Nice Travel Guide

Phoenix Parc Floral de Nice

Outside Nice, near the airport, this vast tourist attraction includes a botanical garden and a bird and insect zoo where visitors can tour a huge greenhouse full of wonderful butterflies. There is also a tacky theme park with automated dinosaurs and mock Mayan temples but the highlight of the park is the Musée Départemental des Artes Asiatiques which houses a collection of ethnographic artefacts, including silk goods and pottery, as well as traditional and contemporary art.