Exploring Nice and the Surrounding Area

April 2026: Orange trees and blackcaps

Nice in April is redolent of orange trees in flower. The trees are found on every street corner, in municipal plantings or private gardens in front of buildings. Like the ones in this picture (below), they bear a dense green foliage studded with small white flowers which you can smell long before you see them. Check carefully and you will…   Read on >

Public transport in Nice

In a previous blog I kept during my long association with Nice, just about everything I wrote about public transport is now wrong. So much investment has gone into green transport in the past twenty years that this aspect of the town has changed beyond all recognition. Trams prioritised over cars When we made our very first visit to Nice…   Read on >