7 Best Shopping in The French Riviera, France

This tiny shop sells olive oil by the gallon (and other quantities), packaged in containers featuring its famous, old-fashioned, blue-and-yellow labels.

Open every day except Christmas, this shop is a good source for candied fruit (a Nice specialty). It's on the west side of the port, near the Marché aux Puces.

France's third-largest regroupment of antiques collectors forms a triangle from Place Garibaldi to the port (Quai Papacino) and along Rue Catherine Ségruane at the bottom of the château. Shops along Rue Antoine Gautier and Rue Emmanuel Philibert are worth exploring, as is Marché aux Puces de Nice, an emporium with 30 stalls under one roof in Quai Lunel. In addition, Place Garibaldi hosts a morning antiques market on the third Saturday of the month.

You have to hand it to the French: they even do secondhand fashion right. Steps away from the Hôtel Negresco, Mademoiselle is a must-stop shop in Nice. Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hermès—you name it, the gang's all here, at least in vintage terms. In addition to luxury-brand clothes, there are shoes, bags, and belts—all of it excellently priced and gorgeously displayed by owner Sephora Louis.

The venerable house of Henri Auer has been selling chocolate and candied fruit since 1820.

Come here for the best selection of Provençal olive oils in town. Oliviera is run by the passionate Nadim Beyrouti, who also serves Mediterranean dishes made with the finest local ingredients.

For the jet-set pet, Star Dog Boutique has iPawds (a plush toy with FaceBark, DogTube, and Bark Street Journal apps), Doggle sunglasses, and Oh My Dog! cologne to get Fido's tail wagging.