Favorite Walking Tours in Nice, Episode 384
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the podcast, my guest Jeanne Oliver shares her favorite walking tours in Nice. Jeanne is not from Nice originally, she's been living there for a long time, she has written a book about Nice (Nice Uncovered: Walks Through the Secret Heart of a Historic City), a VoiceMap tour (you know how I love VoiceMap tours!): The Best of Nice's Old Town. She also has a website about Nice: French Riviera Traveler. Plus, as a keen historian she puts Nice on the map for us and you'll love her restaurants recommendations! This one is a must-listen!
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Table of Contents for this Episode
[00:00:37] Introducing Jeanne Oliver
[00:01:29] May 1st and other travel tips after the interview
[00:02:00] Support this podcast by making purchases on Annie’s Boutique
[00:02:19] Feedback about the itinerary planning service
[00:03:57] Jeanne’s VoiceMap tour of Nice
[00:05:43] Seven walking tours in Nice
[00:07:21] Nice started attracting visitors in the late 1700s
[00:08:16] Nice offers a wonderful lifestyle
[00:09:40] Nice as a city of Art and Architecture
[00:11:06] Nice has a rocky beach and that’s good and bad
[00:11:46] A brief history of Nice
[00:12:43] Roman site at Cimiez
[00:14:30] Nice as part of the House of Savoy
[00:15:21] Nice is very close to the Italian border and a major seaport
[00:17:34] The Siege of Nice and Catherine of Ségurane
[00:19:27] Favorite churches in Nice
[00:22:29] Louis XIV tries to take Nice
[00:23:33] Nice gets attached to France in 1860
[00:26:33] Art Deco in Nice in the 20s and 30s
[00:27:48] WW2 in Nice
[00:29:36] What to do in Nice in 4 or 4 days
[00:32:35] How long do you need to spend in Nice?
[00:34:15] Notable restaurants in Nice
[00:36:35] Nice and the Meditarranean diet
[00:39:04] You don’t need a car on the Riviera or in Nice
[00:43:27] Give slow travel a chance!
[00:45:05] Thank you new Patrons!
[00:45:46] Don’t drive yourself crazy planning your trip to France
[00:49:36] There are a lot of taxis in Paris
[00:53:27] Open and closed in Paris on Sun, May 1st. 2022
[00:53:44] Demonstrations
[00:54:46] Parks will be open
[00:55:14] Major shopping centers will be closed
[00:55:25] Most museums will be closed
[00:55:42] No metro or bus on May 1st in Paris
[00:55:49] The Eiffel Tower is open on May 1st
[00:56:00] On May 1st walk to the nearest park and have a picnic
[00:56:52] What about Easter Sunday?
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| 0:00.0 | The This is |
| 0:19.0 | in France episode 384 3rd 4 424. |
| 0:21.0 | Bonsjoule I'mie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:27.6 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:37.0 | Today I bring you a conversation with Jeannie Oliver about the lovely city of Nice on the French Riviera. |
| 0:45.0 | Dini has been living in Nice for a long time. |
| 0:49.0 | She wrote a book about Nice, called Nice Uncovered, walks through the secret heart of a historic city which I read it's a good |
| 0:58.3 | one she also produced a voice map tour about Nice and you know how much I love those self-guided |
| 1:05.0 | walking tours. Her voice map tour is called The Best of Nice's Old Town |
| 1:11.4 | highlights, legends and secret spots. I had a lovely time talking to |
| 1:17.6 | Jean about the city she loves and I think you're going to enjoy our |
| 1:22.3 | conversation so just get ready for a vicarious at least a trip to Nice in your head |
| 1:29.4 | After my conversation with Jeannie Oliver. I have several things I want to discuss about travel to France, |
| 1:36.5 | including what's open and what closed on May 1st in Paris, since May 1st is going to be falling on a Sunday this year and what I'm telling you |
| 1:47.0 | about Paris also applies to almost everywhere in France and I also want to |
| 1:52.0 | clear up some misconception about travel to France that I keep hearing and this time I'm like okay I got to clear this up. |
| 2:00.0 | This podcast is supported by donors and listeners who buy my tours and services including my very popular itinerary consultation service. |
| 2:10.0 | You can browse all of my products at my boutique |
| 2:14.7 | join us in France.com |
| 2:16.9 | for slash boutique |
| 2:19.2 | recently I did an itinerary consult with Elizabeth Brawley and she sent me this lovely feedback. |
| 2:27.0 | Annie, wow, thank you so much for our itinerary. We were blown away by how thorough it is. I did not expect to have so many |
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