Fly to Nice

The world-famous Hotel Negresco is located directly on the promenade. The hotel, which opened its doors in 1913, has over the years housed celebrities such as Salvador Dali, the Sultan of Brunei, Elton John and Bill Gates. It is said of the previous owner, the flamboyant madam Jean Augier, that she told Bill Gates that he could never buy her hotel, because for this he simply did not have enough money. In other words, Hotel Negresco is a place you do not just drop by with your backpack for a reasonable night on a single bed.

If you travel east from Nice, you are only about 20 kilometers away from an even more fashionable area. Here is the Principality of Monaco, known for car racing, megayachts, hidden fortunes and staggering housing prices. The casinos in Monaco have also starred in countless movies. Perhaps best known are the scenes from the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, in which Agent 007, played by Pierce Brosnan, meets Agent Xenia Onatopp inside Casino Monte Carlo. If you travel further east from Monaco, the road is short to Italy and San Remo.

West of Nice, the well-known beach towns are close together. Many Norwegians have a loving relationship with Cannes, Antibes, Saint Maxime and Saint Tropez. Beach life dominates in and outside many of these cities, with a large selection of larger and smaller hotels.

If you travel a bit up from the coast and take off from the main roads, you can quickly find arch-French, charming small towns - villes - with beautiful stone houses, narrow streets, small cafes with tables with checkered tablecloths and a lot of exciting and local shops with clothes, perfume, wine and foods in all varieties. We at Flyr can recommend Bormes les Mimosa, a gem of a small town approx. two hours drive from Nice airport.