Driver/guide in Nice -please advice.

Ww will travel to Nice in March.

We are looking for a person, who could drive us around and show French Riviera.

Maybe some walking tours, etc.

I checked some agencies - most of them way too expensive.

Maybe somebody was in French Riviea and was happy with a guide...

Email or phone number will really help!

Please advice.

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Have you checked with the Nice tourist office?

http://www.nicetourism.com/GB/som.html

I do think that having a private guide with a car is not going to be inexpensive. Walking tours are much less costly.

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I suggest you get a good guidebook and do your own tours. Use guides for sites like Villa Ephrussi-Rotschild, Villa kerylos or museums in Nice. Otherwise here is a good example of a walking tour of my own ,which I will repeat just this Friday as I am leavingtomorrow for Nice.

There are musts like walking on the Promenade des Anglais , both looking at the sea, the beach and the hotels.

The Old Town and the Cours Saléya: Start from Place Masséna and walk towards the Promenade on Rue de l’Opéra. Make a left on Rue St-Francois-de-Paule, check the boutiques but don’t buy there (touristy prices way too high). Walk straight ahead to the Marché aux Fleurs (Cours Saléya). There is a market every day except Mondays. Walk to the end of the market and you get to the Chapelle du St-Suaire. Make a left on J” Gilly street . It ends on Rue de la Préfecture. Make a left there and walk until you reach Rue Ste-Réparate. Make a right and you will see the Cathedral Ste-Réparate and get on Place Rossetti. Very typical (look at the warmth of colours if you are there 1hr or 2 before sunset). A left on Rue Rossetti until you reach Rue Droite. Make a left on Rue Droite and walk to its end. Stop by Palais Lascaris (free visit) and some nice artist shops (check Christian Dury’s gallerie =%26gt; he puts typical Nice things in Plexiglas frames). Rue Droite falls into Rue St-François the in Rue Pairolière. Both typical Old Nice streets with locals shops, food store, fish and meat stores, etc. Open your eyesand your ears and take a deep breath. Now you see the real thing. You get to the Place Garibaldi. Time for lunch. Help yourself, there are plenty nice spots at cheap prices.

From Place Garibaldi keep your right and stay on Rue Catherine Ségurane from where you will get a road that brings you up the Castle Hill (Colline du Chateau). Walk up to its top and have a look at the whole area (the Port, the beaches, the town). Stop by the Cemetery on your way down and wak to the Port. Look at the small fishermen boats on Quai des Deux Emmanuel. And walk back to town circling the Castle Hill by walking on the sea side to reach back Promenade des Anglais

That one should take not far from a day long, especially if you stop often at boutiques or for an ice cream cone…

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We%26#39;ll be there in March too and want to go to Grasse, but without a car. Any ideas on how to get around? ALso, what is the area to avoid during construction in Nice?

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Guidebooks provide a flying start. I much prefer the ones produced locally. Some of these include tour- and circuit explanations, both more local ones, where you preferably walk along and more regional ones, by car or bus. If, as you write, you absolutely want to be driven around, I would imagine to talk to a taxi driver asking for a day or halfday deal. This stated, the public means of communication are excellent and quite affordable.