Nice in One Day: Old Town, Castle Hill and Chagall

This tour shows you the places that define Nice in a single day. You start at Place Masséna with its red facades and stroll along the Promenade des Anglais, where the view opens up across the Baie des Anges. Then it's on to the Old Town with its narrow lanes, where the Palais Lascaris gives you a sense of Baroque domestic life.

From there you climb Colline du Château. At the top, you'll find a park with a waterfall and views over rooftops, harbor and sea. At the foot of the hill you pass the Rauba-Capeu war memorial before heading back to the center for lunch. In the afternoon you take a bus or walk up to Cimiez and the Musée Marc Chagall, whose biblical picture cycles were assembled especially for this building. After a break, a short evening walk leads through the Jardin Albert I to the Fontaine des Tritons; then you have a Mediterranean dinner and wind down the day with a cocktail.

The tour is a good fit for your first visit to Nice if you want to get to know the city on foot and fit in a museum visit along the way. The distances are manageable; only Castle Hill and the climb to Cimiez take a bit of stamina, and both have easy alternatives by elevator or bus.