Where in France will you find a place with a mild climate, a scenic port, delicious food, beautiful pastel-colored buildings, and everything else that’s nice? In Nice of course! Pronounced “nees,” this city in southern France is a major tourist center and a leading resort city on the French Riviera. Read on and learn about some of the city’s marvels.Promenade des Anglais. One of the most popular tourist spots in the city is the Promenade des Anglais or “the Walkway of the English.” Back in old days, Nice was just a little-known place bordered by a deserted stretch of beach.When the English took to spending the frosty winter months along Nice’s scenic natural coastline in the mid-1700′s, they had a walkway constructed. The native Niois people called the walkway Camin deis Angls, but when France annexed Nice in 1860, the name was changed to La Promenade des Anglais, the French translation of the guitar lessons original.Hotel Negresco. This palatial hotellocated along the Promenade des Anglaisis among the most luxurious in the world. It was named after its founder, Henri Negresco, who in 1912 had the idea of building a splendid vacation spot that will attract the wealthiest people from Europe and America. While the hotel had its ups and downs throughout the decades (at one point even becoming a hospital), it now stands as one of France’s National Historic Buildings. With its exquisite and beautiful menu and its doormen who are dressed in uniforms akin to those worn by workers in 18th century elite bourgeois households, you’re certain to go click-happy with your camera in Hotel Negresco.Cathdrale Orthodoxe Russe Saint-Nicolas de Nice. The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Nice is a national monument of France. Constructed in 1859, it is generally regarded as the oldest Russian cathedral in Western Europe.