This figure-eight walk in the Fabron district allows you to see the municipal archives, the Castle of Barla and the Abbey of Roseland and to travel through pretty paths and alleys.
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A Nice hike created on Tuesday February 16, 2021 by Francois Marchais. Update: Wednesday 07 April 2021-
Return starting point: Yes
A pied
Commune :
Nice
(06100|06300|06200|06)
Departure : N 43.688229 ° / E 7.234585 °
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Description of the hike
Best parking on Avenue de Fabron.
(D/A) Start at the crossroads between Avenue de Fabron and Chemin de l’Archet. Go up Avenue de Fabron on the left for 100 m and reach the entrance to the municipal archives park.
(1) Walk around the park and the basin facing the municipal archives.
(1) Exit through the same gate and take Avenue de Fabron on the left until you reach a roundabout. Opportunity here to visit the Anatole Jakovsky Naive Art Museum and admire the many sculptures in the park open to the public.
(2) At the roundabout, take the second street on the left and go to the gate of the Castle of Barla which is today the seat of the Peruvian consulate. Retrace your steps to the roundabout.
(2) Enter the Parc Carol de Romania on the left. Follow a tarmac road that runs along the park to the right and exit through the mini-golf restaurant.
Follow Avenue de Fabron to the right and cross it with caution to join Boulevard Napoléon III. At the T-junction, go right, still Boulevard Napoléon III.
(3) Pass over Chemin de l’Archet and take Avenue de Mesnil on the right at the end of Boulevard Napoléon III. Go down Avenue de Mesnil to join Avenue de Fabron, which you leave immediately to turn left onto Chemin des Grottes. At the end of this path, take a staircase on the left which leads to Boulevard de l’Impératrice Eugénie.
(4) Go up Boulevard de l’Impératrice Eugénie and in a bend to the right arrive at the top of a staircase on the left which is in fact Chemin de l’Archet.
Go down this staircase and the path which winds between two residences. Make a few switchbacks and end up alongside the Residence of the Abbey of Roselonad.
(5) Turn right and cross the road. Turn left onto Chemin de l’Archet and walk alongside Roseland Abbey, listed as a historical monument and owned by the city of Nice.
Cross a road again and descend further stairs to arrive at Chemin de l’Archet.
(3) Pass under Boulevard Napoléon III and follow Chemin de l’Archet to Avenue de Fabron and the car park (D/A).
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Waypoints:
D/A : km 0 – alt. 21m – Avenue de Fabron
1 : km 0.1 – alt. 26m – Entrance to the municipal archives
2 : km 0.78 – alt. 34m – Roundabout on avenue de Fabron
3 : km 1.69 – alt. 47m – Boulevard Napoléon III – Chemin de l’Archet
4 : km 2.66 – alt. km 2.66 57m – Arrival on Boulevard Impératrice Eugénie
5 : km 3.67 – alt. km 3.67 81m – Roseland Abbey (Nice)
D/A : km 4.23 – alt. 21m – Avenue de Fabron
Useful information
Bus 34 stops at the bottom of Boulevard de Cambrai.
Tram stop on Avenue de la Californie.
Always be careful and foresight when hiking. Visorando and the author of this sheet cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident or any inconvenience occurring on this circuit.
During the hike or nearby
(1) Municipal archives: the archives building was built from 1873 by the Nice architect Biasini.
The descriptions and the GPS track of this circuit remain the property of their author. Not copy them without his autorisation.
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