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EXPERIENCE Provence and the Côte d’Azur Nice’s promenade des

Anglais, stretching
along the coast

4
of a collection that celebrates
NICE Yves Klein are among the stars
the avant-garde from the
1960s to the 21st century.
! G6 k 7 km (4 miles) SW of Nice £ Av Thiers @ 4 blvd Jean
Jaurès n 5 promenade des Anglais; nicetourism.com 3 "'=
With the blue curve of the Baie des Anges in front and Musée National
the white summits of the Alpes-Maritimes as a backdrop, Marc Chagall
glittering Nice has enchanted visitors since the 19th ⌂ 36 ave Docteur Ménard
AVE MIRABEAU
century, when British, German and Russian aristocrats # Nov–Apr: 10am–5pm LIBÉRATION AVENUE Musée National Musée Matisse
1.5 km (1 mile)
Marc Chagall
wintered here, revelling in its mellow climate. Painters, Wed–Mon; May–Oct: 10am– A VE D E PESSICART VILLERMONT
too, have been drawn here, endowing the city with a 5pm daily ∑ musees-nation AVE PAUL ARÈNE AV ENU E FRANC E Chemins de TUNNEL MALRAUX
rich artistic legacy that the numerous visitors enjoy. aux-alpesmaritimes.fr R U E C L É M E N T Fer de Provence AVE MALAUSSENA DIDEROT
RUE
R O A S S A L
Paintings from Marc Chagall’s VERNON R U E V E R N I E R CARABACEL
Biblical Message series, which B O U L E V A R D G A M B E T T A B D R A I M BA L D I
RUE PERTINAX
1 "'= 2 "'= includes five versions of The RU E T R AC HEL R U E A S SA L IT R U E D E L E P A N T BD DE CIMIEZ BD CARAB
RUE D’ALS ACE- RUE DE PARIS
Villa Masséna Musée d’Art Moderne Song of Songs, form the core Gare de Nice
BD DE TZAREWITCH R. DE L’AR BE GREGOIRE
et d’Art Contemporain of this museum, home to the AUTOROUTE URBAI NE SUD AUTOROUTE URBAINE SUD RUE VALPERGA
AVEN UE DES ARÈNES DE CIMIEZ
⌂ 65 rue de France § 04 (MAMAC) world’s largest portfolio of the BD DU PARC IMPÉRIAL Musée d’Arts Modernes
A V E N U
AVENUE DU
93 91 19 10 # 11am–6pm MARÈCHAL FOCH et d’Art Contemporain
Wed–Mon ⌂ Place Yves Klein his work. Three stained-glass Cathédrale R U E D ’ I T A LI E (MAMAC)
St-Nicolas
# 11am–6pm Tue–Sun windows depict the Creation R UE C H ÂT E AUN EAU F AVE N UE TH I ERS AV EN UE TH IE RS LORRAI NE - E J E A N M E D É C I N BOULEVARD DUBOUCHAGE ACEL
AVENUE GEORGES C L ÉMENCEAU
R U E G O U N O D
The golden age of aristocratic ∑ mamac-nice.org of the World, and AVE ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE
tourism in Nice is brought to a shallow pool
RUE BOTTERO RUE DU MARÉCHAL JOFFRE RUE PASTORELLI
AVE NOTRE-DAME E R U E T O N D U T I D E L’ E S C A R É N E
life in this museum, which is The enfants terribles of Pop reflects a BD FRANÇOIS GROSSO RUE DE L’HÔTEL DES POSTES
located within a beautiful Art, New Realism and the mosaic of THIERS R UE ROSS I N I JEAN RUE PAIROLIÉRE
MEDÉCIN
19th-century Italianate villa modernists of the École de Elijah. PLACE R U E V E R D I AVENUE DURANTE R U E D E CON G RÈS RUE A L PHONSE KARR R UE G IO FF RED O
B LV D J EA N JA U R È S
RUE GUBERNATES
set in land scaped gardens. Nice find a fitting home in this RUE FRÉDÉRIC PASSY Jardin

FRANKLIN
R. DU MARCHE
Religious works, paintings by strikingly original complex of AVE NU E D ES FL E U R S B O U LEVAR D V I CTOR HU G O AV ENU E F EL I X FAU R E
d’Alsace-
RUE C AFFARELLI
Lorraine
Palais
Niçois “primitive” painters, and marble-faced towers, steel R UE DE R IVO L I RUE B E RLOIZ Lascaris
white-glazed faïence pottery arches and transparent RUE DANTE RUE DE LA BUFFA R UE DE LA LIBERTÉ VIEUX
AVE DE VERDUN
RUE DE LA PRÉFE CTURE
are among the exhibits. The walkways. Andy Warhol and BOULEVARD FRANCOIS GROSSO B OU LE VAR D GA MBE T TA RUE DE FRANCE RUE MASSENA MASSENA NICE COURS Chapelle de
PLACE
villa was built for Prince Victor Jardin Opéra SALEYA la Miséricorde
D’Essling, grandson of Nice- R U E D E S P O T I E R S Villa Albert 1er Q U A I D E S É T A T S - U N I S
R. MACCARANI R. HALEVY
RUE MEYERBEER
born André Masséna, one of Hotel Masséna
P R O M E N A D E D E S A N G L A I S
Napoleon’s greatest marshals, The Loch Ness Monster Musée des Negresco Ponchettes
Pointe des
whose bust has pride of place by Niki de Saint Phalle Beaux-Arts
RUE DE FRANCE 0 metres 500 N
in the Empire-style main hall. at MAMAC Baie des Ang es
506 Musée des Arts Asiaques 0 yards 500
4 km (2.5 miles)
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