Hôtel Monsigny Nice

The position of the hotel if you want to be in the centre of an Oxford Street type environment is fine if you are not looking for solitude and the new Trams are right there for you to use if you wish to. You can totally change the scene by walking out of the hotel and walking straight down to the right for about 30 minutes and you are one the world famous Promenade Anglais and once you cross over to the seaside and avoid the cycle track without being run over you can start your exploring of the old town by turning your back to the sea and continuing to the right there are many beautiful vistas and also the castle falls above the town which are free to visit and include a free lift up and very pleasant park overlooking the town from a panoramic height. As for the hotel it grows on you. It is very clean. Towels are changed every day. The breakfast hot and cold dishes served in a very friendly manner is set from 7 till 10.30.. It is overall very generous and varied with an eggs, as you like chef in attendance. Reception was friendly and through them we arranged a Day Tour of Monaco/Cannes etc plus Taxi from and to the Airport. This was, a five day break to celeberate my daughter's birthday and included my son. We also managed to visit the Modern Art museum but did not manage Matisse and Chagall museums due to lack of time but may be next time plus a small train that chugs off on a small guage for a whole day excursion up into the mountains surrounding the Bay of Nice. Gorgeous break with lovely sunny weather.

The rather cramped design of the room with storage space in the twin room being limited so mostly worked out of suitcase for one of us. Got used to it as obviously not designed for long stays. Flat TV nice looking in the room but apart from BBC World could not find anything else in English.. Even CNN would have been fine.. In the mornings the reception was dreadful but do not know why. It was very much a Hotel in low season and therefore the roof terrace was not open and would have been interesting as the weather was excellent on most days. The evening meal was simply a "Tapas" but was rather mediocre.. Nothing warm even a soup would have been welcoming... We were tired and a bit disorientated to go searching for eateries but as we discovered when we found our "city legs" that there was a lot nearby and one we enjoyed was just across the road called Posto 17 with. Bit of an italian/Sicilian bent plus round the corner l'instant..