WALK & EAT NICE : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

PLAN OF CENTRAL NICE inside front cover

INTRODUCTION  4
the walks 5
the excursions  5
the restaurants  6
the recipes  6
planning your visit  7
when to go 7
where to stay  8
what to take  8
planning your walks  10
verifying timetables in advance  12
on arrival  15
city bus pass  15
tourist information 15
shopping for self-catering  16
markets  17

Walk 1 · on the rooftops of nice  20
restaurants: café de turin and rené socca in nice 26
recipes: socca and petits farcis (stuffed vegetables)  30

Walk 2 · mont chauve d'aspremont  32
restaurant: hostellerie d'aspremont 39
recipe: roast leg of lamb with juniper, garlic and rosemary  41

Walk 3 · peillon and peille  42
restaurant: auberge de la madone in peillon 48
recipe: christmas-day pheasant (in brandy cream sauce)  49

Walk 4 · around cap ferrat  50
restaurants: various around cap ferrat, le pot d'étain in nice 55
recipes: cassoulet, potato cake, chocolate cake  58

Walk 5 · to the esterel  62
restaurants: various in théoule, la mère besson in cannes 66
recipes: chicken with tarragon and cream, bourride (fish stew)  67

Walk 6 · la turbie and èze  70
restaurants: various in la turbie and èze 76
recipe: caramelized rabbit with lemon  78

Walk 7 · ste-agnès and castellar  80
restaurants: various in ste-agnès, monti, castellar, menton 85
recipe: menton lemon tarte  87

Walk 8 · cap martin  88
restaurants: roquebrune, le canne à sucre in nice 91
recipes: turbot or halibut, in wine or à la provençale  92

EXCURSION 1 · train des pignes  94

MAP OF THE NICE HINTERLAND  96
restaurants: various in entrevaux and annot  101
recipe: daube à la provençale (beef stew in red wine)  102
restaurant: caffé promenade in nice  103

Walk 9 · above puget-théniers  104
restaurants: various in puget-théniers 108
recipe: lamb stew with chestnuts  109

Walk 10 · grès d'annot  110
recipe: osso bucco nice-style  115

EXCURSION 2 · gorges du cians  116

Walk 11 · above beuil  120
restaurants: various in beuil 125
recipes: various chestnut recipes, blettes (chard) à la provençale  126

Walk 12 · cime de l'arpiha  128
restaurant: les trois vallées at the col de turini 132
recipe: venison steaks with blackberry sauce  133

EAT GF, DF  134
eating in restaurants 135
self-catering  136
gf, df shopping 137
gf, df cooking; conversion tables 138

GLOSSARY (menu items, shopping terms)  140
INDEX  143
IN the restaurant (pocket vocabulary)  inside back cover