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Nice Port Ferry Overview
Nice is a city in southern France located on the Mediterranean coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy. The city is a major tourist centre and a leading resort on the French Riviera. It is the historical capital city of the County of Nice.
The port of Nice is also known as Lympia port. This name comes from the Lympia spring which fed a small lake in a marshy zone where work on the port was started in 1745. Today this is the principal harbour installation of Nice although there is also a small port in the Carras district. The port is the first port cement manufacturer in France, linked to the treatment plants of the rollers of the valley of Paillon.
Fishing activities remain but the number of professional fishermen is now less than 10. Nice, being the point of continental France nearest to Corsica, has ferry connections with the island developed with the arrival of NGV (navires à grande vitesse) or high-speed craft. Two companies provide the connections, SNCM and Corsica Ferries. Located in front of the port, the Place Cassini has been renamed Place of Corsica. |