Nice in Jan 2007/Good idea???

I am planning to take a trip to Nice with my hubby January 2006, the reason why we picked that time is because of the great deals we are getting on hotels and air. I wanted to know what to expect. We don%26#39;t want to spend a lot of money in food, we are just content eating in a bristro,cafe ect. Sit down dinner would be way out of control money wise, so we want to stay out of that. Any suggestions??? What%26#39;s to see in that area?? Can we take a train to Monaco?? Also weather wise, what can we expect?? Thanks...

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January is a fine month in Nice. The beach season is over. It%26#39;s rather cool. At night you want a jacket or an overcoat. Everything is open. The weather is fine.

Not many visitors. %26quot;Low season%26quot;. Not to worry about. IMO.

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We go over every year for new years eve - midnight on the beach, fireworks and champagne. If you can include that date in its a real bonus.

The early January weather has been terrific the last couple of years - crisp, sunny, obviously a little cool, but folks on the beach! But it was better this January then a few months later. November rains have all but gone, the air is clear and the sky was an astonishing sharp blue.

After new years day you can expect things to be pretty quiet - most shops and restaurants open, some closed. It takes a little while to restock after Christmas, and we noticed a lot of things had %26quot;run out%26quot;. Everything runs but the French want the holiday too.

Of course trains run to Monaco no problem. Its a great time to be on the Riviera.

Whats to see? Crikey - that questions been answered a few times you can imagine.You could explore from your desktop on VirtualTourist.com - loads of suggestions written up with pictures - Nice, Monaco, Cannes, Antibes etc etc. My own is here

members.virtualtourist.com/m/6cdeb/188b0/4/

but there are many others to explore.

Cheers

Andrew

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Menton (between Monaco and Italian border) has a citrus festival in these winter months too (usually February). February travel deals can be as good or better than January deals.

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The hotels are more expensive in Feb , while the Carnival is on.

I was in Nice this year Jan 11th for 4 days and ate at the beach bars every lunchtime. The sun was quite warm from 10am - 3 pm and i spent most afternoons on the terrace at Civette de Cours in the flower market witha bottle of Rose or two..heaven.