Vieille Ville

Vieille Ville is the historic old town of Nice on the Cote d’Azur, a dense and colourful quarter of narrow lanes, Baroque churches, and the legendary daily Cours Saleya market where florists, fromagers, and olive oil merchants have traded for generations beneath the gaze of the hilltop chateau. The architecture reflects the town’s Savoyard Italian heritage as much as its French identity, with ochre and sienna facades, green shutters, and vaulted archways creating an atmosphere of warm Mediterranean complexity. Socca stalls, anchovy purveyors, and Niccois restaurants serving daube and pissaladiere feed the neighbourhood its authentic culinary identity. The Promenade des Anglais is steps away, and the old port with its fishing boats and belle-epoque buildings frames the eastern edge of this extraordinary quarter.