Do we still find a hotel room in Nice in the heart of August? In the heart of a season “Exceptional”according to the term used by Bruno Mercadal, the representative of the Hotel Federation Catering Tourism Nice-Côte d’Azur? With “A occupancy rate around 90-95 %,” Most city hotels are crowded. Confirmation on the specialized site Booking.com with this warning: “96 % of establishments are not available on our site on your dates.”
We searched yesterday a room for two people, to accommodate us this evening in one of the 200 hotels in the city, according to the tourist office.
First observation: we struggled. Second observation: in addition to being rare, the last rooms leave quickly. And prices are evolving just as quickly: often the prices displayed in the middle of the afternoon had increased even before the start of the evening.
So how much is a night in Nice right now? Response elements.
No stars at less than 135 euros
129 euros: this is the price of the cheapest room that we have disgusted. In Hotel Lyonnais, no stars but a “Ideal location” (rue de Russia), “Close to the city center”praise the different booking platforms. Yesterday, the establishment was almost complete for tonight.
Barely more expensive, and of a higher standing -but also more out of the way -, the hotel -restaurant Isidore Nice Ouest. This 3-star of the Var plain offers rooms from 135 euros with breakfast.
Closer to the beaches, a room at the Ibis Nice Airport hotel (Promenade des Anglais), a 2-Etoiles noted 8/10 by Booking.com users, returns to 144 euros.
Not much more expensive for a 3-star in town
What if we go upmarket? The choice is not wider and the prices, barely higher. As in Nice-Nord, where the Villa Rose hotel (avenue Bellevue) balances its last free rooms at 148 euros with breakfast.
In the city center, behind the basilica, the Bristol hotel (rue Paganini) is accessible for 170 euros per night. Port district, count 185 euros for a room at the Hôtel du Pin (on the place of the same name).
Large price of prices in 4-stickers
The cheapest 4-star we found? Villa Bougainville by Happyculture (avenue Thiers) at 227 euros per night. The last room available at the Yelo on avenue Jean-Médecin made ten euros more.
At Best Western (rue Gioffredo), the room is 326 euros. For sea view, you have to pay 443 euros to the Radisson Blu (Promenade des Anglais).
Finally, the Pérouse (in Rauba-Capeù) offers rooms from 709 euros.
Nights at almost 1,000 euros in the 5-star
What about luxury hotels? The Hyatt Regency of the Palais de la Méditerranée offered its last room at 1,484 euros yesterday afternoon. Time to take out the credit card, it had passed us under the nose …
But all the luxury hotels in the city do not display complete: we could still find accommodation at the Boscolo for 549 euros, at the Anantara-Plaza for 715 euros, at Negresco for 818 euros, at Maison Albar-the Victoria for 829 euros or at the Hotel du convent for 890 euros.
The alternative of youth hostels
At the youth hostels, all ages are welcome. These collective housing is more affordable, even if prices triple during the summer. The shared dormitories of the Hostel Baccarat (rue d’Angleterre) are accessible from 45 euros.
More intimate, the individual rooms of the Simple Stay (Boulevard Raimbaldi), the cheapest we found, are at 133 euros. But the places are rare: most of the youth hostels display full until September.
On seasonal rental platforms, there are also several hundred accommodation. The cheapest room (at an individual)? She was, yesterday, at 98 euros.