If you want to celebrate Christmas in Nice, you can attend numerous events, gift-making workshops and free performances, and admire the city sparkling with festive lights.
Features of celebrating Christmas in Nice
To create a festive atmosphere in honor of the holiday, Place Massena is decorated with unusual lighting using modern technologies that reduce energy consumption, and you can hear Christmas melodies everywhere.
It is worth noting that children receive gifts on the morning of December 25, and they know that in addition to Per-Noel, there is also a grandfather with rods (Per-Fuetar), who monitors their behavior and influences what gifts Per-Noel will give them.
Gathering at the family table, the French eat hearty: popular Christmas treats in Nice are goose liver, ham, game, oysters, soup with sage and garlic, French cheeses with green salad, Christmas log - Buoche de Noel, sweet wines and champagne. Tourists can have a Christmas dinner at the “Le Chantecler” restaurant (dishes are served here in antique silverware).
Entertainment and celebrations in Nice
On December 22-26, it is worth visiting Piazza Rossetti (for those present there will be held various master classes and "Living manger" - puppet Christmas scenes with music), December - Promenade du Paillon (you can admire an enchanting street performance).
On December 27-30 Nice offers to visit the Christmas rowing regatta “Christmas Star” (Bay of Angels) - here you can not only watch the competitions in which deuces, fours and eights take part, but also admire the festive fireworks over the bay at the end of the event. In addition, as part of the holiday, a Christmas swim on the beach along the Promenade des Anglais can be held, in which everyone can participate, though prepared for swimming in water, the temperature of which does not exceed + 15˚ C.
Those interested in ice skating should take a closer look at the ice skating rink in Forum Jacques Medecin Park.
Christmas markets in Nice
You will find the Nice Christmas Market from 1 December to 1 January at Place Masséna, where one of the chalets set up here offers a variety of Christmas-themed handicrafts. Here you will also be able to go ice-skating, inflatable attractions and a Ferris wheel, admire the work of light engineers, enjoy theatrical performances and concerts, and taste local cuisine.
If you are interested in sales, then you can buy the desired items at a discount no earlier than January 9 (sales will last until February 12).
