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(2/hour, 25 minutes), Grasse (15/day, 1.25 hours), Marseille (18/day, 2.5 hours), Cassis
(14/day, 3 hours, transfer in Toulon or Marseille), Arles (11/day, 3.75-4.5 hours, most re-
quire transfer in Marseille or Avignon), Avignon (20/day, most by TGV, 4 hours, most re-
quire transfer in Marseille), Paris ' Gare de Lyon (hourly, 5.75 hours, may require change;
11.5-hournighttraingoestoParis'Gared'Austerlitz), Aix-en-Provence TGVStation(10/
day, 2-3.5 hours, usually changes in Marseille), Chamonix (4/day, 10 hours, many change
in St-Gervais and Lyon), Beaune (7/day, 7 hours, 1-2 changes), Munich (4/day, 12.5-14
hours with 2-4 transfers, longer night trains possible, some via Italy), Interlaken (6/day,
9-10 hours, 2-5 transfers), Florence (6/day, 7-9 hours, 1-3 transfers), Milan (7/day, 5-5.5
hours, all require transfers), Venice (5/day, 8-9 hours, all require transfers), Barcelona (1/
day via Montpellier, 10 hours, more with multiple 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, 4-5/hour Mon-Sat, 3-4/hour Sun, 20 minutes; or #81, 2-4/hour, 20 minutes),
St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (#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, 4-5/hour Mon-Sat, 3-4/hour Sun, 45 minutes), Menton
(#100, 4-5/hour Mon-Sat, 3-4/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).
By Plane
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 the cheapest flights to Paris' Orly airport). The two terminals (Ter-
minal1andTerminal2)areconnectedbyfrequentshuttlebuses (navettes) .Bothterminals
have TIs (and Terminal 1 has an info desk just for Monaco), banks, ATMs, taxis, baggage
storage (€6.50/day per piece, open daily 5:45-23:00), and buses to Nice (tel. 04 89 88 98
28, www.nice.aeroport.fr ).
Getting from the Airport to the City Center
Taxis into the center are expensive considering the short distance (figure €35 to Nice ho-
tels, €60 to Villefranche-sur-Mer, €70 to Antibes, 10 percent more 19:00-7:00 and all day
Sun). Taxis stop outside door (Porte) A-1 at Terminal 1 and outside Porte A-3 at Terminal
2.Notoriousforovercharging,Nicetaxisarenotalwayssonice.Ifyourfareforarideinto
townismuchhigherthan€35(or€40atnightoronSun),refuse topaytheoverage. Ifthis
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