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The Heart of the French Riviera
5 Days / 4
Nights
FreeWheeler

The Hotel Suisse Nice is
located in a building, dating from the XIX century. It has 42 enjoyable and
air-conditioned rooms, the majority having terraces or balconies and sea view.
The magnificently located hotel is full of charm and character, built against
the hillside for a remarkable stay on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea and at
the footsteps of the Southern Alpes and the Italian border.Monte Carlo is a
short drive away. The Hotel Suisse Nice benefits from an exceptional location
with a magnificent view on the "Baie des Anges" and over the Mediterranean Sea,
only a few steps from the authentic old town and the harbour.
Includes:
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4 nights accommodations in the 3* Hotel Suisse Nice
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Buffet Breakfast daily
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a 4/24 hour period Avis rental car with
unlimited miles. Pick up car in afternoon of day one and drop off afternoon
of day 5 = 4/ 24 hour days.
This price includes a category B vehicle which is a two door, standard
transmission, air conditioned vehicle. Vehicle upgrades are slightly higher
in price.
Price is $629 pp dbl

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The Niçois are in some ways the
Parisiens of the south. A difference perhaps being that
the rarely needed fur coats may well be dyed purple, and
the clothes and makeup of the 'grandes bourgeosies' are
far more colourful than those of their northern sisters.
Yet there is an underlying character, an independent
spirit, which rejects the central governing influence
emanating from Paris. The Niçoise do what the Niçoise
want to do, as and when they want to do it.
Nice occasionally rouses itself from its appearance of
genteel torpor. Even as early in the year as February
there's an elaborate three-week carnival held with its 'Batailles
des Fleurs' (Battle of Flowers). And from then on
through spring, summer there's always something going
on, perhaps the big one being the
Jazz Festival at Cimiez in July
Nice is sophisticated, has all of
life's luxuries, and a superb setting on the Baie des
Anges ( the Bay of Angels) facing
Antibes , yet it is nonetheless discreetly
mediterranean in its way of doing municipal business. In
the 1970's,
Graham Greene , a long time resident from across the
bay, wrote a controversial pamphlet entitled "J'Accuse!"
which highlighted some of the things he saw as
questionable practices. He subsequently lost his libel
case.
To be fair, though many of the ways of doing business
may be dubbed creative, the city of Nice has some
glorious architecture, a superb promenade and access to
some truly beautiful
villages perched up in the valleys which cut through
the mountains to the north. And as home to the France's
second busiest airport it's probably one of the easiest
and comfortable mediterranean destinations to visit and
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