Shopping is not just the acquisition of goods, but the whole art of shopping. Only lazy people do not like shopping. Well, if it comes to shopping in Nice, then it’s worth rolling up your sleeves and doing your best. And although Nice is not the most economical shopping destination, but if you really want to buy something truly French, then the Cote d'Azur is what you really need.
General information
Before you leave your hotel room for shopping, you need to know the opening hours of all local shops, markets and department stores. As a rule, they work daily from early morning until 7 pm. Once a week they are open until 21.00.
Despite the fact that many shops in France are closed on Sunday, this does not apply to resort towns. And where is the amazing vacation, if not in Nice?
Depending on the store, the lunch break can last from one to 2-3 pm.
Expecting to shop inNice, be sure to know that some stores have a tax-free policy. That is, the opportunity to return from 12 to 15% of the money spent. To do this, you can not cut off the tags from the purchased goods. And in stores that support the tax-free system, they must issue a receipt with a list of purchases and the total amount. Further at the airport, after providing this check and goods at the customs, it will be possible to return the cash.
Sale periods
Twice a year, shoppers have the opportunity to purchase world brands at a very low price. This happens thanks to seasonal sales, which are held in winter and summer.
- Winter sale. Begins in the middle of the first month of the year and ends in the middle of February.
- Summer sale. Starts in early July and continues until early August.
In this case, the exact dates are set by the French government.
Discounts on products can vary up to 70%. And a month before the start of the sales season, a ban on price changes is issued.
In winter, customers will be able to purchase items from the autumn-winter collections, and in the summer - spring-summer.
Shops and malls
To buy luxury items, you need to go to the store. Nice is a storehouse of world brands. Gucci, Chanel, Versace, Gabbana and many others are waiting for their customers.
Nice Etoile ("Star of Nice"). A huge department store selling everything you need for a comfortable life, ranging from personal itemshygiene and ending with furniture. More than a hundred boutiques open their doors in anticipation of an influx of visitors.
For tired customers there are cafes and restaurants, and for children - a children's corner and professional teachers. Moreover, from mid-May to mid-October, the store is open absolutely seven days a week and even on holidays.
Sar 3000. The huge center is located outside the city, where you can easily get on the bus number 52, which goes to Cannes. It includes more than 150 boutiques with world brands: ZARA, Apple, Kiko, H&M, Desigual, Lacoste and many more. etc. Gorgeous restaurants overlooking the Mediterranean Sea will welcome tired customers and serve amazing dishes.
Jeff de Bruges. Confectionery paradise for the sweet tooth. Many varieties of chocolate, cakes, sweets, desserts will make any customer blissfully happy.
TNL. One of the most democratic shopping centers in Nice. Families or those who have been living in the city for a long time are bought here. You can fill the closets with good, high-quality clothes and quite inexpensively. However, those wishing to purchase fashionable brand new items are better to go to the Lafayette Gallery.
Lafayette Gallery
You can talk about this famous gallery for hours. Five floors of a huge complex contain boutiques with the latest fashion trends. Clothing, jewelry, shoes and accessories - you can find everything here.
The building is painted red ocher and the shutters blue. It immediatelyattracts the attention of tourists and residents of the city. The gallery is located on Place Massena.
Shopaholics looking for brands from the latest collections will definitely find what the models showed on the catwalks yesterday. Shopping in Nice without the Lafayette Gallery is not shopping. The store has more than 600 brands of goods.
Shopping streets of the city
Avenue Alphonse Karr, Avenue de Suède et de Verdun, Paradis - you should definitely walk along these streets to buy real luxury from Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and more. others
The Les Puces de Nice area will delight lovers of antiques. It is worth coming here even just for fun and curiosity. This smell of centuries envelops, and antique things will plunge into the past of anyone who touches them.
At Poilpot Guy, the client will be offered not only a wonderful fragrance of perfume to choose from, but they will also make up their own, exclusive scent. It will be selected taking into account all the desires and requests of the buyer.
Rue de France will please everyone, without exception. Books, delicacies, clothes, shoes, accessories are sold at every turn. Cafes and restaurants await visitors, and street performers perform for entertainment.
Nice Markets
Marché aux Fleurs à Nice is a flower market in the Cours Saleya. This place is enveloped in the fragrance of a variety of flowers, ranging from field flowers to stunning compositions created by florists.
In addition to ready-made bouquets, all kinds of additional materials for planting and caring for plants are also sold here. Young seedlings, greenhouse flowers,pots, shovels, fertilizers and more. others
The intoxicating aroma of spices, freshly baked bread and fruits is mixed with floral scents. Vegetables are sold only locally, grown without chemicals and absolutely safe for consumers.
On Mondays, flowers and trees are replaced by trinkets and antiques. At the flea market, buyers can buy old books, crockery, candlesticks, lamps, and more for little money. etc. This area cannot be excluded when shopping in Nice. Reviews of tourists are full of praises in her honor.
Seafood lovers can also visit the fish market on the same square. However, the main selling point for seafood delicacies is at Place Saint-Francois. Already there you can try any living creature of the deep sea.
Cours Saleya Square is the soul of the city, Nice itself. Shopping in this place will please the most sophisticated gourmets, and at the same time lovers. This is where they most often meet and spend their free time.
MARCHÉ AUX CARTES POSTALES ANCIENNES. Antique Postcard Market at Place du Palais de Justice. A real treasure for philocartists. From the postcards sold in this place, you can find out the whole history of not only Nice itself, but the whole of Europe.
The book market MARCHÉ AUX LIVRES ANCIENS ET D'OCCASION is located on the same square. Here, collectors and just book lovers will be able to find used, rare editions that are no longer available anywhere else.
There are no outlets in Nice
Forthose who want to visit stock centers will have to travel to Italy. When shopping in Nice, you will not find outlets. To buy branded items with discounts up to 70%, you need to get to Ventimiglia or Serravalle.
The second option would be seasonal sales. Only at this time you can buy designer models at low prices.
Souvenirs
Shopping in Nice is not complete without buying souvenirs. It is impossible to return from the Cote d'Azur without bringing something as a keepsake or as a gift to loved ones.
Perfume will be an ideal acquisition in memory of the south of France. It is near Nice that there are such famous old perfume factories as:
- "Fragonard";
- "Galimar";
- "Molinar".
A bottle of rare perfume made according to an old, secret recipe will delight anyone.
The perfect reminder and souvenir from Provence will be small bags with flowers of lavender or verbena, which are sold everywhere.
Sweets represented by amber jam dusted with powdered sugar, flowers or fruits, candied petals, will also pleasantly surprise loved ones.
And how can one return from Nice without wine or olive oil? So fragrant and unlike what they sell in our stores.
Lavender-scented soaps, ceramics, silk scarves or curtains of bright tulle and, of course, herbs de Provence. You can bring all this with you to remind you of a colorful and warmNice.
