New Year’s Eve in Paris

If you’re going to be in Paris on New Year’s Eve, you are very lucky. Whether you’re on a budget or don’t know what a budget is, there are plenty of options for ringing in the new year in Paris.

For the Budget Traveler: New Year’s Eve Paris

Can’t afford to pay up for a big party at a club? No worries. The best way to spend New Year’s Eve in Paris is actually free. Every year huge crowds gather on the Champs Elysees to drink Champagne, which stores sell as cheaply as water for the festivities. The holiday lights on the trees that line the avenue make for a beautiful atmosphere for New Year’s Eve in Paris, too.

For the Traveler with No Budget: New Year’s Eve Paris

If money is no object for your New Year’s Eve in Paris, you can go for a show at the Moulin Rouge or party at Lido (around 500 euros per person). Clubs like Buddha Bar and Queen also put on parties for the evening.

If you prefer a quiet New Year’s Eve in Pars, a romantic dinner cruise on the Seine (around 300 euros per person) is the perfect choice.

Cheap Flights from Paris and Nice to Other European Cities

Air France A380
Air France A380

Getting from Paris or Nice to other European cities without spending a lot of money is easy. Low-cost carriers like easyJet and Ryanair fly from both cities, often with extremely low fares.

Cheap Flights from Nice to Other European Cities
– easyJet: Barcelona, Basel, Belfast (International), Berlin, Bordeaux, Bristol, Brussels, Edinburgh, Geneva, Lille, Liverpool, London (Gatwick, Luton, Stansted), Lyon, Nantes, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Olbia, Paris (Charles de Gaulle and Orly), Rome (Fiumicino), Toulouse, and Venice

– Aer Lingus: Dublin

– Air Berlin: Dusseldorf

– Blu-Express: Catania, Rome

– Blue Air: Bucharest

– Flybe: Exeter, Southampton

– Germanwings: Cologne, Hamburg

– Jet2.com: Nottingham/East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester

– Jetairfly: Chalons, Brussels (Charleroi), Marrakech

– Monarch: Birmingham

– Norwegian Air Shuttle: Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg (Landvetter), Helsinki, London (Gatwick), Oslo (Gardermoen), Sandefjord Stavanger, Stockholm (Arlanda), Trondheim

– Niki: Vienna

– Ryanair: Dublin

– Transavia: Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam

– Vueling: Barcelona

Cheap Flights from Paris to Other European Cities
Cheap Flights from Charles de Gaulle airport (GDG):

– Aer Lingus: Cork, Dublin

– easyJet: Agadir, Ajaccio, Barcelona, Bari, Bastia, Belfast (International), Biarritz, Bologna, Bristol, Budapest, Casablanca, Catania, Copenhagen, Corfu, Edinburgh, Fes, Geneva, Glasgow (International), Heraklion, Ibiza, Krakow, Lisbon, Liverpool, London (Luton), Madrid, Malaga, Marrakech, Menorca, Milan (Malpensa), Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Prague, Split, Tangier, Toulouse, Venice (Marco Polo), Verona

– Flybe: Belfast (City), Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow (International), Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham/East Midlands

– Jet2.com: Leeds/Bradford, Manchester

– Niki: Vienna

– Vueling: Madrid, Santiago de Compostela

Cheap Flights from Orly airport (ORY):

– Air Berlin: Berlin

– easyJet: Athens, Berlin, Brindisi, Cagliari, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Milan (Linate), Mykonos, Naples, Nice, Pisa, Olbia, Palermo, Rhodes, Rome (Fiumicino), Toulouse, Venice (Marco Polo)

– Flybe: Southampton

– Norwegian Air Shuttle: Bergen, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo (Gardermoen)

– Vueling: Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Casablanca, Florence, Ibiza, Lisbon, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Rome (Fiumicino), Seville, Valencia

Cheap Flights from Beauvais airport (BVA):

Air Moldova: Chisinau

Blue Air: Bacau, Bucharest (Henri Coanda)

Ryanair: Barcelona, Bari, Bologna, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fez, Girona, Glasgow (Prestwick), Krakow, Madrid, Malaga, Marrakech, Nador, Pisa, Santander, Tangier, Turin, Venice (Treviso)

Ryanair: Alicante, Bergamo, Beziers, Brindisi, Budapest, Cagliari, Carcassonne, Faro, Gothenburg (City), Marseilles, Moss, Palma de Mallorca, Pescara, Porto, Pula, Rome (Ciampino), Seville, Stockholm (Skavsta), Tenerife (South), Trapani, Valencia, Vilnius, Warsaw (Modlin), Wroclaw, Zadar, Zaragoza

Wizz Air: Belgrade, Bucharest (Henri Coanda), Cluj-Napoca, Gdansk, Katowice, Sofia, Targu Mures, Poznan, Timisoara, Vilnius, Warsaw (Modlin), Wroclaw

Socca de Nice

Plate of Socca
Socca

Dating back to the 19th Centry, socca, or Socca de Nice, is a large French pancake that is cut into squares and eaten with salt and pepper.

Socca is made from chick-pea flour, water, olive oil, salt, and pepper. It is cooked on a copper plaque in a wood-fired oven. Socca has a savory flavor, and is a popular snack food.

Long a Provencal specialty, Socca de Nice was originally associated with the working classes. Today socca is sold by restaurants and street vendors and enjoyed by people from all socioeconomic strata.

In Nice, you can find socca in many establishments in the old town.