Villa La Belle Époque

This is where we are living in the district of Carré d'Or three blocks north of the Mediterranean and down the street from the famous Hotel Negresco. Our apartment, called the Garden Terrace, is the one on the main floor to the left with the open shutters. Brian's is the one below ours, but you can't see it because of the fence. I wrote about the interesting history of this building in a previous blog, but neglected to include pictures.

Villa La Belle Époque (1906) 

Another view. I quite like the building to the right as well although it looks like it is closed for the winter.

The entrance to our building.

Our foyer - I love the original tile work on the floors.

There is a beautiful circular marble staircase with decorative iron railing leading to the second floor of apartments. There are also some beautiful stained glass windows as you can see.

Inside our apartment there is a salon with windows that open onto two small Juliet balconies.

This is the original marble fireplace with an antique mirror above.

Our small eating area off the kitchen. Double doors also open onto the garden terrace.

The well equipped kitchen includes a dishwasher and a washing machine which we have used frequently.

Our bedroom.

There is an ensuite with double sinks and a shower but no toilet. The other bathroom with a toilet, sink and shower is just to the left off the kitchen.

A Belle Époque building that we enjoy looking at from our kitchen window.

Yet another gorgeous building across from ours.

The famous Hotel Negresco. It is a landmark in Nice on the north side of the Promenade Anglais.

Not a bad place to "hang your hat" for seven weeks - n'est-ce pas?