Ok, I understand the dress code in the cities - pants and short-sleeve shirts are more common (and better accepted) then shorts and t-shirt. <BR>But what about resort towns like Nice? Are shorts/tshirts "appropriate" there? I would feel funny going to the beach wearing pants and shirt (with the jacket and tie ...

Also... are there "change cabins" (or relatively clean restrooms) on the beach in Nice, or am I expected to find my own way to get into the swinsuit?

In my experience, the attire in Nice is everything imaginable. Flip-flops, baggy trunks, and the kind of men's undershirt with the narrow shoulder straps are not unusual attire. And the other end of the spectrum, very expensive attire, is in abundance as well. I'd say the rule is, to each his/her own. <BR>Just one comment on the women who bare their breasts on the beach... this isn't such a pretty sight in at least half the cases. It's real people, not fashion models so one must set aside the stereotypes.

YS, I think casual attire like shorts and t-shirts is appropriate in most resort towns. I've never worn shorts in Paris, but I have in Nice...and no one attacked me with a baguette. :~) <BR> <BR>Joel, to be fair, not all men who bare their chests on the beach are a "pretty sight" either. But what I like about the acceptance of toplessness in European places like the Côte d'Azur is that women, as well as men, have a <I>choice</I>; a choice they rarely (ever?) have on beaches in the more conservative U.S.

Yuri, hello. <BR>In the beach section of Nice, you see a lot of casual clothes, t-shirts, shorts. In a nicer restaurant or the Chagall museum, you see what I think of as "casual elegance": people in nice pants, pressed, looking nice, perhaps a blazer or jacket of some type, good (non-sneaker) leather shoes, etc. A lot depends on where in Nice you are! <BR>