When I unexpectedly needed to stay for a night in Nice I walked into the Hotel Harvey to be greeted by the receptionist, a Nicoise who exuded charm and spoke perfect English, a fairly rare combination in hotels in Nice. She offered a choice of rooms and I picked the more expensive one on the fifth floor; very large, bright and sparklingly clean.
Although I only had a few hours in the hotel as I had an early flight, I thought it represented extremely good value for money. My room overlooked the Avenue Suede which was very quiet. I imagine those over the Rue Massena, at the back of the hotel would be much noisier. I had no problem with noise from other rooms, although there were the very distant sounds of a female who seemed to enjoying herself in some way.
In this unusually cool June I had no need for aircon but I suspect that it might not be terribly effective as it is an old, built in system. In my experience modern units which have been added in recent years tend to work better and more quietly.
I picked the Harvey mainly because it was so close to the bus stop for the airport. When I appeared in reception at 5.15am the night porter pressed me to stop long enough for a coffee and obviously felt that he had failed in his duty of hospitality when I refused. I am not in the habit of wandering the streets at 5.30 and was surprised how many people were around, mainly those going to prepare breakfast and clean hotel rooms but also a fair smattering of couples returning from their night out.











