Nice - Sunflower Books

This pocket-sized full-colour guide to walking in Nice and the Côte d’Azur is designed for short-break walking holidays using the excellent public transport services. Nice is easily and inexpensively reached by several budget airlines, and the climate makes for brilliant walking and excursions all year round.

Even ‘non-walkers’ will appreciate the large-scale plan of Nice centre, descriptions of the sights, and recommendations for restaurants in Nice and places like Cap Ferrat, La Turbie, Menton, Théoule-sur-Mer. For each suggested restaurant there is a photograph of the décor and one of their dishes, sample menu, price guide, opening times, and a recipe for one of their specialities.

Other sections include: planning your trip, logistics on arrival, local markets and specialities, a glossary of local food terms, and a restaurant mini-vocabulary. A special feature is an emphasis on natural local foods suitable for those with food intolerances. All recipes have been made by the authors and are known to ‘work’.

12 walks and 2 fairly long excursions — one by train and one by bus, with walks from each.

Walk 1 · on the rooftops of nice

Walk 2 · mont chauve d’aspremont

Walk 3 · peillon and peille

Walk 4 · around cap ferrat

Walk 5 · to the esterel

Walk 6 · la turbie and èze

Walk 7 · ste-agnès and castellar

Walk 8 · cap martin


EXCURSION 1 · train des pignes


Walk 9 · above puget-théniers

Walk 10 · grès d’annot

EXCURSION 2 · gorges du cians

Walk 11 · above beuil

Walk 12 · cime de l’arpiha