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How YOU can see Films at the Cannes Film Festival
They deliberately don’t publicize it, but there are lots of ways to see films at the Cannes Film Festival, even without a badge. …You just need to have the inside scoop on where to go and how to do … Continue reading
Cannes Film Festival Opening Night: DIY version!
Baz Luhrmann’s completely over-the-top vision of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ’The Great Gatsby’ opens the Cannes Film Festival tonight, while opening simultaneously all over France, offering a unique way to do your own Cannes Film Festival Opening Night. Click here to see what awaits you … Continue reading
Nice while it lasted: 1€ bus tickets go the way of the Dodo
The famous 1€ Nice bus/tram ticket, formerly one of the best deals on the Cote d’Azur, has just jumped, …no, leaped …no, pole-vaulted to 1.50€, joined by the Day Pass spiking from 4€ to 5€, and the Airport Express bus, which is now charging … Continue reading
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Nice Jazz Fest Line Up Announced
This just in: The 2013 Nice Jazz Festival will open with Earth, Wind and Fire, close with George Benson, and groove to Chick Corea, Maceo Parker, Ben Harper, and Manu Katché in between. But in an attempt to move away from the same … Continue reading
New Name for the Coulée Verte: and the winner is…
The English translation of Coulée Verte is the rather unappetizing ‘Green Flow’, or even worse, ‘Green Drip’, so it’s great news that Nice’s new giant public garden is to be renamed. After opening up the process to the public, the … Continue reading
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Tramway Line 2 Takes Another Detour…
It’s been a rocky road for the much-anticipated East-West Tramway Line 2 between the Airport and the Port. First it was to be on the Prom, then underground, …finishing at Riquier, …no, at the Port, no… under the Port… Well the latest … Continue reading
Love it or Hate it, brace yourself for Nice Carnival
Take the true/false Carnival Quiz: Nice Carnival is… a) The 3rd largest Carnival celebration in the world. TRUE, after Brazil and Venice b) The perversion of a nearly 2000-year-old Catholic tradition of church-sanctioned debauchery now evolved into commercialism and … Continue reading
220 Boutique Wineries Invite You to a Weekend Tasting
Little boutique wineries from all around France have gathered in Nice this weekend to showcase their best wines and do a mass tasting… and you’re invited. Entry into the annual Salon des Vignerons Independants starts with the gift of an engraved … Continue reading
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C’est Pas Classique: 100 concerts over 5 days and all Free
They say that ‘Good things come to those who wait’, and with C’est Pas Classique there is a lot of good stuff… but man do you have to wait! Classical music gets turned on its head, the program is eclectic and fun, … Continue reading
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Illegal Wine and Forbidden Cheese
Tomorrow, being the third Thursday in November, is the official release date and festivities for this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau, celebrated in every little wine store in France. Having managed to get my hands on an advance bottle with the idea … Continue reading
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600 years of history unearthed below Place Garibaldi: Crypt now open for tours!
8 years ago, while jack-hammering up Place Garibaldi to lay the rails for the tramway, the workers noticed some strange stone structures just 10 centimeters below the asphalt… that turned out to be remains dating back to 1380! Mandated by law … Continue reading
Hurry: Winter TGVs Nice-Paris only 19€
This is one of the best deals in France: Take the train from Nice to Paris for just 19€! The IDTGV just opened their winter reservations this morning, and if you book now you have a large choice of dates. … Continue reading
Vide Grenier Season: French Flea-Markets in Full Swing
Autumn is so many things: the Rentree, back-to-school, grape harvest, boat shows and regattas, mushroom hunting… and treasure hunting, with every village holding their annual Vide Grenier. Vide Grenier means ‘empty your attic‘ and these bric-a-brac free-for-alls are the … Continue reading
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Join the Saint-Paul-du-Vence Grape Harvest
Speaking of wine… If you’ve ever wanted to go into the vineyards and participate in the grape harvest, here’s your chance! The Domaine of Saint Paul du Vence is hosting a Harvest Morning on Monday, September 24th, where you are … Continue reading
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Foire aux Vins: France-wide Autumn Blowout Wine Sale
The Annual Autumn Wine Sales (Foire aux Vins) are upon us, when French families stock up their wine cellars at a discount, and large French supermarket chains crank out over 25% of their yearly wine business in a few short … Continue reading
Amazing Free Guided Tours this Weekend for Fete du Patrimoine
Another personal favorite is coming up… the annual Weekend du Patrimoine or History Weekend, September 15 and 16, when free guided tours are offered, and normally closed-up sites are opened to the public… and it’s all free. I love … Continue reading
Festin du Port: Nice’s Best Festival this Saturday
The Festin dou Pouort (Port Festival in Nicois) has evolved from a very strange affair to become one of Nice’s best festivals for food, visuals and music. Designed to attract people to the ‘forgotten’ Port area, the first year was almost its last: the … Continue reading
Madonna and Elton John Patch up Feud in Nice Eatery
When Elton John likened Madonna to a “fairground stripper” on Australian TV, then later followed it up with more catty comments about lip-syncing her Superbowl performance, he probably didn’t count on running into the Material Girl herself last week while dining in Nice. Elton John … Continue reading
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Casting Call! Extras needed for ‘Grace of Monaco’ with Nicole Kidman
‘Grace of Monaco’ is holding an open casting call this week, looking for hundreds of extras to portray the well-heeled residents of Monaco in the 1960′s. Starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace and Tim Roth as Prince Rainier, the film will have … Continue reading
More Fab Free Summer Concerts with Soirees Estivales
One of my favorite things about summer on the Cote d’Azur is the Soirees Estivales du Conseil General: an all-summer-long free concert series in all the little villages both close and far from Nice. Every year this ‘Summer Nights’ series fills … Continue reading
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