Port Lympia sea gate is nice, not like the regular port. The moorings here are closed with a beautiful promenade, yacht mast sticking out in front of the Windows of houses, and the water is clean so that the angler with a fishing rod – a familiar figure.

The port was always nice, and in the seventeenth century was born the idea of sea Harbor in the East Bay of the Angels, in place of the marshy valley of Limpia. Construction began in 1748 king Charles Emmanuel III, the works lasted for almost a century and a half. During this time, dug two swimming pools, laid malls, summed up the road from the Old town. The waters are constantly expanded. Current size (10 acres) and shape of the port was visited by 1840. In 1862, when nice was French, big mol has established a temporary beacon. In 1880 there appeared a stone tower, which was later moved to the very end of the pier. During the Second world war the lighthouse was bombed by the Nazis, in 1952 it was restored. Now its height is 21 meters, the red flashing light is visible for 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers).

Moored in the port of large ships (up to 190 meters) is visible from the waterfront, This Is the Uni that Old town. Yellow-white ferries from nice to Bastia go from here to the capital of Corsica (on the high speed ferry one-way is a 2, 5 – 3 hours). Often in port, enter the elegant cruise ships. Through Limpio in mainland France delivered from Corsica cement is produced there. But the main population of port – traditional brightly painted fishing boats and yachts of all classes and sizes. For them, this includes more than five hundred piers.

Around the perimeter of the port is surrounded by buildings of the XIX century with reddish and ochre facades, with balconies and arcades. Since 1853 there stands the Church of Notre-Dame-du-Port, also known as the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Architect Joseph Vernier designed it in a neo-classical style facade with four ionic columns was added in 1896 by the architect Jules Feb. The building is topped by a statue of the virgin Mary. Around – countless cafes and restaurants. One small embankments is named Cassini, the famous family of mathematicians and astronomers, originating from local places. The square Hiname on a RAID looking stone king of Sardinia, Charles Felix of Savoy, a few hundred meters from it is the monument to the inhabitants of nice, fell in the wars. On Rue Bonaparte, three blocks North of the port, the house, where, in 1794, there was a young artillery General, still not suspecting what was to become the Emperor of France.

A great place to wander, admire closely crowded magnificent yachts, watch the boats scurrying and solemnly sailing cruise ships. With same Castle hill, the port is visible at a glance: the blue rectangle surrounded by red-tiled roofs, filled with white shells yachts.