The genteel hill above the city — Roman ruins, olive groves, and the Matisse and Chagall museums among grand old villas. Quiet, green and a short bus down to the action; where to stay if you want calm over convenience.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
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€130–220
typical per night in France
The sensible middle
Cheapest in NicePriciest
Typical prices for Nice — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Cimiez and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE)~15 min drive8.2 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- St Nicholas Russian Cathedral23 min walk2.0 km
- Place Masséna28 min walk2.4 km
- Socca off the griddle7 min taxi2.4 km
- Wandering Vieux Nice8 min taxi2.5 km
- The Cours Saleya market8 min taxi2.6 km
- Castle Hill (Colline du Château)8 min taxi2.7 km
- A swim in the Baie des Anges9 min taxi2.9 km
- Promenade des Anglais (beach)9 min taxi2.9 km
- The Promenade des Anglais9 min taxi2.9 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 8.Musée Matisse — Matisse lived and worked in Nice for decades, and left the city a red-ochre villa full of his work among the olive trees of Cimiez. Small, sunny and personal — the light he painted is right outside the window.
- 9.Musée Marc Chagall — The finest single collection of Chagall's work, built around his huge, dreamlike Biblical Message canvases in a purpose-built pavilion with a garden and stained glass. Even museum-sceptics come out glad they went.
When are you staying?
Find cheap flights to Nice
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Cimiez; flights via Google Flights.