This is the busy street of central Nice with lots of shops More

This is the 'modern' shopping area of Nice with many good shops of all kinds. Galleries Lafayette department store is at the south end in Place Massena and Nice Etoile shopping centre has all the usual shops and cafes. Near the Etoile Centre is a Monoprix supermarket with a great delicatessen and food of all kinds. Lots of nice shops... More

I loved walking around here. many shops. take a side street and visit one the the many restaurants in these small streets. Eat between the locals. The metro runs trough the street so its easy to go from one side to the other. At the end of the street, near the city centre there is La place massena. But visit... More

This is a big avenue with a lot of shops and touristic places. The avenue start (or end) at the Place Massena, and if you continue all the way down the avenue you will reach the old town and the Boulevard des Anglais. More

From Massena you can take a scenic stroll up and long Avenue Jean Medecin which is the retail district with with department stores such as Galeries Lafayette, Monoprix and a Shopping Mall as well. Walk further up and you head towards the train station. It is a buzz of activity with the trams zipping along at regular intervals. There is... More

Walk from the top towards the bottom at Place Massena and take in all the great chic shops on the way. It’s worth stopping in at Nicetoile as it has some fun shops to visit. Many of the usual chains plus lots more. I would stop at Le Cafe Ritz for a coffee or a Kir (on the LHS before... More

Avenue Medecin in Nice is a great street for a walk right through the epicenter of French retail shopping with department stores Galeries Lafayette and Monoprix, Richard Branson's super music, book and movie store, a great new shopping center with many smaller shops, restaurants and, confidentially, maybe the best, cleanest and most convenient public toilet in Nice; easy access to... More

Note that the shopping is still real great here, but the street is under lots of construction (as of end of March 2007) so if kind of a pain to get around. More

It only takes 30 minutes to walk the length of Avenue Jean Medecin, but it's well worth the effort. This is where you see the "real Nice"...the entire spectrum of society. One can watch the working class cram into a bus for the mad rush home, the poor immigrant beggar with a misspelled "Aidez-je" sign, the drunk homeless veteran of... More