Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tourist office
Airport tourist information desk
(Terminal 1; 8am-9pm, closed Sun Oct-May);
main tourist office
(
www.nicetourisme.com
; 5 promenade des Anglais;
8am-8pm Mon-Sat,
9am-7pm Sun);
train station
(av Thiers;
8am-8pm Mon-Sat, 9am-7pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
Air
the city centre. A free
shuttle
(
every 10min 4.30am-midnight)
connects its two
terminals.
Train
Gare Nice Ville
(av Thiers)
is 1.2km north of the beach. There are frequent services
to coastal towns, including Antibes (€4, 30 minutes), Cannes (€6.50, 40 minutes),
Menton (€4.50, 35 minutes), Monaco (€3.40, 20 minutes) and St-Raphaël (€11, 50
minutes). Direct TGV trains link Nice with Paris' Gare de Lyon (€115, 5½ hours).
Getting Around
To/From the Airport
Ligne d'Azur operates two airport buses; the €4 ticket is then valid on other buses
for the entire day. Route 99 departs Gare Nice Ville and goes directly to the airport
every half-hour from 8am to 9pm daily. Route 98 departs from the bus station every
20 minutes (every 30 minutes on Sunday), making stops en route along the Prom-
enade des Anglais, from 6am to 9pm.
Taxis from the airport to the city centre cost €25 to €30, depending on the time of
day.
Tram
Nice's sleek new trams are ideal for getting around. Line 1 runs a V-shaped northw-
est-south-northeast itinerary from 4.30am to 1.30am, serving convenient areas
such as the train station, old town and the Acropolis in the centre.
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