Posted Feb 2024 in Guest Info, Your apartment
We are always looking for ways to improve our carbon footprint, while maintaining the same level of service for our clients. With this in mind, and after lots of in-house testing, we have made the move to electronic apartment instructions. Paperless versions that can be accessed via your My Pebbles account. They are also provided via a link in the automated emails sent out 2 days before your arrival and one day after arriving.
Posted Jan 2024 in Guest Info located in: Carre d'Or, Etoile, Gambetta, Massena, Musiciens, Old Town, Port, Promenade
Most locals use public transport for a reason: driving and parking around Nice city centre isn’t fun, or cheap. Public transport around the city is far more relaxing, easy and kinder to your wallet.
Posted Dec 2023 in Guest Info
Falling sick on holiday is the last thing anyone wants, but it can happen. If you, or a member of your party needs urgent, or non-urgent medicial attention during your stay – here are the numbers to call.
Posted Sep 2023 in Guest Info
From July 2023, tram tickets from the airport are 10€ per person and there is a one off supplement of 2€ which issues you a plastic card you for you to keep and use to top up with other passes on any of the machines at any tram stop. Or you can top up your card via the LIGNES D'AZUR app.
Posted Sep 2023 in Eats & Drinks located in: Liberation
Located in the leafy area of Liberation. Marlene, from the Alice and I kitchen, prepares everything fresh on the day. Not only that the food is of high quality, homely, healthy and super delicious. All the food is homemade and organic.
Posted Mar 2023 in Guest Info located in: Etoile, Old Town, Port
If you’re looking for somewhere to store your luggage, we are happy for you to do so at our office, free of charge, during opening hours (9am – 5pm Mon – Fri) but for those of you looking to store your luggage later than 5pm or at the weekend, we recommend the website Luggage Hero.
Posted Mar 2023 in Go & Do
The shortest and slowest race of the Formula One calendar requires the most skill to win. The ability to weave a 200cm-wide vehicle through 19th-century streets at speeds of 260kmh is one that few drivers can master.
Posted Dec 2022 in Guest Info, Your apartment
We are delighted to announce that here at Nice Pebbles we are making an effort and reducing our carbon footprint and upgrading our environmental efforts. We have been doing this for years by providing paperless booking and checkin and checkout process, by chosing and using products that contain little or no plastic in our office and in your holiday apartment and now we have gone a step further and replaced liquid shampoo and gels with a solid shampoo and body wash alternative.
Posted Dec 2022 in Guest Info
At Pebbles, all our guests are VIPs – that’s very important Pebbles. You lovely bunch are also unique and we know one service does not fit all. We always try and go the extra mile to ensure your holiday needs are fulfilled. As well as being on-hand for all queries by phone and email, guests are more than welcome to pop into our office located at 32 rue Tonduti de l'Escarene to ask any questions; whether it be about your Pebbles apartment or local information.
Posted Nov 2022 in Guest Info
We understand that our guests can sometimes feel a bit disorientated and all over the place, especially if it’s your first time in Nice. Luckily, Nice is an easy city to navigate around when the unexpected happens, and we’re also here to help if needed.
Posted Jul 2022 in Eats & Drinks located in: Etoile, Massena, Old Town
Connoisseurs of bagels, quiches and of course, cookies, Emilie's Cookies is one of the hottest spots along the Riviera for brunching and lunching. There are three branches in Nice, and a few others across the French Riviera.
Posted May 2022 in Guest Info
Being abroad shouldn’t mean that you miss out on online purchases or letters from loved-ones – and it doesn’t. Guests staying for more than a couple of weeks often ask us how they can receive parcels and letters whilst living in France.
Posted Feb 2022 in Guest Info
It’s no secret that France has a penchant for paperwork, and dealing with the seemingly endless list of contracts, application forms, and certificates can be overwhelming – not least when it comes to printing it all out.
Posted Jan 2022 in Eats & Drinks
As the New Year begins, you will notice French boulangeries, patisseries and even supermarchés fill up their shelves with a special cake. Much more than just a cake, this pastry is a beloved tradition with roots that go back as far as the Roman Empire.
Posted Sep 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Old Town
Just off Cour Saleya, this wonderful little restaurant fills up with those heading away from the Promenade after a stroll or swim.
Posted Aug 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Old Town
A decade ago Lou Pastrouil was a decrepit tabac selling pressions and gambling chits. The same spot, with the same name, has been re-energised as a fabulous hybrid of café-bar-restaurant.
Posted Jun 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Promenade
Le Relais has played witness to every Riviera character from Alain Delon to Jean Cocteau since 1913. As the hotel bar of Le Negresco, Nice’s grand dame establishment, its century of clientele reads like a globalised who’s who.
Posted May 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Etoile
Gluten-free, egg-free, vegan and organic. It’s all offered by the sympathetic (and bilingual) chefs at Le Comptoir, Nice’s leading whole food establishment.
Posted Apr 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Port
Les Amoureux was once declared the no.1 restaurant in France by TripAdvisor. That’s right, in the land of triple-Michelin stardom, a humble pizza joint grabbed the top spot.
Posted Feb 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Old Town
The outdoor bistro chairs on Nice’s finest strolling street have been a fashionable go-to for a century. From 8am until the early hours, the great and good arrive to sip espresso, Ricard and verres de vin.
Posted Jan 2020 in Eats & Drinks located in: Port
As its name suggests, the Comptoir was once an age-old electrical store where locals purchased light bulbs. Those same vintage bulbs now illuminate an impossibly trendy café-bar.
Posted Dec 2019 in Go & Do
For anyone looking to visit the French Rivera over Christmas and New Year, the Christmas markets will probably be on your list of things to do. Here’s what you need to know.
Posted Dec 2019 in Go & Do located in: Old Town
Nice’s photography museum is a big hitter. A prime location opposite the Préfecture, coupled with decades of experience, draws in A-grade photo exhibitions.
Posted Dec 2019 in Eats & Drinks located in: Port
The Bistrot's du Port’s €16 lunch menu is like a drug. Once you've sampled their discount prix fixe, which includes wine, coffee, a starter and a seafood main, you're hooked like the fish they specialise in.
Posted Nov 2019 in Eats & Drinks located in: Port
Today Le Plongeoir offers an inventive restaurant connected by a precipitous bridge over the Mediterranean, offering an unrivalled Niçoise seascape.