Restaurants & Nightlife
Provence is known to offer uniquely decorated restaurants and bistros, with a cuisine for varied tastes. This makes the nightlife unique as well and even adds to the exhilarating experience.
Restaurants
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Le Bistro Latin
Info: The best little bistro in Aix-en-Provence offers two intimate dining rooms, a street-level room and another in the cellar decorated in Greco-Latin style.
Location: 18 Rue de la Couronne, Aix-en-Provence
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Christian Etienne
Info: Christian Etienne manages to be formal without losing any of the lightness and charm of Provence, in a building dating back to the 12th century that overlooks the papal palace. This is special occasion dining, even if the special occasion is simply to have a lunch or dinner to remember, cooked by one of the region’s star chefs.
Location: 10 Rue Mons, Avignon
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Le Petit Paris
Info: Le Petit Paris on Rue des Belges is a simple French brasserie with neat wooden tables and no-nonsense decor. Locals roll up for non-stop salads, steaks and cups of coffee.
Location: Rue des Belges, Cannes
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La Kahena
Info: This is one of the busiest and most-respected Tunisian restaurants in the city, a two-room enclave of savory North African aromas. The menu lists 10 varieties of couscous, including versions with lamb, chicken, fish, the savory sausages known as merguez, and a complete version that includes a little bit of each of those ingredients.
Location: 2 Rue de la Republique, Marseille
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Le Tire-Bouchon
Info: The Bordeaux-wine-colored walls and tablecloths set the scene at Le Tire-Bouchon in Old Nice. A well-established restaurant, it is popular with local residents and a good choice for a romantic dinner. It offers specialties of south-western France such as foie gras, onion soup with a crusty top and cassoulet.
Location: 19 Rue de la Prefecture, Nice
Nightlife
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New Croisette
Info: Join the young crowd drinking champagne and virgin coladas or eating paninis and salads at New Croisette on Rue du Commandant Andre. This busy café-bar has wooden panelling, green benches and director’s chairs that spill out onto the pavement.
Location: Rue du Commandant Andre, Cannes
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Red Zone
Info: The Red Zone is one of Avignon’s most vibrant nightclubs. DJs spin a mix of dance, electronic, hip-hop and R&B from Thursday to Saturday night. Monday is dedicated to African rhythms and live bands usually play on a Wednesday.
Location: 27 rue Carnot, Avignon
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The New Can Can
Info: A broad and sprawling bar and disco venue that, at least in Marseille, seems to be everybody’s favorite dance club venue. Technically, the place identifies as a mostly gay venue, but frankly, it gets so many heterosexuals that the gender-specific definitions that dominate many of the town’s other nightclubs are practically moot.
Location: 3-5 Rue Senac, Marseille
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La Bodeguita del Havana
Info: La Bodeguita del Havana is a lively Latin bar in Central Nice. It’s popular with both locals and tourists, who come here for tequilas, tapas and dancing to salsa, groove and reggae.
Location: 14 Rue Chavin, Nice