Над Ниццей Over Nice

Rating 10110

Above Nice rises the Châ teau hill, which rests on the east side of the Promenade des Anglais. You can climb 92 meters to the observation platform on stone steps, but there is a free elevator almost to the top. There are no call buttons next to the doors, no “move” button in the booth - they watch you and send the elevator as it fills up. I was alone, I had to endure until the observer got tired of waiting for the booth to be replenished by others. Perhaps, during this time, I could have managed to climb on foot. You get to the observation deck by climbing up the stone steps a little, then, through a small square, where a tourist train arrives, traveling to the sights of Nice. From above, views of the city and the bay, from the opposite side - a view of the Port. On the north side, in clear weather, the edge of the Alps is visible.
The castle on the hill was built in the 11th-12th centuries by the Counts of Provence, later reinforced by the Dukes of Anjou and Savoy, but destroyed under Louis XIV. Excavations are underway, the entrance to them is closed. The posters show the plans of buildings and the reconstruction of the appearance of the Cathedral. In the design of the park on the hill, Greek motifs are used in memory of the founders of Nice in the 4th century BC. e. immigrants from Hellas. There is also a playground, and cozy alleys, and waterfalls with grottoes. The place is quite poetic.