2 Best Shopping in The French Riviera, France

France's third-largest regroupment of antiques collectors forms a triangle from Place Garibaldi to the port (Quai Papacino) and along Rue Catherine Ségruane at the bottom of the château. Shops along Rue Antoine Gautier and Rue Emmanuel Philibert are worth exploring, as is Marché aux Puces de Nice, an emporium with 30 stalls under one roof in Quai Lunel. In addition, Place Garibaldi hosts a morning antiques market on the third Saturday of the month.

Unless you have a very large suitcase, you'll probably do more looking than buying at this intriguing antiques shop that specializes in navigational tools, ship lanterns, and other nautical accoutrements of yesteryear.