District of Nice
Cimiez
The winterers’ hill, from the Régina to the Roman arena.
Life here
Cimiez
By La Gazette de la Promenade
Cimiez is a hill you climb, and the higher you go the quieter it becomes. The avenues are wide and planted, lined with Belle Époque palaces; the city stays below, with its noise.
This is where the winterers built their grand hotels, long since converted into residences. The Régina is the flagship: Matisse lived and worked there. The quarter keeps from that era its tall entrance halls, its gardens, a way of taking one's time.
Daily life gathers around the gardens: the arenas and Roman ruins of Cemenelum, the Musée Matisse in its red villa, the olive grove where families settle on Sundays, the monastery and its gardens turned towards the city.
On the market side, Cimiez shows a median price of €6,390 per m² for the first half of 2026. Buyers come for the large apartments in the Belle Époque palaces, the high ceilings, the calm and the trees. Properties change hands slowly: one settles in Cimiez to stay.
The district in figures
6 390€/m²
Average price per m²
+9 %
Over five years
30min on foot
To the sea
18min on foot
To the station
Median price per m², H1 2026, Maison Masséna market study (source OIH / notaires, Alpes-Maritimes).
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Have your property valuedFrequently asked questions
- What is the price per m² in Cimiez?
- The median price is €6,390 per m² in the first half of 2026 (Maison Masséna study).
- Why live in Cimiez?
- For the calm of a leafy residential hill, set back from the front de mer. Cimiez keeps its Belle Époque setting, from the Régina, where Matisse lived, to the Roman arenas.
- What kind of buildings are found in Cimiez?
- Belle Époque palaces converted into flats, such as the Régina, and residences set in gardens. The Roman arenas recall the hill's older history.