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Must See
4 "= 6 '=
Musée Matisse Musée des Arts
Asiatiques
⌂ 164 av des Arènes de
Cimiez # 10am–5pm Wed– ⌂ 405 prom des Anglais
Mon (to 6pm May–Oct) # 10am–5pm Wed–Mon
∑ musee-matisse-nice.org ∑ arts-asiatiques.com
Matisse spent many years in An outstanding collection of
Nice. This museum, housed in ancient and modern art from
and below the 17th-century China, Japan, Southeast Asia
Arena Villa, includes Still Life and India is displayed in Kenzo
With Pomegranates and Tange’s dazzling marble-and- NICE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Matisse’s last completed glass building. Louis Armstrong and
work, Flowers and Fruits. his All Stars headlined
at the first Nice Jazz
Festival in 1948, as the
7 \-= Riviera emerged from
5 "'\-= Hotel Negresco the grim years of World
Musée des Beaux-Arts War II and postwar
⌂ 37 promenade des
⌂ 33 av des Baumettes Anglais ∑ hotel-negresco- poverty. It was the first
# 10am–6pm Tue–Sun ∑ nice.com big international jazz
festival, and more than
musee-beaux-arts-nice.org
Built in 1912 by gypsy-violin 70 years on it is still a
Oil paintings and ceramics by star Henri Negresco, this land- major event.
Raoul Dufy steal the show in mark hotel is even more lavish The Théâtre de
this charming museum, which today than in its heyday. Louis Verdure is the main
is housed in a 19th-century XIII grandeur meets modern venue and the six-day
villa. Other highlights include amenities in the decadent event kicks off with a
sculptures by Rodin, as well as rooms. The atmospheric bar lively carnival parade
works by 16th- and 17th- is open to everyone, as is the through the city centre.
century Flemish masters. Michelin-starred restaurant.
AVE MIRABEAU
LIBÉRATION AVENUE Musée National Musée Matisse
1.5 km (1 mile)
Marc Chagall
A VE D E PESSICART R U E C L É M E N T Chemins de VILLERMONT RUE TUNNEL MALRAUX
AUTOROUTE URBAI NE SUD AUTOROUTE URBAINE SUD
Fer de Provence
R U E V E R N I E R
B D R AI MBAL D I
VERNON B O U L E V A R D G A M B E T T A R O A S S A L RU E T R AC HE L AVE MALAUSSENA DIDEROT RUE PERTINAX R U E D E L E P A N T BD DE CIMIEZ BD CARAB AVEN UE DES ARÈNES DE CIMIEZ
CARABACEL
RUE A S SA LI T
RUE D’ALS ACE- RUE DE PARIS
AVE PAUL ARÈNE AV ENU E FRANC E
BD DE TZAREWITCH R. DE L’AR BE GREGOIRE
Gare de Nice
R UE C H ÂT E AUN EAU F AVE N UE TH I ERS AV E N UE TH IE RS
BD DU PARC IMPÉRIAL AVENUE GEORGES C L ÉMENCEAU 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 (MAMAC)
A V E N U
RUE VALPERGA
AVENUE DU
MARÈCHAL FOCH
Musée d’Art Moderne
BOULEVARD DUBOUCHAGE ACEL
AVE ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE
et d’Art Contemporain
R U E D ’ I T A LI E
Cathédrale
St-Nicolas
R U E G O U N O D
RUE BOTTERO RUE DU MARÉCHAL JOFFRE RUE PASTORELLI
LORRAI NE - E J E A N M E D É C I N
R UE DE R IVO L I RUE B E RLOIZ
JEAN
R UE ROSS I N I
R U E G IO FF RED O
THIERS
MEDÉCIN
PLACE R U E V E R D I
AV ENU E F EL I X FAU R E
B LV D J EA N J A U R È S
BD FRANÇOIS GROSSO
RUE GUBERNATES
AVE NU E D ES F L E U RS B O U LEVAR D V I CTOR HU G O RUE A L PHONSE KARR AVE DE VERDUN RUE DE L’HÔTEL DES POSTES R. DU MARCHE RUE PAIROLIÉRE
RUE FRÉDÉRIC PASSY

FRANKLIN
RUE DANTE RUE DE LA BUFFA R UE DE LA LIBERTÉ
Jardin
d’Alsace-
RUE DE FRANCE RUE MASSENA
RUE C AFFARELLI
Lorraine
Palais
Lascaris
VIEUX
RUE DE LA PRÉFE CTURE
PLACE
NICE
Chapelle de
MASSENA
COURS
la Miséricorde
SALEYA
Jardin
Opéra
R. MACCARANI R. HALEVY
AVENUE DURANTE R U E D E CON G RÈS
RUE MEYERBEER
Masséna
P R O M E N A D E D E S A N G L A I S
Hotel
B OU LE VAR D GA MBE T TA
Negresco Villa Albert 1er Q U A I D E S É T A T S - U N I S Pointe des
BOULEVARD FRANCOIS GROSSO
Musée des Ponchettes
R U E D E S P O T I E R S
Beaux-Arts
RUE DE FRANCE Baie des Ang es 0 metres 500 N
Musée des Arts Asiatiques 0 yards 500
4 km (2.5 miles)
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