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The following links are helpful in finding the ins and outs of both property purchase and life in Nice. Read on for mortgage, financial advice, rental, airline, hotel, lifestyle, media and plenty of practical sites. Please mention totallyNice when contacting the following parties.
French Mortgages
The Spectrum Group Leading English-speaking mortgage broker and financial adviser with offices in Sophia Antipolis, Villefranche sur Mer and across Europe. Our main contact Peter Brooke works across the Cote d’Azur and has saved countless totallyNice clients money on their purchase abroad Visit website
Barclays France Information-packed website from one of the UK's largest banks. Downloadable buying guides and lifestyle guides Visit website
Credit Foncier formerly Entenial The English-language website of France's largest mortgage lender. totallyNice have several personal contacts at the Nice branch Visit website
UCB Mortgages formerly Abbey National France Informative website with excellent downloads from the French arm of one of Britain's largest lenders Visit website
GE Capital Mortgages Comprehensive details about purchasing and buying-to-let in France, with further details on interest-only loans Visit website
Financial, legal and purchasing advice
Mortgage Payment Calculator A handy on-line calculator that works like a spreadsheet. Put what you think you can borrow into the calculator and see your repayments and terms. Visit website
HIFX Foreign Exchange Regularly voted the best foreign exchange service in Britain. Their currency conversion rates beat those of the banks and have saved scores of our clients money. They can also set up regular payments to your bank account in France. Visit website
French Taxes an authoritative overview of the French taxation system by Simon Huxford an English solicitor with Gordon S Blair Law Offices. Includes a section on wealth tax, inheritance tax and capital gains tax. Visit website
Purchasing Information An article by Carole Bayliss of Mortgagefrance.com explaining in detail the rules and regulations regarding purchasing in France. Visit website
PA and translation services Linda Johansson and Emelie Hullegard provide a professional PA service ranging from administration and travel itinerary arrangement through to catering and logistics. Their firm also specialises in translation in English, French, Spanish, German and Swedish. Rates start at €25 per hour. Visit website
Notaires Fees If your French is up to it, this site can be used for estimating the fees associated with French mortgages (frais de notaire etc.) This site above all others seems to provide very accurate figures for what can be a very complicated set of mathematical rules. Visit website
Rental Websites
Nice Apartments British-run property rental service with nine luxury properties to rent in the city Visit website
Holiday Rentals Europe's largest holiday rentals site where foreign purchasers post rental advertisements. A good website for checking rental incomes in Nice Visit website
Interhome The biggest managed rental website in Europe. Interhome charge a 20% fee for security, cleaning and key delivery for your French property Visit website
Airlines
easyJet Consistently the cheapest airline flying to and from Nice. Flights to seven UK airport including Gatwick, Luton, Belfast and Newcastle, plus daily takeoffs for Paris, Geneva, Berlin and others. Visit website
Sky Scanner A favourite website of our clients. Type in two destinations and Sky Scanner will search the cheapest flights that month on easyJet, BMI, Jet2 and countless others. Visit website
British Airways Flights to Nice from Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham Visit website
BMI One of the best airlines into Nice together with its subsidiary of BMIbaby. Also flies from Birmingham and Nottingham East Midlands airport Visit website
Jet2 Low fares airline with direct links from Leeds and Manchester Visit website
Fly Globespan Scotland's low cost airline. Inexpensive flights from both Glasgow and Edinburgh Visit website
Nice Airport A guide to Nice airport including a pictorial map of the terminals and bus stops, phone numbers of all the airlines operating from the airport, parking areas and prices and many more details, contact names and numbers.Visit website
EUJet One of the UK's newest budget airlines flying to Nice from Kent's Manston airport Visit website
Hotels in and around Nice
Expedia Well stocked search of Nice's hotels from the Negresco downwards. Special offers frequently available Visit website
Wotif.com A last-minute website with a selection of discounted Nice accommodation available in the next 14 days Visit website
Villa la Tour Boutique without intending to be, this charming Old Town hotel is a favourite among our visitors to Nice Visit website
Le Manoir de L'Etang Stylish, chic and relaxing. This is one of the most elegant small manor house hotels on the Riviera. The Le Manoir de L'Etang is set in four hectares of land and is an oasis tucked away from the bustle of the coast just behind Cannes. The Manoir also has a superb restaurant. Visit website
Hotel Suisse Luxury hotel with a homely feel on the edge of the Old Town. Fine views over the Bay des Anges Visit website
Hotel Beau Rivage A haven of modernism with a private beach. One of the best located hotels in Nice right on the Promenade des Anglais Visit website
Hi Hotel The Riviera's finest design hotel with boutique rooms constructed by local artists. Pool, gardens and cosmopolitan bar Visit website
Hotel Albert 1er Good value and superbly located landmark hotel. Pay extra for a room with a balcony and sea view Visit website
Riviera Media
Angloinfo The English-language resource for the French Riviera. Find tradesmen, buy and sell or search for activities Visit website
Network Riviera Hugely successful networking and socialising website for the French Riviera Visit website
Riviera Reporter Densely packed online newspaper with scores of links about life on the Cote d'Azur Visit website
Riviera Times One of several Riviera English-language newspapers. Plenty of classified ads Visit website
Lifestyle
Nice Tourisme Practical guide for every visit to Nice from the town's tourist board Visit website
Old Nice Directory for services in the Vieux Nice area of the city Visit website
All About Nice Popular and regularly updated website from a Liverpool family who have a second home in Nice Visit website
Les Petits Farcis Cookery tours of Nice's markets and boutique stores with guidebook author Rosa Jackson Visit website
Phobe is an artist from the Old Town of Nice who is gathering quite a reputation for her figurative male and female forms. After exhibitions in Paris and London her work has starting rising in value but at the moment is still good value. That is set to change as her reputation grows. Prices for her oil on canvas work starts at 450.00 euros. You can find her at 13 rue Droite, 06300, Vieux Nice. Tel 00 33 6 77 79 26 31 visit website
Yahoo Nice Incredibly detailed listings of things to do and places to stay in Nice Visit website
Practical Links
Nice Weather Five day weather forecasts from the BBC Visit website
Language Translator Google's helpful French to English translator Visit website
Currency Convertor Professional currency conversion Visit website
Nice Airport English version with real-time arrival and departure times Visit website
AngloPhone book An English Yellow Pages directory for tradesmen and services on the French Riviera Visit website
Pages Jaunes Easy to use French Yellow Pages Visit website
SNCF French trains website for trips along the coast and further afield Visit website
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