Places in Vieux Nice

Natural-wine cellar and bar in Vieux Nice

Owner-run specialty coffee bolt-hole on rue Pairolière

Nice's oldest coffee roaster, three generations since 1925

Craft cocktails in a former fishing cabana

The 1966 Place Rossetti glacier with 90-plus flavours

17th-century convent reborn as a Riviera sanctuary

Boutique hideaway built into the Castle Hill cliff with a rock-set pool

Fourth-generation Niçoise wine bar, granito counter, since 1947

Nicole Rubi's celebrated Provençal table by the Opéra

Family rotisserie of spit-roasted meats near Place Rossetti

Brothers' laundromat-turned-natural-wine kitchen in the old town

Pop-art-walled old-town bistro the locals guard

Michelin Bib Gourmand bistrot on the prettiest lane in the old town

Cheese, natural wine and fondue in a 16th-century vaulted cave

Retro bistro de marché between Porte Fausse and the Palais de Justice

1900s-decor corner brasserie-bar the old town drinks at

Belle-époque confiseur and chocolatier opposite the Opéra since 1820

Open-kitchen market bistro off Place Rossetti, Bib Gourmand

1885 Italian-style opera house at the gateway to the old town

Baroque palace and historic instrument museum

Mediterranean-meets-South-America raw fish bar by the Opéra

Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927

Two-Michelin-star chef Dominique Le Stanc's bare-essentials Niçoise counter

The morning produce-and-flower market that feeds the old town