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Top 6 Best Activities in Nice
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Your stay on the French Riviera is approaching and you're looking for the best activities to do in Nice? Perfect, thanks to our top picks of gems to experience during your stay, you'll soon be delighted.
The City of Angels is a fascinating and attractive city that offers a multitude of possibilities to entertain you. Whether you prefer cultural activities or having fun in groups, experiencing thrills or enjoying at your own pace... We'll definitely have something to satisfy you!
Direct access to the sea promises a symphony of invigorating activities. Watching the waves crash on the pebbles is already an activity in itself, that's true. However, you can test your limits during a thrilling water activity or let yourself be rocked by the swell during a boat trip. There will be something for all tastes and all ages.
Discover Nice in a completely new light or let yourself be surprised by an excursion outside the city walls. Now it's up to you to choose your favorite activity in Nice!
What to do in Nice? 6 activity ideas
Nice "intra muros" displays a very long list of activities. However, if you feel like it, dare to escape to the Nice hinterland. The landscapes are superb, varied and bathed in sunshine. You'll have the opportunity to explore them in many ways while enhancing your knowledge of the region.
1.Explore the Nice seabed
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Category: €€€ / Thrills / Sport
Description: Meet at the port of Nice for a boat trip to the offshore seabed of Nice! Whether you already have scuba diving experience or want to try your first dive, you'll find here an ideal and secure setting to practice this activity. A great way to combine thrills with discovering the natural heritage of the French Riviera!
2. Participate in a treasure hunt through the streets of Nice
Category: €€ / Culture
Description: Explore Old Nice independently with your friends during a treasure hunt! After your booking, you'll receive a booklet to print or consult on your smartphone with all the directions and stages of your journey. Riddles, challenges, treasure map, this is how this approximately two-hour adventure through the most beautiful streets of the French Riviera capital will be punctuated!
3. Create your own perfume with professional perfumers
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Category: €€ / Unique
Description: Located not far from the town of Grasse, one of the world capitals of perfume, Nice offers you an ideal setting to discover your hidden talents as perfumers! Meet in the city center to participate in an introduction workshop to the art of perfumery with professional and passionate perfumers. Discover the secrets of this art craft and leave with your own fragrance, concocted by yourself!
4. Dare a "No Diet" food tour
Category: €€ / Gastronomic
Description: The City of Angels has managed to appropriate the specialties of Provence and create new flavors typically from Nice. With your gourmet guide and expert of the best addresses in the city, your food tour promises to be rich in every way! In 3h30 of walking through Old Nice, you'll taste nearly ten dishes and will be gratified with more than one surprise... Tempting isn't it?
5. Escape by train through the Alps
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Category: €€€ / Unique / Culture
Description: Here's a guided tour that doesn't lack originality! For a full day, board a train heading to the most beautiful treasures of the baroque route. In a panorama of majestic nature, between canyons, tunnels and impressive viaducts. You'll stop to discover the most picturesque villages nestled between the mountains. More than one cultural and historical gem will dazzle you during the excursion.
6. Observe wildlife at Phoenix Park
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Category: € / Culture
Description: What if you left the French Riviera for an afternoon to more exotic lands? During a walk through this zoological park, you'll discover flora and fauna of exceptional richness! Asia, Africa, South America, mammals, reptiles, birds, there will be plenty to marvel at as a family, and all this on the Promenade des Anglais!