Chez Pipo

Nice


Everyone says the best socca (chickpea-flour pancakes) can be found in the old town, but don’t believe them – this place near Port Lympia has been in the biz since 1923 and, for our money, knocks socca-shaped spots off anywhere else in Nice.


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Nearby Nice attractions

1. Port Lympia

0.13 MILES

Nice’s Port Lympia, with its beautiful Venetian-coloured buildings, is often overlooked. But a stroll along its quays is lovely, as is the walk to get…

2. Place Garibaldi

0.28 MILES

Named for Nice-born Italian nationalist and military hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, this grand square was a military parade ground at the time of its creation…

3. Galerie Lympia

0.35 MILES

Nice's coolest new gallery space is housed in this former galley slaves' prison down by the port. Opened in 2017 by the Alpes-Maritimes' departmental…

5. Colline du Château

0.41 MILES

For the best views over Nice’s red-tiled rooftops, climb the winding staircases up to this wooded outcrop on the eastern edge of the old town. It’s been…

6. Palais Lascaris

0.45 MILES

Baroque Palais Lascaris is a 17th-century mansion housing a frescoed orgy of Flemish tapestries, faience and gloomy religious paintings, along with a…

7. Promenade du Paillon

0.5 MILES

It’s hard to imagine that this beautifully landscaped park was once a bus station, a multistorey car park and an ill-loved square. Completed in October…