NICK PAPADOPOULOS PHOTOGRAPHS

EUROPE: Cote D'Azur

The picturesque port of Nice, the capital of the Cote D'Azur, in southern France.
   
The Matisse Museum, located on Cimiez hill, is housed in a 17th-century Genoese villa.
   
The entranceway to the spectacular Villa Kerylos, a mansion built in 1902 by the German Hellenist Theodore Reinach. The villa is a reproduction of those found on the Greek island of Delos in the 2nd-century B.C.
     
  
Olives on sale at the famous Cours Saleya street market. Olives and olive oil form a large part of the "Nicois" diet.
   
Nice's Italianate 'Old City' is a labyrinth of winding streets and ochre- and yellow-painted buildings.
   
Part of the coastal strip made glamorous by the rich and famous.
     
  
The Matisse Museum, located on Cimiez hill, is housed in a 17th-century Genoese villa.
   
The Cours Saleya street market is one of the city's biggest tourist attractions.
  
Luxury villas dot the coastal strip made glamorous by the rich and famous.
     
  
Caramelized fruits and sweets on sale at the famous Cours Saleya street market.
   
A statue above a tomb in one of the city's cemeteries.
   
Elderly 'Nicois' rest atop Cimiez hill, a giant park filled with olive, pine and cypress trees.
     
  
Elegant mansions fight for space on the principality's craggy cliffs against hotels and high-rise apartment blocks.
   
Spectacular views of the city can be seen from the ruins of a castle overlooking the harbour.
   
Nice's Italianate 'Old City' is a labyrinth of winding streets and ochre-red and yellow buildings.
     
  
The 13th-century royal palace towers over the principality and its yacht-filled harbour.