Nice - Cimiez

When the european royal families came to Nice with their "entourages", to "hibernate" in the pleasent climate of Nice, most of the area between the beach and the railroad-tracks were already sold and under construction. And as these groups did not live in flats, but in palaces, nearby Cimiez was connected to Nice. Formerly an old village (still having impressive roman ruins) it became the upper class neighborhood. Queen Victoria used to stay in the "L'Excelsior Régina Palace" where the "Boulevard Cimiez" ends on top of the hill, but even the roads next to that Boulevard have nice palaces and residences.