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Promenade des Anglais (Nice)

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Promenade des Anglais (Nice) ... along the Mediterranean at Nice, France. Before Nice was urbanized, the coast at Nice was just bordered by a deserted band of beach covered by large pebbles. The first houses were located on higher ground well away from the sea. Starting in the second half of the 18th century, the English took to spending the winter in Nice, enjoying the panorama along the coast. When a particularly harsh winter up north brought an influx of beggars to Nice, some of the rich Englishmen proposed a useful project for them: the construction of walkway (chemin de promenade) along the sea. The city of Nice, intrigued by the prospect of a pleasant promenade, greatly increased the scope of the work. The Promenade was first called the Camin dei Anglès (the English Way) by the Niçois in their native dialect Nissart. After the annexation of Nice by France in 1860 it was rechristened La Promenade des Anglais, replacing the former Nissart name with its French translation.

Newest Review: ... unlike me!) ~ On the beach ~ On the second day of our holiday, after spending the day exploring Nice, we went to the hotel's private beach for a couple of hours. The pebbles were extremely hard to walk on and they were hurting my feet even though I had flip-flops on. I decided I would go straight for a dip so I decided to be brave, took my flip flops off and walked down to the sea. The ... more

... pebbles were hot and hard under my feet but I persevered until I reached the sea. It is really steep from the edge of the pebbles to the sea and I was walking down this slope I slipped and nearly fell in! My feet just sunk into the pebbles and the small on...more

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Promenade des Anglais (Nice): A walk on the Prom! (1267 words)
by - written on 10/11/07 (Very useful, 113 readings)
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~ Introduction ~ In August, I went to Nice, France with my parents and we stayed in the Radisson SAS on La Promenade Des Anglais (Walk of the English). Our hotel wasn't far from the airport so out taxi journey was short and we travelled along the road of the promenade to reach the hotel. It was a pleasant journey along the sea front as the sea was a gorgeous blue, which made it look really appealing. The sun was shining and there were people everywhere so I was more excited about my holiday already. ~ Background ~ Before Nice was urbanised there was just a band of large pebbles along the coast of Nice. In the second half of the 18th Century the ... Read the complete review