Where Azure Waters Meet Ancient Stone
The Greeks called it Nikaia — city of victory. For over two thousand years, this jewel of the Côte d'Azur has seduced emperors, artists, and aristocrats. It was Italian before it was French, a fortress before it was a resort, a place where Matisse found his light and queens took their last free breath of Mediterranean air.
Your mission: walk the cobbled lanes of Vieux Nice, climb the hill where a castle once stood, and uncover the secrets hidden behind pastel facades and baroque domes. Ten stops. Ten riddles. Two thousand years of history.
"Nice is not merely a winter station. It is a city of art, of light, and of flowers." — Tobias Smollett, 1765