🛍️ Promenade des Anglais

The Promenade des Anglais is Nice's most iconic feature, a palm-lined 7 km seafront boulevard stretching along the Baie des Anges. Built by English aristocrats in the 1820s, the "Prom" is where Niçois and visitors stroll, jog, cycle, and sit in the famous blue chairs watching the Mediterranean. Lined with Belle Époque hotels like the Negresco, this is the quintessential Riviera experience. Walking the Promenade with a local guide reveals layers invisible to the casual stroller. They can trace how the boulevard evolved from a modest footpath funded by Reverend Lewis Way's English colony into the grand seaside stage of French Riviera society, pointing out Art Deco facades tucked between modern buildings and recounting the stories behind the Negresco's Gustave Eiffel-designed dome and its collection of original artworks inside.