Villa Saint-Exupéry Beach Hostel

Nice


Five blocks in from the beach, this long-standing, centrally located city hostel has plenty of pluses: bar, kitchen, gym, sauna, ping-pong, games room and friendly multilingual staff. Dorms sleeping four to 16 all come equipped with private en-suite bathrooms, and there's a host of activities on offer, including yoga, sailing, scuba diving, canyoning and free city walking tours.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nice attractions

1. Promenade du Paillon

0.27 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…

3. Cours Saleya Markets

0.34 MILES

Split between its beautiful flower market and rightly famous food market. On Mondays, flowers and food make way for a flea market.

5. Palais Lascaris

0.36 MILES

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

6. Vieux Nice

0.4 MILES

Getting lost among the dark, narrow, winding alleyways of Nice’s old town is a highlight. The layout has barely changed since the 1700s, and it’s now…

7. Plage Publique des Ponchettes

0.4 MILES

Right opposite Vieux Nice, this is generally the busiest beach of all, with oiled bodies either baking in the sun or punching a ball on the beach…