Nice - Côte d'Azur

DID 00/40/50/70/90

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Country Code (33)

area Code 92/93

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AIR, via Nice Côte d'Azur airport you can reach most major European and French airport. ROAD, Nice is having direct access to the French Highways. SEA, The Nice port has ferry links to various Mediterranean islands.

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The Nice area was inhabited more than 300.000 years ago by hunters. 300 bc Nice became a settlement with the name Nikaia. Since than Nice has gone through turbulent years. Wars and occupation by Romans and Saracens. 1176 it became a city and a part of France in 1860. The people are of Mediterranean origin, Africa, Middle East, Italy and France. Today Nice is the center of the Alpes Maritime region.

Nice itself is pretty rich in culture. As the Romans passed by, you find some good left overs from those days.

Grasse, is something like a Mecca for perfumes and fragrances. The local claim they invented the soap and the perfume.

Monaco or Monte Carlo as it is called as well is a must to be seen. Few places on earth accumulate so much wealth on such little space. don't surprised to see all those famous people you see on TV or in magazines. Every Year in May you have the famous F1 race.

A good way to past your time, Mediterranean style, is to sit in the many street cafeterias sip your rose, coffee or beer and study the street life around you.

St. Tropez, might not be the super-in-place any more, but be assured, you gonna see a lot of glitter and beautiful babes. It's a two hours drive on the highway. The coastal road is more exciting but can take up to 4 hours.

Mediterranean cuisine, that's it. All the nice herbs from Provence, sea food from the Mediterranean sea and the influence from Italy makes it a true food paradise.