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Zen
provides a Japanese break from French cuisine. Interior seating is arranged around
the chef's stove, and the tasty specialties draw a strong following (€16 three-course
menu,
€8-13 sushi, open daily, 27 Rue d'Angleterre, tel. 04 93 82 41 20).
Note that most long-distance train connections to other French cities require a change in
Marseille. The Grande Ligne train to Bordeaux (serving Antibes, Cannes, Toulon, and Mar-
seille—and connecting from there to Arles, Nîmes, and Carcassonne) requires a reservation.
Rememberthatonregionalbuses(exceptonexpressairportbuses),manyone-wayridescost
€1—regardlessoflength(the€1ticketisgoodforupto74minutesoftravelinonedirection,
including transfers).
From Nice by Train to: Cannes
(2/hour, 30-40 minutes),
Antibes
(2/hour, 15-30
minutes),
Villefranche-sur-Mer
(2/hour,10minutes),
Eze-le-Village
(2/hour,15minutesto
Eze-Bord-de-Mer, then bus #83 to Eze, 8/day),
Monaco
(2/hour, 20 minutes)
Menton
(2/
hour,25minutes),
Grasse
(15/day,1.25hours),
Marseille
(18/day,2.5hours),
Arles
(11/day,
3.75-4.5 hours, most require transfer in Marseille or Avignon),
Avignon
(20/day, most by
TGV, 4 hours, most require transfer in Marseille),
Paris'
Gare de Lyon (hourly, 5.75 hours,
may require change; 11.5-hour night train goes to Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz),
Munich
(4/day,
12.5-14hourswith2-4transfers,longernighttrainspossible,someviaItaly),
Interlaken
(6/
day,9-10hours,2-5transfers),
Florence
(6/day,7-9hours,1-3transfers),
Venice
(5/day,8-9
hours,allrequiretransfers),
Barcelona
(1/dayviaMontpellier,10hours,morewithmultiple
changes).
From Nice by Bus to: Cannes
(#200, 4/hour Mon-Sat, 2-3/hour Sun, 1.5-1.75 hours),
Antibes
(#200, 4/hour Mon-Sat, 2-3/hour Sun, 1-1.5 hours),
Villefranche-sur-Mer
(#100,
4/hour Mon-Sat, 3/hour Sun, 20 minutes; or #81, 2-4/hour, 20 minutes),
St-Jean-Cap-Fer-
rat
(#81, 2-4/hour, 35 minutes),
Eze-le-Village
(#82 or #112, 16/day Mon-Sat, 8/day Sun,
40 minutes),
La Turbie
(#116 or #T-66, 5/day Mon-Sat, 7/day Sun, 45 minutes),
Monaco
(#100, 4/hour Mon-Sat, 3/hour Sun, 45 minutes),
Menton
(#100, 4/hour Mon-Sat, 3/hour
Sun, 1.25 hours),
St-Paul-de-Vence
(#400, every 30-45 minutes, 45 minutes),
Vence
(#400,
every 30-45 minutes, 50 minutes),
Grasse
(#500, every 30-45 minutes, 1.25 hours).
Nice's easy-to-navigate airport (Aéroport de Nice Côte d'Azur; airport code: NCE) is on the
Mediterranean, a 20- to 30-minute drive west of the city center. Planes leave roughly hourly
for Paris (one-hour flight, about the same price as a train ticket, check
www.easyjet.com
for
