Getting around Nice has been made easier since the introduction of an efficient tram system. Any single journey costs one euro and 4€ gives you an 
all day ticket which also allows you to take a bus to or from the airport. Alternatively take a bike. All the familiar shops are represented including C&A which no longer exists in Britain.
The port area and old Nice are a delight. See also a personal website about old Nice
NICE JOINS FRANCE
2010 saw Nice celebrating being part of France for 150 years. The French border with "Italy" was originally the river Var. Napoleon III agreed to give military backing to Victor-Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, in his war against Austria...but in return for the Comte de Nice and another trifle like Savoie. Nice became officially part of France on 11 June 1860 and the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created a few days later to include the Grasse region, originally in the Var, and Menton and Roquebrune, ceded from Monaco in 1848 to Sardinia. The current geography of the Alpes Maritimes was completed in 1947 when the residents of the villages of the Roya valley voted to join France. They had voted oui in 1860 but remained part of Italy because Emmanuel wanted to keep his hunting grounds.
A monumental sculpture (see right) by Bernar Venet has been erected to celebrate the anniversary - the nine columns represent the nine valleys in the Alpes Maritimes according to the mayor of Nice but M Venet, the artist, says it just happened to be nine that was the most aesthetically pleasing to him.
Did you know... Nice was once briefly part of France before 1860. From 1792-1814 it was occupied territory.
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