+ tassojunior Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) First timer in Nice and hopefully not my last time. I saw La Cage Aux Folles both times but never knew how many gays are in this huge beautiful resort. Contrary to my expectations it's very upscale.Very warm. The central beach is potato sized rocks but great for sunbathing and swimming. The trendy Old City has a dozen gay bars snd a sauna or two. The guys are very cruisy and there's ten ads on RM and a couple dozen on Romeo Hunqz at a time. Many direct flights, even from NYC. A Paris by the Sea in style and food. Heres the gay bars and saunas in just Old Town: Edited June 16, 2023 by tassojunior CHIberia, NYC_Lover, + Vegas_Millennial and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Having grown up with sandy beaches, when I discovered how stony the beaches in Nice are, I left. Of course, I had not acknowledged that I was gay at the time so didn't discover the nightlife. This was in 1971. marylander1940 and + tassojunior 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Typical Cote d'Zur; dozens of private jets parked and a Helicopter boarding area. Edited June 16, 2023 by tassojunior forrestreid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany10011 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 3:45 AM, tassojunior said: Typical Cote d'Zur; dozens of private jets parked and a Helicopter boarding area. It’s cute that they have it in 3 officially languages of: French, English and Simplified Chinese. + tassojunior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, cany10011 said: It’s cute that they have it in 3 officially languages of: French, English and Simplified Chinese. in case anyone Chinese is lost looking for their helicopter in Nice. cany10011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Lover Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 5:55 AM, tassojunior said: First timer in Nice and hopefully not my last time. I saw La Cage Aux Folles both times but never knew how many gays are in this huge beautiful resort. Contrary to my expectations it's very upscale.Very warm. The central beach is potato sized rocks but great for sunbathing and swimming. The trendy Old City has a dozen gay bars snd a sauna or two. The guys are very cruisy and there's ten ads on RM and a couple dozen on Romeo Hunqz at a time. Many direct flights, even from NYC. A Paris by the Sea in style and food. Heres the gay bars and saunas in just Old Town: I agree with everything you’re mentioning and haven’t been back in years. Just you talking about Nice reminds me I have to book a summer trip back. More so because Monaco is around the corner and I do love hotel Metropol and the American bar there. The small hidden Jazz bars are lovely when visiting the south of France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyboy Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Coming from a city with many magnificent beaches I found Nice a little disappointing. My boss at the time had lived in Europe and warned me Nice would be full of lower middle class Englishman wanting to know where they can buy fish and chips. I think he had a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, NYC_Lover said: I agree with everything you’re mentioning and haven’t been back in years. Just you talking about Nice reminds me I have to book a summer trip back. More so because Monaco is around the corner and I do love hotel Metropol and the American bar there. The small hidden Jazz bars are lovely when visiting the south of France. I wish I had just spent the month there. Such a nice lifestyle. Parisian style and Provence food. Didn't even visit Monaco or Cannes. Just relaxed. I see now why artists gravitate there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, sydneyboy said: Coming from a city with many magnificent beaches I found Nice a little disappointing. My boss at the time had lived in Europe and warned me Nice would be full of lower middle class Englishman wanting to know where they can buy fish and chips. I think he had a point. The beaches in downtown Nice itself are blue round stones but at least downtown has beaches unlike most coastal cities and the old harbor and historic hotels and even the old opera make it pretty scenic. The art gallery district and all the gay bars are also there. 10 or 20 miles out from downtown there's sand beaches but I like the downtown mixture. I discovered next to the volleyball courts, which have sand of course, there is a sand area where many of the volleyball players lay out. And the view from the hills, including even the Nice sign coastal switchback curve, is beautiful. I was prepared to move on to Cannes and St Tropez because I was afraid that Nice would be more common folk but was surprised it's very upscale now and no Brits anymore (they can't afford it..the Old Town hotels are outrageously-priced now.) There's a lot of art galleries in the gay bar area and the Eagle was very very "Eagle". The food is great and nice restaurants but very reasonably-priced. Didn't hear any Brits but a lot of Americans. I still want to try Toulon with all it's gay bars and 25,000 French Marines. Edited July 31, 2023 by tassojunior sydneyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneyboy Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 36 minutes ago, tassojunior said: The beaches in downtown Nice itself are blue round stones but at least downtown has beaches unlike most coastal cities and the old harbor and historic hotels and even the old opera make it pretty scenic. The art gallery district and all the gay bars are also there. 10 or 20 miles out from downtown there's sand beaches but I like the downtown mixture. I discovered next to the volleyball courts, which have sand of course, there is a sand area where many of the volleyball players lay out. And the view from the hills, including even the Nice sign coastal switchback curve, is beautiful. I was prepared to move on to Cannes and St Tropez because I was afraid that Nice would be more common folk but was surprised it's very upscale now and no Brits anymore (they can't afford it..the Old Town hotels are outrageously-priced now.) There's a lot of art galleries in the gay bar area and the Eagle was very very "Eagle". The food is great and nice restaurants but very reasonably-priced. Didn't hear any Brits but a lot of Americans. I still want to try Toulon with all it's gay bars and 25,000 French Marines. My visit was a long time ago. Perhaps I should give it another chance. + tassojunior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, sydneyboy said: My visit was a long time ago. Perhaps I should give it another chance. I had thought the same and for 100 years it was where the Brits went but now they all go to cheaper Spain. Another place that's gone $$$$ trendy. Edited July 31, 2023 by tassojunior sydneyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousByNature Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 9 hours ago, tassojunior said: I still want to try Toulon with all it's gay bars and 25,000 French Marines. I've heard that Toulon is a nice place to retire - not sure if that is true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 6 hours ago, CuriousByNature said: I've heard that Toulon is a nice place to retire - not sure if that is true or not. With 25,000 French Marines you could retire at 30 and still never run out. 😍 CuriousByNature 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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