Nice or Cannes as home base

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Aug 4th, 2007, 06:07 PM

lkjteel

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Nice or Cannes as home base

We will be in France this September and can't decide where our home base should be either Nice or Cannes. Any suggestions on where to stay?

Aug 4th, 2007, 06:26 PM

georgiegirl

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I vote for Nice.

Aug 4th, 2007, 06:31 PM

TimS

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Stay in Nice if you want to be in a city. Stay in Antibes or Villefranche-sur-Mer if you want something smaller. Take a day trip to Cannes if you so desire.

Aug 4th, 2007, 06:38 PM

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I also vote for Nice. Between Nice and Antibes, Nice only has pebble beach. Water is clean but hard to walk on. Antibes has sand beach.

Aug 5th, 2007, 06:52 AM

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>>Water is clean but hard to walk on<<

I've had trouble doing that also.

I vote for Nice - much more to do there.

Stu Dudley

Aug 5th, 2007, 07:00 AM

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Absolutely Nice, unless you have too much money, in which case Cannes will absolutely help to siphon it off.

Aug 5th, 2007, 07:34 AM

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Nice for sure. Great galleries, lots of restaurants, excellent shops and so on..

Aug 5th, 2007, 08:23 AM

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Nice is nice.

Aug 5th, 2007, 12:35 PM

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Another vote for Nice. I never get bored there.

Aug 5th, 2007, 05:04 PM

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Another vote for Nice and dammit but Jean snitched my line.

Aug 5th, 2007, 05:55 PM

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Hate to do this, but I vote for Cannes - you don't have to stay at the Gray d'ALbion or the Carlton!

Aug 5th, 2007, 06:39 PM

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Nice by a long shot. Not only for the restaurants, the old town, the museums and the (stony) beach, but also because it is a regional transportation hub and has a decent bus system.