Though no longer exclusively the preserve of stinking rich aristocrats – its demographic is these days much more diverse, in line with its status as France’s fifth largest city – Nice still has an undeniably sophisticated touch, with its café terraces and emblematic, palm-lined seaside promenade stretching for several miles along the water. Nice may have changed over the years – gaining something of a reputation for its graffiti-covered urban ghettos – but it remains...
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