Living in the French Riviera: Nice’s Antiques Market & Charming Valbonne | SIMPLY SLOW TRAVELER

Living in the French Riviera: Nice’s Antiques Market & Charming Valbonne | SIMPLY SLOW TRAVELER

Hello, everyone! Welcome to a beautiful 
sunny morning in Nice in early October. Today, I bring you to the Monday Antiques Market, which spans across Cours Saleya 
and Place du Palais de Justice. This is one of the largest antiques markets 
in the Côte d’Azur, and it brings together, right by the Old Town of Nice, pretty much all 
the Antiques market sellers that are scattered across the different towns and cities 
in the remaining days of the week. So, if you love Antiques like I do, 
Monday is the day to be in Nice! I arrived in the middle of the 
morning, and even in October, you can see that quite a few 
people are browsing the market. If you want a quieter experience, or to 
be the first to discover the latest items, you should arrive earlier, with the 
market opening as early as 7 am. Unlike the flowers and fresh produce market in the 
remaining days of the week, the Antiques Market only closes in the late afternoon, at around 6 
pm, so even if you just want to visit the city and take a look at what’s up for sale, you can 
find the market at almost any time of the day. What draws my attention the most are ceramics 
and home textiles, and you can find some very beautiful ones all across the market. If I had an 
unlimited budget and space at home, God knows I’d be buying so many, but as it stands, I have to 
curb my urge to bring all these beauties home. This time, besides a few old-time cotton napkins, 
I bought this beautiful old paper print of the drawing of a hand fan print with some butterflies 
in it, which I thought was so very cute. At noon, and as the Nice cannon blast was heard 
throughout the Old Town, we went back to Cours Saleya and sat at Carmela for an Italian 
lunch overlooking the bustle of the market. After a delicious and light lunch, we walked 
along the beach on the Promenade des Anglais, watching quite a few people going for 
a swim on this Monday early afternoon. Our next stop was the beautiful Villa 
Masséna, an architectural icon in Nice, built in the late 19th century, with a lush 
front garden overlooking the Promenade. Inside, the ground floor has a few grand 
reception rooms, with high ceilings, artwork all over, and many intricate 
woodworking and panelling details. On the top floor, you will find a collection of 
items, from posters and prints to books and maps, that tell the story of Nice as a seaside resort 
destination for a couple of centuries now. For the latter part of the afternoon, I went 
to visit the nearby small town of Valbonne. Unlike many of the medieval villages around 
the area, Valbonne’s old town, which was built only in the 16th century, follows a regular grid 
pattern, with wider streets that are, nonetheless, very charming, with plants and flowers in 
front of every façade and by every doorway. There are also quite a few very interesting 
stores in Valbonne, but unfortunately, most of them close on Mondays, so I can’t 
show you my favourites in this video. Let me know in the comments if you 
would like me to do another video of Valbonne another time, so I can show 
you all my favourite places. As for now, I’ll leave you with a few more streets 
and the main square of the village, where you have a few cafés, where we 
sat for a drink before calling it a day. Thank you for joining me today in exploring the Antiques market in Nice and the 
beautiful small town of Valbonne. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to the channel 
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Join me on a sunny October morning in the French Riviera, as I explore the Antiques Market of Nice, a lively tradition that takes over Cours Saleya and Place du Palais de Justice every Monday.

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✨ Highlights of this video:

-Morning at the Nice Antiques Market – Ceramics, vintage linens, and timeless treasures.
-Italian Lunch at Carmela – Fresh pasta and people watching in the heart of the market.
-Afternoon Walk – Along the Promenade des Anglais under the Côte d’Azur sun.
-Villa Masséna – Belle Époque grandeur and history by the sea.
-Valbonne – A charming 16th-century village with flowered façades and quiet cobbled streets.

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🕛 Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction
00:35 Antiques Market in Nice
05:36 Lunch at Carmela
06:30 Promenade des Anglais
07:10 Villa Masséna
09:50 Valbonne Village

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