Hey Folks,
I will have a 7 day trip to Nice next week. and so my question: are there any places well known where the Stones had a dinner, bought guitars, whiskey, had a party etc. ? Maybe there are photos circulating of them in Nice?

It would be great if there is someone who can help!
Greetings outta Berlin.

Apart from a visit to Nellcote in Villefranche, it's just a great place to take a break! Wish I was on the riviera right now.

on my last trip, 2001, to the south of france i was at nellcote.so this time i want to visit some stones related places in Nice :-)

Was there a couple of years ago. Very nice area and one of the oldest cities in France. Great outdoor markets, including a wonderful flower market. Would love to go back.

I have tried to nail down the locations of the Stones-photos in France 71 by Cooper and Tarle and I can't seem to recollect any Nice images. Villefranche, Beaulieu, Eze, Monaco, Cap Ferrat, Antibes, StTropez, Cannes and Bills place -yes, but no Nice. Its a little strange since its a two minute trainride from Villefranche Sur Mer, so they probably went there. Keith of course picked up his Telecaster at Nice Airport but that hardly counts as a place for pilgrimage, he he.

But Nice is a great place. Go to the old city and hang out. Picknic on top of the park above Hotell Suisse. I just came back from two weeks in Villefranche and think you should go there again, he he. The Russian owner (who denied Stones to film the documentary there) is currently in place so its quite a spectacle. Nellcote is lit like the Colloseum at night.

thank you very much, robberbride. really a little bit strange that there is nothing about Nice & the Stones.
do you know where this picture was taken?

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thank you very much, robberbride. really a little bit strange that there is nothing about Nice & the Stones.
do you know where this picture was taken?

99% chance to be this place, on the harbour of St Jean Cap Ferrat (a few minutes walk from Nellcôte).
40 years after the B/W picture, the place is very different :







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Now it's 100% sure, "Cappa" restaurant is actually named "Cadillac"









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thank you very much! very interesting. maybe there are more places near nice to find like that...would be great!

Mmmmm nice!

Great research arizojp! Are you a Nellcote fan too??

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Great research arizojp!

+1. I like these "then & today" photos, like the thread of photos of Los Angeles in 1972 & today.

They were not in Nice but rented a "huge" villa in Villefranche-sur-mer (3 km from Nice) called the villa Nellcote
Have a look at this link ==> https://www.google.fr/search?q=nelcote&hl=fr&client=firefox-a&hs=tFn&rls=org.mozilla:frfficial&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vdskUPr7NqrO0QXglYGQCw&ved=0CFwQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=580#hl=fr&client=firefox-a&hs=2Fn&rls=org.mozilla:frfficial&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xtskUI7tBKjV0QXVwICwCg&ved=0CEUQBSgA&q=nellcote&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=95e2cb2ff96abe2f&biw=1024&bih=580

Talking about Nellcote, visiting this place in 2007 was without any doubt a highlight of my personal Stones career:

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