Dating from the 18th century, this impressive cathedral overlooking Nice's prettiest square was built in honour of the city's patron saint. The Sainte...

Considered one of the finest examples of Baroque religious architecture in France, this extraordinary church is almost too much to absorb in one visit. The...

Follow a steady trickle of locals into this gilded baroque gem and light a candle for St Rita - the patron saint of hopeless causes - with whom the chapel...

The history of this 19th-century building is far from arty - it has been somewhat ignominiously used in its time as a public lavoir and a fish market - but...

An exhibition platform for young local artists, this ambitious and innovative municipal gallery puts a great deal of energy into creating spicy, provocative...

Another of the city's feisty little municipal galleries (Galerie du Chateau, just around the corner, is part of the same gang), Jean Renoir is a champion of...

Fastidiously maintained and, even to the non-horticulturalist, a pleasant prospect, this showpiece park is where the renowned Phoenix canariensis (Canary...

Watching over the noise and commotion of the city's thriving fish market, this gilded gem of Baroque miniaturism receives a steady flow of devout locals and...

Officially called Saint Jacques Le Majeur, but known to everyone simply as the Eglise du Jésus, this tiny Jesuit-built church is a masterpiece of Baroque...

The church itself, which is unremarkable save for its triptych of Louis Bréa altarpieces, is not the best reason to visit this small complex affiliated to...

The smart, well curated museum of archaeology devotes two floors of open-plan exhibition space to a dazzling array of ceramics, coinage and assorted...

Reopened in 2008 after a massive renovation, the museum occupies a sumptuous late 19th-century Italianite villa, built as a winter residence for the...

Just a few steps away from the Hotel Regina, where Matisse lived, this Genoese-style 17th-century villa keeps a significant number of the artist's...

If it creeps, crawls or slithers you'll find it dried out and on display in the antiquated wooden cabinets of this, Nice's oldest museum. And while junior...