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At the Musée Matisse, capture the sensitivity of the works of the Fauvist painter. From your Première Classe Nice Promenade des Anglais hotel, head north towards the north of the city, on Cimiez hill. Created in 1963, the Musée Matisse is housed in a 17th century Genoese villa. The collection is the result of several donations, the first of which was made by Matisse himself in 1953. It included furniture, objects and around thirty paintings. With this donation, Matisse wanted to add to the collection of a museum of modern art whose approach appealed to him. The collection retraces the artist's journey, from his first famous paintings such as Luxe, calme et volupté, to the famous gouache paper cut-outs such as Nu bleu IV, via Fenêtre à Tahiti or Liseuse à la table jaune. A set of everyday objects that accompanied the artist throughout his life completes the collection. A pioneer of Fauvism, Matisse made several trips to Italy, Spain, Morocco, and especially Tahiti. These trips nourish his paintings. From 1917, he settled in Nice where he lived for half the year until the end of his life. Fascinated by the light and the blue of the sea, he produced numerous works from his Nice workshops, from which great sensuality emerges.

Enjoy an inspired experience at the Marc Chagall National Museum. Located in the heart of Nice, the Marc Chagall National Museum is the only museum dedicated to the painter in the world and the most visited in Nice. Starting from your Première Classe Nice Promenade des Anglais hotel, venture away from the coastline and into the city center. The museum was founded following the donation by Marc Chagall of his 17 large canvases of the Biblical Message, originally intended for the decoration of a chapel in Vence, where the painter had bought a house. Originally commissioned by the painter to be a house or a place of spirituality, the museum was set up by André Malraux and designed by the architect André Hermant. On entering the museum, you are welcomed into a garden where Mediterranean flora plays a predominant role. Smell the scent of pines, olive trees, cypresses and holm oaks and caress the agapanthus trees. Stroll through this white and blue garden and admire the mosaic of the prophet Elijah, created by Chagall, which is reflected in the basin. Then discover the museum's collection and let yourself be touched by the mystical aura of this painter for whom the Bible was an inexhaustible source of inspiration.