The Arènes de Cimiez form an elliptical stone structure measuring fifty-six by sixty-seven meters. Built during the first century, this amphitheater once served the Roman city of Cemenelum as a venue for gladiatorial combat and public…
Nice Music History Tour
This tour walks you through the history of live music in Nice, from the classical era of Niccolò Paganini to the 1948 Nice Jazz Festival and modern stadium concerts. We visit the opera house, grand hotels, and outdoor stages that hosted the city's most legendary musical moments.
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1. Arènes de Cimiez
2. Palais Caïs de Pierlas
A yellow-painted facade with a dark doorway marks the Palais Caïs de Pierlas on the Rue de la Préfecture. Niccolò Paganini, the violin virtuoso, stayed in this building during his final months in Nice in eighteen forty.
3. Opéra de Nice
The Opéra de Nice is identified by the four statues of the Muses—Euterpe, Melpomène, Thalie, and Terpsichore—standing atop its northern façade on the rue Saint-François de Paule. This building replaced an earlier theater that stood on the…
4. Place Masséna
Place Masséna is defined by its dramatic, black and white checkered pavement and the surrounding neoclassical buildings with their deep red ochre facades. Built between eighteen thirty-two and eighteen fifty, the square was designed to…
5. Théâtre de Verdure de Nice
The Théâtre de Verdure de Nice is an open-air amphitheater nestled within the Jardin Albert Premier, immediately recognizable by a stone backdrop wall topped with two classical statues. Designed by architect François Aragon and built in…
6. Le Negresco
The Hotel Negresco is defined by its pink dome, which rises prominently above the Promenade des Anglais overlooking the Bay of Angels. Henri Negresco, a Romanian innkeeper's son, opened the hotel in nineteen thirteen after a career…
7. Palais Nikaïa
The Palais Nikaïa is defined by its sweeping, oval-shaped architecture designed to mimic the wings of a seabird. This modern concert hall, located on Boulevard du Mercantour, opened its doors on April fourth, two thousand one, after being…