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Between the Old Port Lympia and the North-Eastern side of Vieux Nice you will find Place Garibaldi. . 
Café de Turin, the place to go to spoil your woman with great oysters and excellent white wine. . 
Millions of euros where pumped into this almost forgotten square in Nice. . 
Place Garibaldi stands out for its architecture and history. It is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Italian unification (born in Nice in 1807 when Nice was part of the Napoleonic Empire, before reverting back to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia). The square was built at the end of the 18th century and served as the entry gate to the city and end of the road to Turin. It took several names between 1780 and 1870 (Plaça Pairoulièra, Place de la République, Place Napoléon, Place d'Armes, Place Saint-Augustin, Piazza Vittorio) and finally Place Garibaldi in September 1870. . 
A statue of Garibaldi, who was fiercely in favour of the union of Nice with Italy. stands in the centre of the square. The recent rebuilding of the area to accommodate the new tramway line gave mostly the entire square to pedestrians, The architecture is in line with the Turin model, which was the norm of urban renewal throughout the entire realm of the House of Savoy. . 
A good place to be and to live, this square between the Old Town and the Port. . 
People in the shade. In the background Rue Cassini and Mont Boron. . 
Place Garibaldi is a nice place to relax. . 
You will see many tourists here, and locals, during their lunchtime. . 
Looking into Rue de la République. . 
Nice sidewalk cafes and restaurants, and public chairs too. . 
View from Place Garibaldi on the Museum of Contemporary Arts . 
The ground floor of this building on the North side of Place Garibaldi is owned by Monoprix, a supermarket. . 
The tram takes you straight into the city center or to the north-eastern or north-western outskirts of Nice. For just one euro. . 
View from Place Garibaldi on Avenue Jean Jaurès, which separates the Old Town from the City Center. . |
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