'Le San Diego' Nice Holiday Apartment
a Superb 3 double Bedroom Holiday Apartment in Nice for up to 6 on the Promenade des Anglais with Terrace and Mediterranean view
Why go on holiday to Nice? To join the rich and famous in one of their favourite playgrounds. The elegance of Nice's setting matches the style of the people it attracts. A terrace on the seafront Promenade is an excellent place to watch the beautiful people go by. See below the view from the terrace of what could be your own vacation rental apartment right now!
View from the terrace
For rent: our beautiful 85 sq metre (915 sq feet), 3 bedroom vacation apartment on the Promenade des Anglais overlooking the Med in the centre of Nice.
Next Availability of our Vacation Apartment: Click here to look at our current availability without obligation, and/or to book online
2009 is filling up rapidly, but here's what we still have:
September 26th - October 4th
October 12th - 18th
November 1st - January 31th Christmas still available!
And that's it!!
We already let 6 weeks next year, so it's not too early to be thinking about 2010!
Property facilities include:
terrace | private underground garage | lift | free WiFi (wireless internet access) | air conditioning | central heating | linen provided | towels provided | double bed | double bed | double sofa bed | cot | 2 bathrooms | shower | bath |
seating and dining capacity for 6 people | DVD player | CD player | video player | record player | washing machine | iron | hair dryer | high chair | fully equipped kitchen | dishwasher | freezer | fridge | microwave | oven
Local features include:
water skiing | parasailing | tennis courts | shopping | scuba diving | sailing | restaurants | golf | casino | bars and clubs | beach | culture | etc etc too much to list
General:
self-catering | no pets allowed | suitable for children | no smoking, but feel free to use the balconies front and back
Le San Diego Grand Entrance Hallway
All palaces and residences on the Promenade des Anglais have their own memorable name. One of them, 'Le San Diego', gives our apartment its grand entrance.
The bright and spacious living room features a comfortable lounge seating and a large dining table and chairs for 6 people plus air conditioning, TV, DVD player and selection of DVD's and stereo system. There is a high chair for children available. For those who need Internet access there is free broadband WiFi access.
The living room has French sliding doors leading to a 10 m² large balcony with stunning views of the Bay of Angels and the beach below. Built as a loggia, this south facing terrace has seating for 6 with optimum privacy. The sunblind is automatic and all windows are fitted with automatic roll-down shutters as well.
The fully equipped kitchen is just next door and contains an electric cooker, an oven, a microwave, an American fridge and freezer, a dishwasher, a washing machine, a toaster, a kettle and a coffee maker.
Mediterranean view! -Watch the Med with all its changing colours and watch its waves arriving at the beach-
If you know Nice then you'll appreciate the apartments position, centrally located on the Promenade des Anglais (the only place to be!!)
There are many bars, restaurants and shops near the apartment. Just a short walking distance of 10 minutes from the world famous Negresco hotel. The beach is just 50 metres away with only the broad Promenade in between and the large balcony has uninterrupted views of the whole bay. The view from the balcony has been captured by many a famous artist and whilst sipping your Gin and tonic you'll appreciate why.
The three bedrooms In all directions, the terrace has uninterrupted views of the whole bay
The 3 double bedrooms are located at the quiet rear of the apartment looking out onto a quiet, private residential area. The first bedroom has a double bed, the second a double bed that can be split into twin beds. The third bedroom has a double sofa bed and a folding baby cot. There is plenty of storage space as the bedrooms are equipped with a high wardrobe and a chest of drawers. The bedrooms open out onto a small balcony and share two bathrooms. The 2 bathrooms have together a bath, a shower, 2 washbasins, 2 toilets, a bidet and there is an iron and a hairdryer!
Getting here
Airport: Railway station: Motorway:
Nice Côte d'Azur 5 km Nice-City 1,5 km A8 Junction 50 5 km
Our apartment couldn't be easier to find! You can take the Airport Bus no. 98 which will bring you for €4.00 per person to the apartment in 15 minutes. It departs every 20 minutes from Terminals 1 and 2. Or take a taxi from the airport at a cost of +/- €30. Click to see its location on google maps and street view.
If you arrive by car or like to rent a car, we can offer you free of charge our private underground garage, which is inside the building and which can be reached by lift as well. As all garages in the centre of Nice are a luxury and a rarity, you will find out that they are always small; therefore we provide you the exact dimensions of our garage: its width is 250 cm, its length is 677 cm, but please note it might be difficult to access with a big car because the private gate is smaller (width 210 cm x height 185 cm).
Why would you prefer a Nice apartment rather than a Nice hotel?
Space, convenience and value for money! The average Nice hotel room is less than 20 m² (215 ft²). Even the 5 star Hotel Negresco only gives you 25 m². The lift from the luxurious entrance of our residence will bring you to our apartment that features a terrace which the hotels do not have and with beautiful views of the bay of Angels, a spacious living room, a separate kitchen, 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a garage.
Don’t wait for expensive room service, but have the luxury to take what you want from the kitchen. You can't find a hotel for 2-3 people in a location like ours more cheaply. And for a family of 4-6 it's a steal.
If this sounds great to you, and if this sounds like your holiday rental in Nice, check availability and prices by clicking on book online.
Nice Promenade Des Anglais and Nice area
The promenade just in front of our apartment
Not later than in 1823 the English people who were very attracted to Nice’s climate and beauty, started to build the ultra famous Promenade, that stretches 7 km around the Bay of Angels, which became known in 1844 to the world as the Promenade des Anglais (the Promenade of the English). They built many luxury palaces and hotels, all its glamour is still present today. Nice is a busy, bustling city with something for everyone from the bright lights of the city shops, bars, restaurants and clubs to the lure of the azure blue water and the possibilities it offers of diving, swimming, parasailing, boating and sunbathing, as well as to the activities of golfing, walking, cycling, sightseeing both in Nice and inland. Nice is the Queen of the Riviera and the Promenade des Anglais is the only place to be!!
The Promenade des Anglais: More than 150 years the most famous attraction of the Riviera.
One of the exclusively designed pergolas on the Prom The Prom when the night is falling
In Nice there are plenty of things to do, so have a look at the links at the end of this page where you can find a guide of Nice that can be downloaded, then I will highlight now only a few things to know and some excursions. After Paris, Nice has the biggest airport and most of the museums of France. From July 2008 all municipal museums of Nice have a free admission. One of them is the Massena Museum near the Negresco Hotel on the Promenade. From our apartment this is only a 10 minutes walk away. It is a beautiful palace that tells a story about the history of Nice and its famous people as Queen Victoria who stayed here in winter time in her majestic residence the Régina. The Régina is located in one of the hills of Nice in the Belle Époque residential area Cimiez where you can also find the Matisse Museum. When Matisse arrived in 1917 he decided never to leave Nice and he remained here his entire life.
The Massena Museum on the Prom The Negresco hotel by night The world’s most prestigious F1 of Monaco
If you like to make a little excursion with public transport, these are some of the nearest possibilities. You can also take advantage of the luxury to rent a car, a small car is recommended.
Visit in Monaco Monaco-Ville, this is the old town with the palace of Prince Albert II and the Oceanographic Museum which shows you one of the richest collections of live coral reefs in the most beautiful aquaria. In Monte Carlo you will find the glamour around the Casino of Monaco. Everybody needs to witness at least once in their live the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One race. Since 1929 this spectacular event in the streets (!) of Monaco has taken place each year in the third week of May from Thursday to Sunday. Since 1997, there has also been the Monaco Historic Grand Prix half May every two years.
Monaco, the world’s richest ministate, is just 20 minutes away by train. For 1 euro you can take bus 23 or 12 from the bus stop in the street parallel to the Promenade on the back of the apartment, to the Railway station (Gare SNCF). Then at the railway station you will find out that a retour ticket is just a few euros. At the railway station ask for a time schedule for the coast trains. Then you will see that also Cannes, Antibes, Menton and Ventimille (the Italian destination) are easy to reach.
Between Nice and Monaco there are several beautiful villages such as:
The billionaire's bay of Villefranche Villa Ephrussi-de-Rothschild The mediaeval village Eze
-Villefranche (5 minutes by train) with its beautiful bay, children’s beach, the village, the harbour. There is a lot of parking place available near the beach.
-Beaulieu sur mer (by train or by bus): visit here Villa Kerylos, a villa built as an ancient Greek home; if you like to walk, then from here you could walk to or take a bus to:
-St Jean Cap Ferrat. On this peninsula you can find the most expensive houses in the world.
At the top of the peninsula you can visit the Villa Ephrussi-de-Rothschild and its 7 theme gardens, all with a stunning view of the sea. There is a lot of parking place available
-Eze (please visit by bus from Gare routière as the train stops on the beach level and Eze-village would be a 550 metres climb): this is a must see beautiful mediaeval village perched high above the Mediterranean with its narrow streets lined with restaurants as well as artist’s and craftsman’s studios and perfumeries. There is also a famous cactus garden with spectacular views to the Corsica Island.
The beach in front of our apartment
Nice is international
In August 2008 the world’s most expensive house, which was built a hundred years ago by the Belgian king Leopold II, was bought for EUR 496,000,000 by a Russian billionaire. It is located between Villefranche and the beginning of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. Nice is very internationally orientated. In the past it belonged to Italy (in the old town of Nice you will actually think that you are in Italy).
After the English influence (they built the Promenade!) and of course the Rumanian Henri Negresco who built the world famous Negresco hotel where the most famous people as Madonna stay their night, Nice has undergone a big Russian influence as well. In the exclusive residential area behind the apartment you can find the Fine Arts Museum, which was formerly built as a palace for a Russian princess. There are Russian churches in town to be found and the Russian Cathedral is the most important one outside Russia. Nice can again count on great interest on the part of Russia today, which is shown by the advertisements serving to attract Russian entrepreneurs that have been written in the Cyrillic script.
A glimpse of the Russian Cathedral in Nice Miles Davis The Fine Arts Museum
Overwintering in Nice
Queen Victoria, King Gustav V of Sweden and many other famous people took advantage of Nice’s mild winter climate and stayed in Nice during winter time. Nice enjoys an exceptional microclimate that has made its renown for two centuries.
Open to the sea, the city is protected from the wind by the surrounding hills, to the West by the Esterel Massif and, to the Northwest by the barrier of the Mercantour Alps.
The climate is always mild in winter and never too hot in summer thanks to the sea breeze. It is not rare to have lunch outdoors on a terrace wearing no more than a T-shirt in February when the rest of France is shivering in the cold.
Visit Nice during Christmas holiday and you will enjoy a Mediterranean Christmas.
Nice Carnival, the flower parade is also illuminated at night!
Carnival in Nice
During two weeks in February, each day there is Carnival in Nice. Carnival in Nice is a big event that attracts many visitors and tourists. In the afternoon there is on the Promenade the “Bataille de Fleurs”, this is a carnival parade that combines the splendour of floats decorated with thousands of flowers with the irresistible charm of lovely young models who watch over these moving gardens – in every sense of word.
In the evening the parade is beautifully illuminated!
I have given you only a taste of Nice's splendour and richness, now you have the opportunity to let Nice delight you with its elegance, unique light and mild climate. I have to tell you that it is my pleasure that you will enjoy your holiday and I cannot wait to wish you a very pleasant stay in our apartment! People will ask you if you walked along the Promenade des Anglais. When you tell them you stayed on it and show them your pictures of the Mediterranean view from the terrace, they will be stunned. More than likely you will come back to discover more and more of Nice, the heart of one of the world’s most highly prized regions, the metropolis with thousand charms in all seasons.
Wishing you all the happiness that life and travel can bring, Alexander Thijs
P.S. It is lovely to do some further reading and plan your own holiday trips. Therefor I have made a selection of links below that will help you having fun in advance.
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