Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Train
Services run about every 20 minutes east to Menton (€2, 15 minutes) and west to
Nice (€3.60, 25 minutes). Access to the
station
is through pedestrian tunnels and escalat-
ors from 6 av Prince Pierre de Monaco, pont Ste-Dévote, place Ste-Dévote and bd de la
Belgique. The last trains leave around 11pm.
Getting Around
BUS
Monaco's urban bus system has five lines, bizarrely numbered one to six without the
three. Line 2 links Monaco Ville to Monte Carlo and then loops back to the Jardin
Exotique. Line 4 links the train station with the tourist office, the casino and Plage du Lar-
votto. Tickets are €1.
Night Bus
The
Bus de Soirée
(9.20pm to 12.30am) follows one big loop around town;
service is extended to 4am on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are €1.
Lifts
A system of escalators and public lifts links the steep streets. They operate either 24
hours or 6am to midnight or 1am.
Taxi
Call
Taxi Monégasque Prestige
( 08 20 20 98 98;
WALKING FROM CAP D'AIL TO MENTON
With the exception of in Monaco, you can walk the 13km between Cap d'Ail and Menton without passing a car.
The
Sentier du Littoral
follows the rugged coastline from the hedonistic
Plage Mala
(a tiny gravel cove where a
couple of restaurants double as private beach and cocktail bars) in Cap d'Ail to
Plage Marquet
in the Fontvieille
neighbourhood of Monaco. The path then picks up at the other end of Monaco, in
Larvotto
, from where you can
walk to Menton along the beaches and wooded shores of Cap Martin, including the beautiful
Plage Buse
.
The walk is easy going but visitors should note that the stretch of coast between Monaco and Cap d'Ail is inac-
cessible in bad weather. The path is well signposted and you can easily walk small sections or make a day trip out
of it, including beach stops and lunch in Monaco. If you don't fancy walking through Monaco you can catch bus
6, which takes you from Larvotto to Fontvieille.
