The most ‘Italian’ city on the French Riviera is ideal for spending New Year’s Eve.
On New Year’s Eve, you will find shops, restaurants and attractions open: Nice is in fact a lively, young, dynamic city, pleasant to experience outside the summer season.
The city lights up and comes alive for the events organised during the festive period.
On the evening of 31 December, the traditional Fête de St. Sylvestre is organised: a torrent of people line the streets and attend music and cabaret shows, as well as street performers, stalls, evening markets and the inevitable fireworks over the sea with toasts on the beach. Not to be missed.
The city’s best restaurants organise the much-loved Réveillon de St. Sylvestre , the classic New Year’s Eve dinner with numerous courses ranging from seafood to inland produce.
We advise you to book well in advance so you don’t find yourself without a table! Shun the touristy restaurants in central areas and opt for the more hidden and authentic ones.
And don’t forget to try the typical Côte d’Azur dinner dishes: ratatouille en salade, Niçois ravioli and veal Provençal style.
After the dinner and the fireworks, the evening continues in the city’s various clubs. The most popular are the High Club Nice, one of the most popular and renowned discotheques on the French Riviera, which overlooks the central Promenade Des Anglais, or the Guest, frequented mainly by locals, or Wayne’s Bar, a disco pub that organises live music concerts.
On the morning of 1 January, you will find everything closed, but in the course of the day, activities begin to reawaken and life resumes its course towards the evening.
Don’t miss a nice rejuvenating walk, to admire the colours of the sea, which on a sunny day shine and show magnificent hues. If you’re lucky with the weather, you can even venture out for a coffee al fresco or brunch.
On the subject of festivities, you can visit the exhibition of cribs that is organised every year.
If you have a few days at your disposal, Nice is a true open-air museum: picturesque alleys and neighbourhoods, beautiful and colourful markets, museums of great artistic value such as the Musée Matisse and the possibility of reaching other interesting places on the Côte d’Azur such as Monaco, Cannes or Saint-Paul de Vence in a very short time.
In addition to the classic tourist attractions, we recommend a night out in the new Marais, a lively bohemian quarter stretching from Place Garibaldi to Rue Bonaparte and the area behind the harbour, recently redeveloped and now one of the coolest in the city, with less touristy addresses offering inexpensive restaurants and excellent shopping.
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