Museums in Nice: Beaux Artes

Le Musee des Beaux Artes is situated in Magnan, west part of the town, just a few minutes from the seaside and the law college (Campus Trotabas). Easily accessible by whole bunch of busses (bus stop: Rosa Bonheur or Grosso Cum). How is it like?
Well, as I've already mentioned, Nice isn't well known from its museums. I kind of agree with that, but then, on the other hand... The building itself is very interesting and it reminds me of Woody Allen's last film- 'Magic in Moonlight'. It has this meditteranean charm of French Riviera.

There are only two flors and the whol tour took me about 40 minutes. The museum is quite small, which doesn't make the visit too long and boring. I think about 45 minutes is perfectly enough time to accually see everything and spend time with our favourite pices, no need to rush in order to see everythin like in The British Museum, for instance.

Because the museum is so small, the amount of the information is just perfect and during the visit I found my two new favourite artists: Moise Kisling and Jules-Henri Lengrand. Some of their works that are in the museum; they obviously are more impressing live than on bad quality photos. In general, I think Le Musee des Beaux Artes is a nice way to rest from beach and sun in Nice.

One hill stand

Taking advantage of really great bus connections in Les Alpes Maritimes, I went to Saint Paul de Vence. No, seriously, I don't think I've ever been to an area with such a complex public transport. For 1,5 euro you can easily get from Nice to Cannes, Monaco, Menton, Antibes, Grasse, Cagne sur Mer and Saint Paul, among others. All the possible connections are available at Conseil General of Alpes Maritimes. Saint Paul is about 19 km kind of North-West from Nice. It takes about 45-55 min by bus number 400.
Is Saint Paul special at all? Yes, yes yes!!! It is a great example of typical provence village. The hill sticks out from far away. It really looks adorable, because down the hill the properties are rather spatious, with gardens and pools, not so close to each other, and up the hill everything is squeezed up to the maximum, you realize that walking those tiny streets.
There isn't a lot to see in Saint Paul. Marc Chagall lived there and he is burried at the local cementary, there is also a chapel, a monument and a museum. Saint Paul is more about the atmosphere and breathtaking views. It's still not high season and I guess Saint Paul isn't that well known, so there weren't many turists, in fact not many people at all, and it was just so calm and peaceful. All the beautiful streets, the views, typical rustic houses. The essence of Provance, definitely, one of those places I've been dreaming about from time to time. Tiny local population, no noise, mindblowing views, small, traditional cafees. What I didn't know about Saint Paul, and certainly what I did not expect, were numerous small art shops and art galleries, with some very nice stuff.
Places like Saint Paul make me realize how much I accually love South France and how hard it will be to move on in just a few more months. Wish I could take a part of Departement 06 with me.