• To enjoy the holidays and stretch your legs despite health restrictions, here are five ideas for walks within 10 km as the crow flies from the center of Nice (calculation based on Jean Médecin).

  • All you need to do is provide proof of address and return home before the 7 p.m. curfew.

Confinement requires, movements are limited.

But compared to previous measures, this time, it is possible to go out around your home within a radius of less than 10 km as the crow flies, without time limit and with a simple proof of address.

It is still necessary to come back before the curfew at 7 p.m. and not to be more than six to be outside.

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then calculated five ideas for urban hikes and walks from Nice to avoid going in circles during this week of vacation.

The essential coastal path from Nice to Villefranche-sur-Mer

Departure: Félix Rainaud Garden, after the La Réserve restaurant

Arrival: Villefranche-sur-Mer

Duration: 45 minutes (1h30 round trip)

Distance: 2.4 km

Difficulty: Medium (stairs)

Starting from the Félix Rainaud garden, the path takes you to Cap de Nice where you will discover the Maeterlinck palace.

You then have to climb the stairs (a lot of stairs) to land on the low ledge.

After 800 m on boulevard Maeterlinck, the path resumes on the right with stairs again (to descend this time).

There are climbs and descents carved into the rock to see Villefranche-sur-Mer and the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat peninsula.

The path ends in the Lazaret district but the walk can continue to the heart of the city by continuing along the port of Darse.

Mont Boron Park

Departure / arrival: Port Lympia

Duration: 2 hours

Distance: 4.2 km

Difficulty: Medium

To access this hike, it is possible to redo part of the coastal path.

Once you have reached the Basse Corniche by the path that starts from the Félix-Rainaud garden, you have to cross and go up Boulevard du Mont Boron for 100 m.

The walk continues under the porch of Impasse Ernestine towards the final staircase.

Then, continue to the right 500 m while going up on the forest road of Mont Boron to find on the left the beginning of the path which leads to the summit plateau.

A walkway allows you to walk around the fort of Mont Alban.

To come back down, follow the Chemin des Crêtes which leads to the Basse Corniche.

The route then ends by descending by the Tordu path of Mont Boron (staircase, then alley).

Little Africa

Departure / arrival: Port of Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Duration: 2 hours

Distance: 3.4 km

Difficulty: Easy

This hike between "sea and mountain" allows a 180 ° view from the heights of Monaco to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer and Mont Boron. The departure is from the port, where you have to take rue Gallieni, then rue du Marché to pass the station, the tourist office and reach Place Charles-de-Gaulle. Once crossed, turn left on Chemin des Myrtes. At Boulevard Edouard VII, turn right for 500 m to reach a staircase that goes up to the left. The walk continues to arrive at the Petite Afrique district with a crossroads of four paths. The descent towards the bay of Beaulieu begins with a panoramic path which dominates the gardens and villas.The path continues to Boulevard Edouard VII, which you have to descend for about 400 m to find the Escourchia shortcut on the left and finish the descent by the stairs, then the ruelle des Mandarines and Boulevard Eugène-Gauthier to harbor quays.

The path from Nietzsche to Eze

Departure: Eze Bord de Mer station. The entrance to the path is indicated by a sign

Arrival: Right next to the entrance to the Château de la Chèvre d'Or

Duration: 1h30

Distance: 2.1 km

Difficulty: Medium

If the hike bears the name of the German philosopher, it is because there he found the inspiration to write the third part of the book 

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

 at the end of the 19th century.

This path connects the seaside of Eze to the medieval village.

The climb is quite significant but from the start, the hike opens onto a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean horizon.

After two kilometers of walking, it is possible to continue the walk with a visit to the village, with its stone alleys and its exotic garden.

Mount Bald

Departure / arrival: Aspremont car park

Duration: 3 hours

Distance: 8.4 km

Difficulty: Medium

Mont Chauve actually designates two twin summits, Mont Chauve d'Aspremont to the west and that of Tourrette to the east, both occupied by fortifications and a forest of antennas and telecommunication pylons. . From the belvedere at the top, you can recognize the port, the Bay of Angels and the castle. From the car park, the hike begins below, via the Vallière footpath which runs along the route de Nice. You have to cross to go up the Chemin du Campoun to a fork in the paths and turn right following the GR 5 route. You thus reach a belvedere over the Var valley. The walk continues to arrive at the foot of the bastion of Mont Chauve d'Aspremont. You then have to go up to the left and follow the Morgues track which leads to the fort surrounded by antennas.To return to the starting point, you have to go down by the road to a barrier and turn left towards the path that leads back to the village via the Guigo drop.

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