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Promenade des Anglais
Nice's seafront promenade, 4.3 miles along the Bay of Angels, lined with palm trees and blue chairs.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Promenade des Anglais, 06000 NiceDirections
- Getting There
- Along the whole seafront; the east end is by the Old Town.
Why Go
English visitors who wintered in Nice in the 19th century paid for the first path along the shore, and it gave the promenade its name. Today walkers, runners and cyclists stream past Belle Époque hotels, with pebble beaches below and the sweep of the bay ahead.
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