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Visit Nice: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nice is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Alpes-Maritimes department. (General information: Nice is 687 km from Paris and 903 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Nice (page also includes a photo gallery for Nice)
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Nice, France Rating: 5/5 Reviewed by George & Edie on
Popular places to visit near Nice: these include Villefranche-sur-Mer at 3 km and Cap Ferrat at 5 km.
Jardin botanique is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Nice: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Nice has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nice, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nice
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nice.
Note that all distances from Nice shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nice holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nice (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Alpes-Maritimes gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Nice and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (1km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (5km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (18km) : La citronneraie (20km) : Palais Carnolès (20km) : Serre de la Madone (20km) : Le Vallon du Brec (21km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (29km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (33km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (46km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (12km) : Saorge Monastery (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Coaraze (19km) : Sainte-Agnes (19km) : Gourdon (24km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (27km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Menton (21km) : Cannes (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Nice & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nice
Canton: Nice
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: 06000
Distance to Nice
from Nice: 0 km
from Paris: 687 km
from Calais: 903 km
from Nice: 0 km
from Bordeaux: 637 km
from Strasbourg: 544 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nice): Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Cap Ferrat, Falicon, La Trinite and Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Nice from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nice