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1 The Pitchoun
2 Bike Rental
3 Whale and Dolphin watching
4 Scuba diving
5 Villeneuve Loubet Maze
6 Guided walking tour of "le Vielle Ville" Old Nice
7 Guided Tour of Nice on a sedgeway (3 choices of tour)
1 Nightlife -Nice has the most active café society and nightlife scene on the coast. To explore it in depth, pick up a copy of Le Pitchoun, a free French Language guide to clubs, restaurants and leisure activities.
The Pitchoun is available at the Optical Centre of Nice Saint Laurent du Var:
50 meters from the Cap 3000 shopping centre.
Transport : Bus: 51-52-54-55-57-58-200-217 - arrêt: 65 Commercial
opening hours – Monday-Saturday 10h-19h
address:
126, Avenue Léon Bérenger,
06700, Saint-Laurent-du-Var
France
At the main tourist offices of the côte d’Azur
Office du Tourisme et des Congrès
5, Promenade des anglais
06000 Nice, France
08 92 70 74 07
04 92 14 46 49 - Fax
or directly from L’Edhec as long as stocks last.
It can also be obtained by post if you send a stamped self addressed envelope (kraft A5 + 3e stamp local).
Le Pitchoun Le Guide Gratuit des Azuréens
393, Promenade des Anglais
BP 116 – 06202 Nice Cedex 3
2 The best place to rent bikes and mopeds:
Energy Scoot – Promenade des Anglais (just behind the place Grimaldi)Open Mon-Fri 9am-noon and 2pm-7pm Rates are 15Euros per day(as of 2009) for a bike or moped and requires a deposit of at least 54Euros depending on the value of the machine you rent.
3 MEET THE WHALES
On June 25 1999, France, Italy and Monaco signed an agreement establishing the first marine sanctuary in the Mediterranean sea to protect cetaceans.
The sanctuary stretches from Giens Peninsula, North of Sardinia and South of Tuscany, over 33 600 mi2 (87 000 km2). With the highest density of cetaceans in the western Mediterranean — 2 000 whales and 25 000 dolphins in the summer— it constitutes an unprecedented biological patrimony.
Mediterranean species likely to be spotted during a cruise:
* Fin Whale (Balenoptera Physalus) (60 – 79 ft, 30 - 80 tons)
* Common Cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) (40 – 60 ft, 20 - 50 tons)
* Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) (16 – 23 ft, about 3,5 tons)
* Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) (about 13 ft)
* Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) (about 11,5 ft, 440 - 1550 lb)
* Striped Dolphin (about 8 ft)
* Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) (about 8 ft)
Departure from Villefranche-sur-mer on a 60 ft motor launch.
From June 1st to September 30, on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (depending on weather conditions)
Prices:
Adults: 43€/person
Children (2-12): 30€/person
Information : 04 93 62 00 16
4 Scuba Diving
From the port of Nice there is access to more than 20 different diving sites most of which are accessible to all levels.
The diving school is open every day from May to October and every weekend from April to November. Closed Sunday afternoons.
More From the highway to Nice, take exit "Promenade des Anglais" and drive along the seaside down to the port. At the first traffic light, make a right and drive into the port's parking lot.
From the airport
• Take the shuttle bus "aéroport - centre ville" to the "Gare routière" stop (last one). Go to Place Garibaldi, then walk down on Cassini street all the way to the port;
or
• Take the free shuttle to the P8 parking lot, then take the #10 bus to the "Place île de Beauté" stop.
From the train station
• Go to the Jean Médecin Ave (on your left outside the train station), then take either the #1 or #2 bus to the "Place île de Beauté" stop. Once you get off and face towards the port, "Le Poséidon" is located about 200m on the right platform.
http://www.poseidon-nice.com/en/index.html
5 Villeneuve Loubet Maze
Billed as the larges labyrinth of climbing plants in the world, this maze promises a fun and educational day out for children (minimum height 1 metre) and adults alike, With the aid of a map visitors are encouraged to imagine they were explorers and traverse the course getting over the various obstacles by means of a password.
Getting there: By car: Autoroute A8 exit 47 Villeneuve Loubet
Follow directions for Grasse, cross over 3 roundabouts
The entrance is situated 2.5km after the third roundabout, opposite la pépinière and next to the club hippique St Georges).
Train :
Alight at Cagnes sur Mer
Take bus line number 500
Alight at tennis de la Vanade
open from April to November
2559, route de Grasse
Tél. 04 92 02 06 06
6 Guided tour of Old Nice
The walking tour of Nice is an all year round event run by the tourist office. Over the course of approximately 2.5 hours an English speaking guide will point out the architecture and relate a little of the history of Nice and the people who lived there.
The circuit may include:
Rue St François de Paul – L’ Opéra – passage voûté – Place du Palais - Place P. Gautier – Cours Saleya - Rue de la poissonnerie – Rue Barillerie – Place Charles Félix – Rue J.Gilly – Place du Jésus – Rue de la Place Vieille – Place Rossetti – Rue Droite – Palais Lascaris – Ste Croix – Visitation – St Augustin – (ou à partir de Lascaris : Rue St François – Rue Pairolière – St Augustin) Place Garibaldi..
Tarifs :
12 € adults
6 € children under 10 ans
Children under 5 free
7 Tour of Nice on a Sedgeway
One hour guided tour (includes 15 mins tuition time)
Promenade des Anglais, Veille Nice,Place Massena and Jardin Alber 1
2 hours guided tour
hôtel Négresco
• Musée Massena
• Palais de la Méditerrannée
• Opéra de Nice
• Cours Saleya
• Palais Sarde
• Chapelle de la Misericorde
• Cathédrale Ste Réparate
• Eglise du Jésus
• Palais Lascaris
• Chapelle Ste Croix
• Tour St François
• Village Ségurane
• Colline du Château
• Port de Nice
• Quai Rauba Capeù
• Place Masséna
Book online:
http://www.segwaysightseeing.com/france/nice
Hotel Negresco lights up at night
Scene's from Nice - all walking distance from the Hotel Neresco
