dgarvin

Hello,

Hoping someone has just been to Nice, France summer 2012 and can give me some examples of what specific items cost such as a cup of coffee, a beer, a bottle of water, a hamburger, a sandwich, a glass of milk, a bag of apples, a bunch of bananas etc.

I have heard some bad things re: prices and am getting cold feet.

Thank you.

PalenQ

Oh about twice as much as you'd pay at a restaurant as you would in the States, if you live there.

No free refill on coffee either. Coffee can cost a lot more in a nice cafe than in McDondals so it depends but at least double IMO - now especially that euro has fallen.

As usual bring twice as few clothes and twice as much more as planned!

Underhill

Hamburgers and sandwiches can be had at cafés: less pricey that in a restaurant, most of which wouldn't offer hamburgers anyway. You can pick up sandwiches at most grocery stores. For the other items you list, take the tram (costs only 1 Euro) out to the end of the line at Michel. Right across the street is the large Jean Le Clerc supermarket, where you can eat at the adjacent café and buy all the milk, bananas, and apples you want--plus a whole lot more, all at decent prices.

nytraveler

Obviously a lot depends on where you are dining and what yuo are ordering. Also it depends on where you live and what the prices are there. (We live in NYC and whenever I go to Jersey we go food shopping - since prices are about 1/3 less than Manhattan there.

If you are from a small town or an inexpensive area - assume restaurants prices will be from 50 to 100% more. (They are definitely higher than in NYC for the same type of place and same type of dish.)

Michael

Boulangeries often sell sandwiches which tend to be fresher and better than in a grocery store.

MelJ

We were in Nice in July (villa was in St.Jeannett, roamed Nice and surrounding area). We found pizza to be very reasonable and surprisingly good. The problem with food costs is that, when in the area, you are most likely to be there for the beach and resort areas and everything in those areas is expensive. My husband recalls the beer being cheaper than a coke or coffee in restaurants and bistros. He thinks maybe 4 euros for a draft.

The grocery store chain (can't think of the name) that we used had a poor choice of fresh fruits--very disappointing--and meats were expensive.

scrb11

Just returned from a week in Cannes.

Bottle of water would be 2 to 3 Euros chilled. At grocery stores, half that or get a liter or 1.5 liter unchilled for less than 50 centimes.

Coffee is 2 or 3 euros unless you sit down.

Burgers at McDonald's is about 7 euros with fries and soda. I was walking by a place in Antibes. Forget the name but it had Burgers in the name. Briefly saw the menu and it looked like 19 euros for a meal with a burger.

"Club" sandwiches with tomatoes and lettuce and either ham or chicken is 4 to 6 euros.

I did have the menu of the day at a Paul's chain bakery in Cannes. Chicken sandwich, soda and desert pastry for 5.85 euros on Saturday. Choices of sandwiches (premade and chilled but if they didn't have the one you wanted they presumably would have made it or maybe make you choose another).

I paid about 50 centimes for white peach and about 35 centimes for a banana at Carrefour market.

scrb11

Just want to add that the price of the venues is what's crazy.

Foundation Maeght charges 14 euro plus an additional 5 euro to take pics.

I like modern art but villa Ephrussi is a better deal.

dgarvin

Thank you everyone. So very helpful.

Underhill

I don't think that you can really compare the Fondation Maeght with the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. It's like apples and oranges.

scrb11

Well just as a matter of how much you're willing to spend.

You're looking at art vs. natural beauty. Inside the villa is okay, the included audio guide has some interesting stories but the gardens and the views are the attractions of the villa.

HappyTrvlr

The Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art, Musee Matisse and Musee Massena in Nice are free. You'll see great views of the city from the top floors of the Contemporary Art Museum.
I remember seeing baguette sandwiches between 4-5 Euro on display for carry out.
The biggest bargain is the 1Euro cost of a bus ride along the coast to places like Monaco, Menton, Cannes..

MelJ

Ditto what scrb11 said about the Ephrussi de Rothschild.

Christina

Nice isn't especially expensive compared to many other European cities, it is cheaper than Paris.

justineparis

Yes, it seemed cheaper then Paris , and about what we pay at home ( we live in a small tourist city on west coast of Canada) so it was really no big shocker. We don't visit nightclubs or fancy restos,, had pizza/pasta dinners for about 15 euros each, not including drinks. Coke IS very expensive , dont order it in restos at all. Tap water is free and tastes fine. Mc Donalds has various meals ( drink and fries included) rangeing from 6-9 euros. Sit down breakfast with eggs, mushrooms, fruit and toast cost us 8 euros at place across from our hotel on Rue Du France.

We bought snacks etc from stores for beach and touring. Seemed like normal junk food prices to me give or take a bit for being in a tourist area.

As said by several posters,, the one euro bus to Monaco( stops in many other places along the way) is the best deal ever, sightseeing so cheap!

Surfergirl

Agree with the others. It depends on where you go. Buying water at stalls and mobile food stands costs at least twice as much as in a grocery store. The bigger the grocery store, the cheaper the water. Cost me on average this summer about 70 cents. Euro has gone down, US dollar up, so it seems everything was a bit cheaper than when I was there is 2009.

I couldn't get a double espresso for under 5 euro, but then I didn't go to McDonalds. At restaurants, I always did like the locals and ordered a carafe of water -- tap water is free. Beer and wine are cheaper than soft drinks.

The restaurants generally have huge portions, so my husband and I would split, say, a big salad and a pizza, or a meat or fish dish. Our last meal in Nice in old town in one of the cafes in the Place Rossetti, with a bottle of wine, for two ran us 43 euro.

dgarvin

I love all your specific examples of prices 2012.

Thank you.