. After about a 4.5 hour train ride with gorgeous scenery, we arrived in Nice and spent the rest of the day exploring.
I took a little break alone and did some shopping as I was so excited to see a Galleries Lafayette there
(a favorite of mine in Paris) and we ended our day and evening eating lobster in Old Nice, among the old orange and red buildings, watching the pedestrians saunter by.
Another favorite of mine from Nice was our hotel and the view from our room. We stayed at the Meridian and I would highly recommend it. The view from our room was seriously incredible and a view that was truly inspiring to look out over all of Old Nice and the Mediterranean Ocean.
Nice for me was the beauty of the Riviera, the ancient colorful feel of Italy, and everything I love about France rolled up into one city. Many of the buildings reminded me a lot of the architecture of the French Quarter in New Orleans as well, intricate rod iron balconies and soft shades of all
different colors. This place is gorgeous. We will definitely be returning and I’d love to explore that region of France more, heading into Provence and the other Rivera cities as well.
different colors. This place is gorgeous. We will definitely be returning and I’d love to explore that region of France more, heading into Provence and the other Rivera cities as well.
Nice was my favorite part of this trip (other than Paris of course) and a beautiful new edition to my favorite places in the world!
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A Country Girls World says
Nice was one of my favorites on my European trip. It is such a beautiful city!
Kaitlyn (Keeping up with Kaitlyn) says
These pictures are amazing! I think I need to go to Nice, now!
jackie jade says
gorgeous photos! i would love to go to nice – it looks amazing. visiting from helene’s blog and following now 🙂
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Bonnie Rose says
I loved all your photos and the ones on IG. Nice is such a beautiful place.
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Helene says
goodness this is gorgeous! thank you so much for co -hosting!!
Katie H. says
Gorgeous photos!! I can see why you fell in love with this city =) So happy to have found your blog =)
tiarenie says
Wow, I love the red buildings! Nick is definitely an amazing photographer!
Jackie says
Hi there, I’m stopping by from the linkup. Pretty pictures! I loved France – one of my favorite cities was Collioure, a quaint little Southern city.
Casey Martin says
I’ll have to check out that little city next trip to the Riviera 🙂
Megan Colwell says
The view from your hotel room is simply breath-taking. I love that pink sky!
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Teresa says
wow! so beautiful!!
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Rachel says
Gorgeous! I want to go!
Tiara Wasner says
Beautiful. I loved Nice! So glad you were able to experience the quaint coastal town.
jen @ grown in southern ground says
i visited nice in 2004; lovely place!
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Jess says
I love your shots of Nice- I have been, but not in years, and I think I need to go back and take some more photographs immediately 🙂
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Gwen says
Oh my goodness, these pictures are stunning! I’ve never been to France, but I took a peek at your Italy posts, too. My travel post today is from Tuscany!
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Casey Martin says
I’ll check it out! Tuscany is on my list 🙂
Melanie Fontaine says
Nice looks gorgeous! I’ve been to the Provence before, but never to the Cote d’Azur, but it’s something I want to do in the future. The Provence is absolutely stunning as well, though, and I would definitely recommend it! 🙂
xx
Casey Martin says
I really want to make it through Provence in the near future 🙂
ifs ands Butts says
I just loved Nice! Minus that my Camera didn’t work while I was there
Amanda Marie says
You’re so right. Nice looks like Italy and France combined. I see the New Orleans similarities too. It looks so interesting! Gorgeous photos too!
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures says
I was so sad that last year when I was in France I didn’t have time to see Nice, just fly through its airport. 🙁
Casey Martin says
You must get to Nice!!! Such an amazing place!! 🙂
Kayla C says
beautiful photos Casey! WOW!