{"id":1303741,"date":"2026-09-30T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303741"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:51","slug":"nice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/france\/nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302293,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_hub_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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Nice","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The Riviera base: a long pebble bay, an Italian-feeling old town, and everywhere on the coast within an hour by train.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304186","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"7 km | Of seafront along the Promenade des Anglais\r\n1860 | When Nice became French, having been Italian\r\nPebbles | Not sand. Bring something to lie on","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A Riviera city that spent most of its history Italian","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Nice only became French in 1860. Before that it was Savoyard and Italian, and the old town still is in every way that matters \u2014 ochre buildings, shuttered windows, socca sold from copper pans and a dialect closer to Ligurian than French.\r\n\r\nThe Baie des Anges curves for seven kilometres with the Promenade des Anglais along it, built in the nineteenth century when the English aristocracy started wintering here.\r\n\r\nThe beach is pebbles. Large, round, hard pebbles. Everyone is surprised and everyone should have been told to bring a mat.\r\n\r\nWhat makes Nice worth a base rather than a stop is the train line: Monaco in twenty minutes, Cannes in half an hour, Menton and the Italian border in under an hour, and the hill villages just behind.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days here, and as many again for the coast.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 8 minutes by tram 2, about \u20ac10 including the airport supplement\r\nGetting around | Trams and buses about \u20ac1.70. The centre is flat and walkable\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nThe beach | Pebbles. Bring a mat, and shoes for getting into the water\r\nCoastal trains | Frequent and cheap. Monaco 20 min, Cannes 30 min, Menton 40 min\r\nTipping | Service is included. Rounding up is plenty","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A flat city between the hill and the sea, walkable end to end in half an hour.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Vieux Nice | First-timers and nightlife | The old town: ochre lanes, the flower market, the bars and the socca. Loud at night and central. | 43.6960 | 7.2760 |  | \nJean M\u00e9decin and the centre | Transport and value | North of the old town: the main shopping street, trams, the station end and cheaper beds. | 43.7020 | 7.2680 |  | \nPort and Riquier | Local and quieter | East around the harbour: fewer visitors, good restaurants and a walk round the hill to the old town. | 43.6970 | 7.2870 |  | \nPromenade and Carr\u00e9 d'Or | The seafront | West along the bay: belle \u00e9poque hotels, the beach clubs and the priciest rooms in the city. | 43.6940 | 7.2610 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Nice","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Climb the Colline du Ch\u00e2teau. There is no castle left, but there is a waterfall, a cemetery and the view straight down onto the old town roofs and the curve of the bay. Free, with a lift at the eastern end if you would rather not walk.\r\n\r\nWalk Vieux Nice in the morning, when the Cours Saleya flower and produce market is on and before the crowds. Eat socca \u2014 chickpea flour pancake, cooked in a copper pan, served scalding and peppered, about \u20ac4.\r\n\r\nThe Matisse and Chagall museums sit on the hill at Cimiez, both around \u20ac10 to \u20ac12, and Matisse lived in Nice for decades.\r\n\r\nThe Promenade des Anglais is seven kilometres of seafront, free, and best early or at sunset.\r\n\r\nThen use the trains. Monaco, \u00c8ze, Villefranche, Cannes and Menton are all short, cheap hops along one of the most scenic coastal lines in Europe.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Colline du Ch\u00e2teau | Free, with a lift, and the best view in the city\r\nCours Saleya market | Mornings, free to walk, and go early\r\nSocca | About \u20ac4, scalding, and the local thing\r\nThe coastal train | Monaco 20 min, Cannes 30, Menton 40","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Nice","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Nice","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Colline du Ch\u00e2teau is free, including the waterfall and the viewpoints over the bay and the port.\r\n\r\nThe Promenade des Anglais and the public beaches cost nothing \u2014 the private beach clubs charge \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 for a lounger, and the free stretches between them are just as good if you have a mat.\r\n\r\nVieux Nice and the Cours Saleya market are free to walk, with flowers and produce most mornings and antiques on Mondays.\r\n\r\nThe Parc de la Colline du Ch\u00e2teau, the Promenade du Paillon park through the middle of the city, and the walk around the port to Mont Boron are all free.\r\n\r\nSeveral municipal museums have low or free entry on certain days, and the Cath\u00e9drale Sainte-R\u00e9parate in the old town is free.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The Ch\u00e2teau hill | Free, waterfall included\r\nPublic beaches | Free between the paid clubs, and no worse\r\nCours Saleya | Flowers and produce most mornings\r\nPromenade du Paillon | A park running through the middle of the city","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Nice","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Nice","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Ni\u00e7oise food is its own thing and closer to Ligurian than French. Socca at about \u20ac4, pissaladi\u00e8re \u2014 onion tart with anchovies \u2014 pan bagnat, a stuffed tuna and olive sandwich, and petits farcis.\r\n\r\nA real salade ni\u00e7oise has no cooked vegetables and no dressing beyond oil. It is served that way here and nowhere else.\r\n\r\nThe old town restaurants on the main lanes are aimed at visitors; one street back is better and cheaper, and a lunch formule runs \u20ac15 to \u20ac20.\r\n\r\nThe Cours Saleya market does cheap lunch, and the Lib\u00e9ration market north of the centre is where locals shop.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac8 and a glass of ros\u00e9 similar. Seafront terrace prices are a step above everywhere else.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Socca | About \u20ac4, from a copper pan, eaten standing up\r\nPan bagnat | The local sandwich, and a good cheap lunch\r\nOne street back | From the main old town lanes. Better and cheaper\r\nLunch formule | \u20ac15\u201320","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Nice","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Nice","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Vieux Nice is where it happens \u2014 a dense grid of bars in the old lanes, busy every night in season and loud enough that sleeping above one is a decision.\r\n\r\nThe port has the more relaxed bars and a slightly older crowd, and the seafront has the expensive clubs.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac5 to \u20ac8 and cocktails \u20ac10 to \u20ac15, cheaper in the old town than on the front.\r\n\r\nNice has a substantial summer visitor crowd and a smaller student population, so the season shapes the nightlife more than term time does.\r\n\r\nMonaco is twenty minutes away by train if you want the other kind of evening, though the last train back is earlier than you would like \u2014 check it before you commit.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Vieux Nice | Dense, loud, and busy every night in season\r\nThe port | More relaxed and slightly older\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac5\u20138, cocktails \u20ac10\u201315\r\nCheck the last train | If you go to Monaco for the evening","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Nice","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Nice","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Trams and buses cost about \u20ac1.70 with day tickets, and two tram lines cover the city and the airport.\r\n\r\nThe airport is eight minutes away on tram 2 \u2014 one of the shortest airport transfers of any European city \u2014 at about \u20ac10 including the airport supplement.\r\n\r\nThe centre is flat and walkable, and the seafront runs the length of it.\r\n\r\nThe coastal railway is the reason to base here: Monaco twenty minutes, Villefranche ten, Cannes thirty, Menton forty, at \u20ac2 to \u20ac8 a hop. Trains are frequent and the line hugs the sea.\r\n\r\nBuses reach the hill villages \u2014 \u00c8ze, Saint-Paul-de-Vence \u2014 at low flat fares, and are slower but more scenic.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Airport in 8 minutes | Tram 2, about \u20ac10\r\nThe coastal line | \u20ac2\u20138 a hop, frequent, and scenic\r\nFlat and walkable | The whole centre\r\nBuses to the hill villages | Slower, cheaper, better views","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Nice","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Nice costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"The most expensive part of the French Mediterranean after Monaco itself. Dorms are \u20ac28 to \u20ac50 in summer and \u20ac20 to \u20ac32 outside it, a lunch formule \u20ac15 to \u20ac20, and a beer \u20ac5 to \u20ac8.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac60 to \u20ac100.\r\n\r\nThe free tier holds up well: the beaches between the private clubs, the Ch\u00e2teau hill, the old town and the Promenade all cost nothing.\r\n\r\nThe private beach clubs at \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 for a lounger are the classic avoidable spend \u2014 the public stretches have the same water.\r\n\r\nMarseille, two and a half hours west, runs about a third cheaper for a comparable trip.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac28\u201350 in summer, \u20ac20\u201332 outside\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac60\u2013100\r\nSkip the beach clubs | \u20ac20\u201330 a lounger for the same sea\r\nCoastal trains are cheap | \u20ac2\u20138 a hop","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Nice","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Nice","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Nice is a safe city and the crime affecting visitors is theft.\r\n\r\nBag snatching and phone theft happen along the Promenade, in Vieux Nice at night and around the station. Nothing should be left on a beach towel while you swim.\r\n\r\nThe pebbles are hard and slippery at the waterline, and the beach shelves steeply in places \u2014 water shoes make a real difference and are sold everywhere.\r\n\r\nThe sea looks calm and is deep close in. Swim where other people are swimming, and be aware that most beaches are only lifeguarded in season.\r\n\r\nThe station area is scruffier late at night without being dangerous. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bag snatching | The Promenade, the old town at night, the station\r\nSteep pebble beach | Slippery at the waterline. Water shoes help\r\nLifeguards in season only | Swim where others are swimming\r\nNothing on the towel | While you swim","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Nice","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Nice","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The whole Riviera is within an hour, and most of it by train.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Monaco | 20 minutes | Train, about \u20ac5 | A principality of two square kilometres: the casino, the palace, the harbour and the Formula 1 circuit as public roads. |  | 1304285\nVillefranche-sur-Mer | 10 minutes | Train, about \u20ac2 | A deep natural harbour and an ochre fishing village, with the best swimming near the city. |  | 1304286\n\u00c8ze | 30 minutes | Bus 82 or 602, about \u20ac3 | A medieval village on a crag 400 metres above the sea, with a cactus garden at the top. |  | 1304287\nCannes | 30 minutes | Train, about \u20ac8 | Sand rather than pebbles, the Croisette, and the island of Sainte-Marguerite offshore. |  | 1304288","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Nice","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June, September and October. July and August are hot, full and priced accordingly.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The sea is warmest in September, not August, and the shoulder months of May and October give you most of the summer at noticeably lower prices.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 13 | 2 | Mild and bright. Cheapest beds and empty promenade\r\nFebruary | 13 | 3 | Carnival takes over the city for two weeks\r\nMarch | 15 | 3 | Warming and quiet. Good for the hill villages\r\nApril | 17 | 4 | Very good. Warm days, cold sea, thin crowds\r\nMay | 21 | 5 | Excellent. Everything open before the peak\r\nJune | 25 | 5 | The best month. Warm sea and long evenings\r\nJuly | 28 | 5 | Hot and full. Highest prices of the year\r\nAugust | 28 | 5 | The same. Beaches shoulder to shoulder\r\nSeptember | 25 | 5 | Superb. Warmest sea of the year and crowds thinning\r\nOctober | 21 | 4 | Very good value, still swimmable early on\r\nNovember | 17 | 2 | The wettest month. Quiet and cheap\r\nDecember | 14 | 3 | Mild and bright. Christmas market on the Promenade du Paillon","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A two-week carnival in February, and a jazz festival in the Roman ruins in July.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Nice","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/france\/nice\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Carnaval de Nice | February | Place Mass\u00e9na and the Promenade | One of the largest carnivals in Europe, with float parades and flower battles over about two weeks. |  | \nNice Jazz Festival | July | Citywide | A long-running festival, with performances in the city centre and at Cimiez. |  | \nF\u00eate de la Musique | 21 June | Citywide | Free live music across the streets and squares. |  | \nMonaco Grand Prix | May | Monaco | Twenty minutes away by train. Beds across the whole coast book out and prices rise steeply. |  | \nMenton Lemon Festival | February | Menton | Enormous citrus sculptures in the town before the Italian border, running alongside the Nice carnival. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"These are summer figures \u2014 May and October run roughly a third lower. The transport line assumes a couple of coastal train hops.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 44 | 34 | 7 | 18\r\nComfortable | 78 | 58 | 10 | 40","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Nice","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene near the old town and the station, with prices spiking in July, August and Grand Prix week. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Nice","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/france\/nice\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Nice travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is the beach sand? | No. Large, round, hard pebbles the whole way. Bring a mat and consider water shoes \u2014 the stones are slippery at the waterline and the beach shelves steeply in places.\r\nDo I have to pay for the beach? | No. The private clubs charge \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 for a lounger, but the public stretches between them are free and the water is the same. Bring something to lie on and skip the club.\r\nIs Nice a good base for the Riviera? | The best one. The coastal train puts Villefranche at ten minutes, Monaco at twenty, Cannes at thirty and Menton at forty, all for \u20ac2 to \u20ac8, and buses reach the hill villages.\r\nWhy does the old town feel Italian? | Because it was. Nice only became French in 1860 \u2014 before that it was Savoyard and Italian, and the architecture, the dialect and the food all still reflect it. Socca and pissaladi\u00e8re are closer to Ligurian cooking than French.\r\nWhen is the sea warmest? | September, not August. The shoulder months of May, September and October give you most of the summer at noticeably lower prices and with far fewer people on the pebbles.\r\nHow do I get from the airport? | Tram 2, eight minutes, about \u20ac10 including the airport supplement. It is one of the shortest airport transfers of any city in Europe.\r\nIs it expensive? | The priciest part of the French Mediterranean after Monaco. Dorms \u20ac28 to \u20ac50 in summer, beer \u20ac5 to \u20ac8, a day around \u20ac60 to \u20ac100. Marseille runs about a third cheaper if budget is the deciding factor.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Nice hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Nice | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/france\/nice\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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