Going to nice for 7days in June with my husband and 2yr old son and can%26#39;t decide where to stay, the 3 apartments available are situated 1. Notre Dame area, 2. Rue de Maccarani and 3. Rue Barillerie Vieux Nice, we would like to be close to most ammenities train/bus stations, supermarket, beach etc, would be grateful for your help.
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Central Nice is very easily walkable , plus there is a tram system so really you are close to everything with all 3 locations.
The bus and train stations are about 20minutes walk apart and under 10minutes on the tram
There is a big Casino Supermarket behind Nice etoile centre
A lot of folk use Monoprix as a main surpermarket- it is quite expensive but there are two handy branches one on ave jean medecin and one at place garibaldi [and a monop%26#39; planned beside the train station but i havemn%26#39;t seen any work going on yet]
Also Ed and Lidl and netto discount supermarkets
Loads of Picard frozen food shops around the centre - high quality stuff not a hundred pizzas for a euro type place.
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Hi Tipperary!
I%26#39;m not answering your question so much for you, but for others who may take a look:
What about those who want exactly the opposite of what you%26#39;re seeking? As far away from everything touristy as it%26#39;s possible to get, and still be in metro Nice!
Stay overnight in Peillon, a tiny perched village about 20 minutes drive from downtown Nice. It%26#39;s so old and untouched that there are no roads in the village for cars. Only a maze of tiny walking streets, built at different levels, connected by stair-streets. There are a few little art shops, but none of the tourist clutter of Nice.
There are a couple of hotels. They%26#39;re located at the town parking lot. From there, everyone walks.
Peillon is a perched village, built halfway up the steep mountainside. A thousand years ago, this gave protection from the Moslem pirates prowling the Mediterranean. Today, it keeps out the buses and trucks that can%26#39;t negotiate the winding road. But you can get there very easily in an ordinary car.
Happy travels, and let me know if I can help further!
David
capetien10@gmail.com
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Perched villages are lovely but some can be difficult with a toddler that needs a baby buggy [ and some are probably impossible for wheelchair users - disabled people would have used donkeys or a strong relatives back to get up and down in years gone by]
The defensive tricks to allow guerrilla /urban warfare if invaders broke through the surrounding walls [ twisty maze-like narrow and very steep cobbled streets ] are often not very buggy accessible.
A back pack baby carrier is a good idea for exploring these villages .
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Thank you Selkienice for your reply, i need to make up my mind now, they are all lovely apartments i just want everything to go right for us. Looking over previous forums somepeople say vieux nice can be quite noisy in the night time, so maybe we should consider the other two rentals instead? Whats your view?
Also thank you Capetien for your post, i do appreciate what you are saying it does sound lovely but not this time, as it is our first visit to Nice we are making this our base and will be relying on public transportation for out of nice excursions.
Thank you both again!!
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Vieux Nice can be noisy - there are lots of late clubs and restaurants and the mediaeval houses are close together so noise echoes. The market in cours saleya sets up early and there might be noise from that as Rue Barillerie is very close.
So check and see if the apartments have double glazing.
Being in the old town is quite a unique experience and that in itself is great.
However, when we lived in Old Antibes my kids were sometimes woken up by folk talking and laughing and walking home late at night [and old antibes doesn%26#39;t have the same clubby /resto late nightlife.
Its not the height of season though so probably not as noisy as august.
The other two places also have a lot of restaurants in the area but both tend to go quiet by 11-ish
btw its quite normal to have children out relatively late as long as they aren%26#39;t tired and squirmy and fractious.
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Depending on which end of the street, Maccarani, is two to five minutes from the sea, ten from the train station and maybe 15 from the bus station, depending on how fast you walk. The Notre Dame area is closer to the train station and further from the sea. I often stay in that area but, especially if you are a light sleeper, you would need to make sure that you are not too close to the tram on Avenue Jean Medicine, which runs close to 24 hours a day.
Rue Barillerie is in my favourite part of Nice. Perfect during the day, one minute from the sea and five from the bus station but could be noisy at night and, particularly, early in the morning.
I don%26#39;t think access to supermarkets is a consideration as there are dozens, large and small, all over central Nice. One advantage of the old town is that, in addition to the main market, it is stuffed with shops selling local fresh food.
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I hope you don%26#39;t mind my barging in on your thread, Tipperary, but I just had a question about the supermarkets mentioned here, in Nice.
Do they accept credit cards (non -French)?
Merci
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There used to be problems with British cards as we did not have the chip and pin system used in France. No problem now as we use the same system. I believe, correct me if I am wrong, that the system is still not used in the US? This creates difficulty when no human being is involved in the transaction but in shops they are usually happy provided they can check your card against your passport.
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For Siouxsie; yes N-A credit cards are accepted at supermarkets without problems, we%26#39;ve used both Visa and Master Card with no problems.
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Thanks! I do wish we%26#39;d get with the rest of the world! Or at least, Europe! lol
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