Category: Actualité

The Nice's 2023 Christmas market and illuminations are back for this festive season.

The 2023 illuminations in Nice

The city's illuminations begin on November 26 at 6pm. Everyone admires the lights on the Promenade des Anglais, Place Massena, Vieux Nice, Avenue Jean Médecin and many other streets in all Nice neighborhoods. And this until January 7, 2024. They are effective from 5pm to 11pm.

The 2023 Christmas market in Nice

The Ferris wheel is illuminated every day and even in the evening. It provides wonderful sensations and also an opportunity to admire Nice from the sky.

45 chalets

The Christmas market hosts 45 chalets, spread over a vast area. And everyone can discover traditional Christmas decorations, artisan stands, not forgetting several regional gastronomy stands (Corsica, Alsace, etc).

Santa Claus's house

Santa Claus is on hand, as he opens his house to children and their parents, from 11am to 8pm (Fridays and Saturdays until 10pm), throughout the Christmas market period.
He even promises to be present from 2pm to 7pm, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

Games, rides and inflatables

Numerous games, the famous antique merry-go-round in the Albert 1er garden and inflatable structures ensure a great time for the youngest visitors.

Entertainment and concerts

• Traditional songs and Swedish sweets are offered on Wednesday, December 13.
• Numerous concerts throughout the Christmas market period, starting at 2pm. Marjorie Martinez, Soulseption, Nils Indjein, Swing with the Ladies, Merry Mood, The Gobi's and Chris Cadillac are already announced.
• For young adults, DJ Ergo (December 14, 22 and 28) and DJ Afroman (December 15, 21 and January 4), from 6pm.

Dates for the 2023 Nice Christmas Market

The 2024 Christmas market takes place from December 7, 2023 to January 7, 2024.
It is open from 11am to 9pm (admission until 8pm), on Fridays and Saturdays until 11pm (admission until 10pm).
Please note: on December 24 and 31, open from 11am to 7pm (admissions until 6pm).

Christmas market prices

Free admission. Access is free of charge.

Location of the 2023 Christmas Market

As every year, it will take place between the Place Masséna and the Théâtre de Verdure in the Jardin Albert 1er.

The Christmas bath in Nice

Everyone is invited to the Christmas bath in Nice.
Sunday December 17 at 10:30 am, plage du Ruhl.
In their swimsuits, many swimmers get together for a festive swim. Why not join us?
The water temperature is around 12-14°. Nice's famous "pointus" accompany this traditional event.

Nativity scenes

For believers who celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus, nativity scenes are present in churches.

Giant crib

Giant crib in Place Rossetti, with life-size automatons.
Open every day from December 7 to January 7, from 10am to 8pm.

Soazig Le Ruyet à Lou Babazouk 2 exhibits until December 17, 2023.

Soazig Le Ruyet at Lou Babazouk 2

Soazig Le Ruyet is a painter, with uncluttered works. Uncluttered but also deep, colorful and sober at the same time. With just a few touches of color, you can feel movement, silence, warmth and more.

You have to let yourself enter the canvas to discover a deeper meaning. It could be the artist's meaning, it could be your own, it doesn't matter. Once inside, you're taken by the work.

Bravo to artist Soazig Le Ruyet.

Practical information

Lou Babazouk 2
5 rue Benoît Bunico
in Old Nice

Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-12pm and 1:30pm-6pm

The exhibition Héroïque Catherine Ségurane. Legendary figure of Nice, is held at the Musée Massena, from October 13, 2023 to January 7, 2024.

The exhibition Héroïque Catherine Ségurane. Legendary figure of Nice

The Musée Massena in Nice already offers documents on Catherine Ségurane in its permanent collections.
This exhibition at the Musée Massena in Nice features a wealth of objects, engravings, paintings and documents about this Nice celebrity.
But did she really exist?
Here again, the exhibition is based on historical evidence of a revolt by the beleaguered people of Nice, and the heroic deeds of one or more women.
In short, the exhibition Héroïque Catherine Ségurane. Legendary figure of Nice gives you food for thought.
In the end, whether she existed or not is perhaps not the most important thing. What matters is the image she conjures up of a courageous people.

Who was Catherine Segurane

Catherine Segurane was from Nice, a woman from a modest background. Perhaps a bgadière, a washerwoman. But her exceptional fate made her the idol of many in Nice.
Nice was then part of the Duchy of Savoy. In 1543, the city of Nice was besieged by Franco-Ottoman troops. They had succeeded in penetrating the citadel on the hill, but had not taken control of the castle. An Ottoman was about to plant his flag on a hill. It was then that Catherine Ségurane struck him with a heavy blow from a clothes beater, killing him on the spot.
This gesture galvanized Nice's resistance fighters, as they awaited help from Charles II, Duke of Savoy, who finally arrived to save Nice.
To save Nice? Not really, since it was Catherine Ségurane who gave the signal for resistance to the Franco-Ottomans.
Since then, she has been regarded as a muse of the people of Nice.

Practical information

Musée Masséna
65, rue de France
Nice
Entrance possible via the garden on the Promenade des Anglais, right next to the Hotel Negresco.
Tickets must be purchased first at Rue de France, before entering the museum.

Access
Streetcar line 2, Alsace-Lorraine stop
Bus 12, stop Gambetta-Promenade or Congrès-Promenade

Opening times

From October 13, 2023 to January 7, 2024
Every day except Tuesday, December 25 and January 1.
From 10am to 6pm until October 31st.
From 11am to 6pm from November 1 to April 30.

Official website
Online tickets