# What to see in Nice: the 10 must-sees

Old Nice, the Promenade des Anglais, Castle Hill and museums: the essentials of Nice according to the Côte d'Azur tourist board and guides.

- 13 votes · 12 items
- Feb 6, 2026 · Noémie Legrand
- https://even.best/en/l/665/what-to-see-in-nice-the-10-must-sees

## Top 10

1. **Promenade des Anglais** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 7 km seafront promenade along the Baie des Anges, with its blue chairs.
2. **Place Masséna** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Red façades, chequerboard paving and Jaume Plensa's illuminated statues.
3. **Old Nice** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Colourful lanes, Sainte-Réparate Cathedral and Place Rossetti.
4. **St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The largest Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe, opened in 1912.
5. **Promenade du Paillon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Green corridor with a water mirror in the heart of the city.
6. **Port Lympia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Colourful harbour with ochre façades, departure point for Corsica.
7. **Èze** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hilltop village at 427 m with an exotic garden and Riviera views.
8. **Socca at Chez Pipo or Chez Thérésa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nice's chickpea pancake at its historic addresses.
9. **Castle Hill** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Park of nearly 20 hectares with a waterfall and views over the bay and port.
10. **Cours Saleya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flower and vegetable market, with a flea market on Mondays.
11. **Marc Chagall National Museum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chagall's Biblical Message series.
12. **Matisse Museum** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Museum in a Genoese villa in Cimiez, near the painter's grave. <https://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/>

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