The story of the Promenade des Anglais
In the 1820s, after a harsh winter left local workers without jobs, the wealthy English families who wintered in Nice paid for a coastal path along the bay. Locals called it the "Camin dei Inglès", the English Way, and in 1844 the city officially named it the Promenade des Anglais.
Grand hotels and villas followed, including the pink-domed Hôtel Negresco in 1913. The blue seafront chairs became a symbol of the city, and in 2021 Nice was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list as the "Winter Resort Town of the Riviera".
