{"id":420,"date":"2013-08-06T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/?p=420"},"modified":"2013-08-06T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T15:38:36","slug":"nice-dining-with-a-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/nice-dining-with-a-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice:  Dining With a View"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_421\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/seminaire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421\" alt=\"Dining Al Fresco at La Maison du S\u00e9minaire.\" src=\"http:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/seminaire.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/seminaire.jpg 500w, https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/seminaire-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining Al Fresco at La Maison du S\u00e9minaire.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be said about the unheralded beaches on Nice&#8217;s eastern coast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riviera-beaches.com\/Nice\/Coco.html\">Coco Beach, La Reserve, Bains Militaires.\u00a0<\/a>Few tourists frequent these beaches mainly because they are far from the hotel sector and the rocky coastline is not to everyone&#8217;s taste. Those that do venture this far east are rewarded with unparalleled views over the entire <em>Baie des Anges. <\/em>The coastal path that winds its way along the water nearly as far as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchrivieratraveller.com\/Nice_to_Monaco\/Villefranche.html\">Villefranche-sur-Mer<\/a> is another good reason to make the journey.<\/p>\n<p>For such exertions, sustenance is necessary and there are a few good options here. At the top-of-the-line is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lareservedenice.fr\/uk\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">La Reserve <\/a>which offers elegant but pricey gourmet treats on a terrace and glassed-in dining room right over the water. At the bottom of the line. . .well, there is no bottom of the line here. There are no snack shops or sandwich stalls or any kind of takeaway food.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-range dining includes the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnnice.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nautical Club of Nice<\/a> which offers simple dishes overlooking the water every day but Monday and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cocobeach-restaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coco Beach restaurant\u00a0<\/a>which specializes in fish and unpredictable hours.<\/p>\n<p>Another excellent choice is the restaurant of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/fr\/la-maison-du-sa-c-minaire.en.html?aid=315542\" target=\"_blank\">La Maison du S\u00e9minaire<\/a> just across from La Reserve on bd Franck Pilatte. This 19th-century seminary is in the process of transforming itself into a luxury hotel and sports a long terrace with views over the sea as well as a modern interior dining room. The menu is reasonably-priced and offers a range of Mediterranean-accented dishes with an emphasis on meat and pasta. They also boast a weekday lunch deal of \u20ac16 for a two-course meal and \u20ac20 for a three-course meal. We were most pleased with the ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach and the daily special of beef wrapped in noodles with a side of <em>panisse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be said about the unheralded beaches on Nice&#8217;s eastern coast: Coco Beach, La Reserve, Bains Militaires.\u00a0Few tourists frequent these beaches mainly because they are far from the hotel sector and the rocky coastline is not to everyone&#8217;s taste. Those that do venture this far east are <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/nice-dining-with-a-view\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nice","category-nice-restaurants","category-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}