Botanical Gardens Nice small (it takes three hectares) and is quite young - the first plants were planted in 1983, gave the seeds of a local museum of natural history. For the public garden was opened in 1991. Today his collection includes more than 3,500 species of plants. Location of the garden is very attractive: it is located on a hill overlooking the magnificent panorama of the mouth of the river Var, which borders the west of Nice, and the Esterel hills near Cannes.

Basically, the garden is the plants that live in a Mediterranean climate - not only on the shores of the Mediterranean, but also in California, Chile, South Africa and Australia. There are justifiably proud collection of agaves - lovers of succulents happy to examine many kinds of plants. An important part of the garden is a section dedicated to Sage: medicinal shrub widely represented here, its blossoms ranging from the usual blue and white to orange and purple (at the African species). Another collection that in the botanical garden very isolated - cypress. There cypresses from Australia and New Caledonia.

Garden, terraces down the hill, is divided into eight zones with different groups of plants: aromatic, medicinal, even poisonous. Visitors passing through these areas, admiring the trees and flowers in their natural habitat. Here and there you can see the broken or dead branches, but it should not be surprising - employees Garden studying plants in the course of their ordinary life.

Entrance to the garden is free. It also distribute free visuals showing how to look 35 protected plants found in Nice and the surrounding area (eg, tulip Clusius, carob or squill). This useful initiative helps visitors identify the protected plant on time and not break a precious flower, violating this law.