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    Nice

    Just 23km from the Italian border, France’s fifth-largest city is also the sunniest corner of the country – a fact not lost on artists like Matisse, Picasso and Chagall who were all drawn here by the city’s beauty. Shuttered townhouses mimic the colours of ice cream in their faded paintwork, and gilt finishings show the city’s early outbursts of frivolity. In Nice, the sun shines more than 300 days a year and joggers, cyclists, dog walkers and rollerbladers pass by in a constant parade that ends only after nightfall. (Lottie Davies)

Nice

Just 23km from the Italian border, France’s fifth-largest city is also the sunniest corner of the country – a fact not lost on artists like Matisse, Picasso and Chagall who were all drawn here by the city’s beauty. Shuttered townhouses mimic the colours of ice cream in their faded paintwork, and gilt finishings show the city’s early outbursts of frivolity. In Nice, the sun shines more than 300 days a year and joggers, cyclists, dog walkers and rollerbladers pass by in a constant parade that ends only after nightfall. (Lottie Davies)

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