Every year, there are thousands of visitors who travel to Nice to enjoy a pleasant holiday by the seaside with their family. While family holidays might prove to be a bit tedious to plan, Nice is definitely one of the best destinations in the world to bring children and even pets. Here is a brief guide on how to enjoy your family holiday in Nice.

When travelling with family to Nice, it is a good idea to plan out the itinerary beforehand to ensure that all details are ironed out. The city offers tourists a number of recreational and cultural activities and one place that must definitely be visited when in Nice is the Castle Hill. This is a fortified enclosure, which is not only fun to explore, but also offers some breathtaking views of the famous Promenade des Angles as well as the old port.

If you and your children know how to ride a bicycle or skate you will be able to enjoy the fun activities at the Promenade des Angles which offers bike rides down the streets. This is an activity sure to be enjoyed by adventure lovers and one can easily rent a bike or roller skates from one of the many agencies across the Promenade depending on what you want to do.

You can also take a stroll through Old Nice, and discover the history and architecture of the region while visiting the many shops and little restaurants there. For people who enjoy visiting museums, a visit to the Musee International D’art Naif Anatole Jakovsky is sure to provide your children with many hours of entertainment. This includes workshops that take place here that cover various aspects of art like sculpture, painting and photography. There is also an excellent display of native paintings that are displayed at the museum.

You can also take your family to Bambou, a private beach area with swimming pools and a playground. The children will be able to play as much as they like here while you enjoy swimming and sunbathing.
Since family travel usually involves children, it is important to plan the trip well in advance to ensure that all the necessary arrangements have been made. It is best to book accommodation as soon as the travel plans have been finalised since this will ensure that you and your family will get the best possible rates on the accommodation of your choice in Nice.

If you think group travel is a bit of a hassle, wait till you have to travel with a toddler in tow. Not that they are a burden but knowing toddlers, they don’t stand for boredom, they don’t stand for patience, and they don’t stand for discomfort. But can you blame them? Therefore, in order to travel peacefully with toddlers in tow, here are a couple of things to remember. List down everything that your toddler needs when traveling and let’s get ticking on that checklist of yours.

Away from home. Kids thrive in a familiar environment and the reason why some kids have security objects like pacifier, bolsters, dolls, or blankets. These are objects that they form an intense attachment too. Because traveling takes them out of their own comfort zone, they might need these objects even more, so, if your toddler has a security object, don’t forget to bring it along. If you can’t find it or it gets lost during your travel, bring a back-up or a replacement. However, it is to be noted that most kids will have a difficult time adjusting or accepting a replacement but when push comes to shove, they WILL learn how to love the replacement the same way they love the original. There is no other choice, you see.

There’s no washing machine, so bring some extra change of clothes. For the adults, we can survive on bare minimal clothing. With toddlers, you can say the same thing. You’ll never know with spills and accidents. So, when you pack for your travel, be sure to stuff a few more extra clothing in there. The younger the child is, the more clothes you will need. Otherwise, be prepared to run around in search of laundrettes.

When kids are bored, they get mean. With minimal patience, it is common to have toddlers be on their worst behavior when traveling. Especially when they are bored. So, be smart. Bring along tons of distractions for them and be ready to reel in your temper too. Try bringing paper, books, notepads, storybooks, market pens, crayons, small toys and some other little surprises. Kids will spend more time with the ‘little surprises’ because it is something new to them. It doesn’t even have to be anything elaborate. You should see how toddlers learn the magic of a normal deck of cards – just be mindful about them chewing off parts of the cards.