Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Minivan Tours
The TI and most hotels have information on minivan excursions from Nice (roughly €50/
half-day, €80-110/day).
Revelation Tours
takes pride in its guides (tel. 04 93 53 69 85,
www.revelation-tours.com
).
Med-Tour
isoneofmany(tel.0493829258,mobile067382
0410,
www.med-tour.com
);
TourAzur
isanother (tel. 0493448877,
www.tourazur.com
).
All also offer private tours by the day or half-day (check with them for their outrageous
prices, about €90/hour).
Local Guides
Agnès Dumartin,
a top guide for the region, is a good teacher who understands Nice par-
ticularly well and loves all forms of art (€200/half-day, €295/day, mobile 06 81 82 17 67,
fax 04 93 51 48 63,
agnes.dumartin@orange.fr
).
Sylvie Di Cristo
offers terrific full-day
tours throughout the French Riviera in a car or minivan. She adores educating people about
this area's culture and history, and loves adapting her tour to your interests, from over-
looked hill towns to wine, cuisine, art, or perfume (€250/person for 2-3 people, €150/per-
son for 4-6 people, €90/person for 7-8 people, 2-person minimum, mobile 06 09 88 83 83,
www.frenchrivieraguides.net
,
dicristosylvie@gmail.com
)
. Lovely
Sofia Villavicencio
is a
pleasant guide with a passion for art (€145/half-day, €200/day, tel. 04 93 32 45 92, mobile
06 68 51 55 52,
sofia.villavicencio@laposte.net
).
Cooking Tour and Classes
CharmingCanadian Francophile RosaJackson,afoodjournalist, CordonBleu-trained cook,
and longtime resident of France, runs
Les Petits Farcis,
which offers three-hour “Taste of
Nice” food tours for €90. She also teaches popular cooking classes in Vieux Nice, which in-
clude a morning trip to the open-air market on Cours Saleya to pick up ingredients, and an
afternoon session spent creating an authentic Niçois meal from your purchases (€195/per-
son, mobile 06 81 67 41 22,
www.petitsfarcis.com
)
.
This approximately hour-long walk leads you through the delights of Vieux (Old) Nice.
• See the map on the next page
,
and start at Nice's main market square...
Cours Saleya
(koor sah-lay-yuh): Named for its broad exposure to the sun
(soleil)
, this
commotionofcolor,sights,smells,andpeoplehasbeenNice'smainmarketsquaresincethe
Middle Ages (produce market held Tue-Sun until 13:00—on Mon, an antiques market takes
