Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Nice, France
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2 km
22 m
Explore Nice in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in NiceIndividual Sights in NiceSight 1: Parc Valrose - Université Côte d'Azur - Faculté des Sciences
Located in the Valrose district, the castles of Valrose and their park make up a ten-hectare estate between the Avenue de Brancolar and the hill of Cimiez, north of Nice. It is one of the few large properties in Nice to retain its original dimensions. It now houses the campus of the science training and research unit of the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis as well as the headquarters of the latter.
Sight 2: Monument à la reine Victoria
The Monument to Queen Victoria, in the Cimiez district of Nice, was erected in 1912 by sculptor Louis Maubert to pay tribute to the sovereign, who frequently wintered in Nice from 1887 to 1899 and contributed to Cimiez's reputation. It is located at the corner of Boulevard de Cimiez and Avenue de la Reine Victoria, and has been listed as a historical monument since July 6, 1992.
Sight 3: Regina
The Excelsior Regina Palace is the name given to a luxury hotel in Nice between 1897 and 1935. It is located on the hill of Cimiez on the boulevard of the same name, and was converted in the 1930s into an apartment building.
Sight 4: Arènes de Cimiez
The Arènes de Cimiez is a Roman amphitheatre located in Nice, France.
Sight 5: Musée Matisse
The Musée Matisse in Nice is a municipal museum devoted to the work of French painter Henri Matisse. It gathers one of the world's largest collections of his works, tracing his artistic beginnings and his evolution through his last works. The museum, which opened in 1963, is located in the Villa des Arènes, a seventeenth-century villa in the neighborhood of Cimiez.
Sight 6: Thermes romains de Cimiez
The Roman baths of Cimiez are a spa complex of the ancient Roman city of Cemenelum located in the district, now residential, of Cimiez in the commune of Nice.
Sight 7: Musée d'Archéologie de Nice-Cimiez
The Archaeological Museum of Cimiez is a museum dedicated to ancient history, located in Nice (France) on the hill of Cimiez, ancient Roman city of Cemenelum.
Sight 8: Cemenelum
Cemenelum is a Gallo-Roman city that experienced its development from the first to the fourth century AD and of which there are important remains today in the district of Cimiez, in Nice (France).
Sight 9: Croix séraphique de Cimiez
The Seraphic Cross of Cimiez is a Calvary located in Nice, France.
Sight 10: Musée Franciscain
The Cimiez monastery is a Franciscan monastery located on Cimiez hill in Nice and built on the basis of the Notre-Dame de Cimiez chapel built by the Benedictine monks of the Saint-Pons abbey which is made for the first time In 1010. In 1546, the latter sold the chapel to the minor brothers of the observance who subsequently enlarged it and transform it.
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