Nice - Transportation Photos: The high-speed Corsica Ferry at the Port of Nice (18 k) Also for Nice: [ main page | History | Museums | Parks | Shopping | Transportation ] Air The Nice International Airport is the second largest in France, with direct flights to America, Britain and the rest of Europe. Information, Reservations - Tel: (33) 493 21 30 30 Bus Nice has excellent bus service for the city. A slightly adventurous way of visiting a new city is to take any bus to the end of the line and back again, or ride out and walk back. You'll often see interesting parts of a city that the tourist guides never mention. In addition to city-wide buses, service is provided to the surrounding towns and villages, including Antibes, Cannes, Grasse and Vence. Gare Routière - Tel: (33) 493 85 61 81 Transports Niçois - 10 Ave F.Faure; Tel: (33) 493 62 08 08 (Ave F.Faure is a continuation of the long park area that divides the center of Nice from the old town.) Nice-Aix. A bus company at the Fontaine du Soleil (Place Masséna) provides bus service to Aix-en-Provence. There are five buses a day; routes are via the Route Nationale and stop at Antibes, or an express that goes via the autoroute. Schedules from spring 1998, and subject to change; verify them yourself. Cars Phocéens 2 place Masséna Tel: (33) 493 85 66 61; Fax: (33) 493 57 97 52 Departures (approximate): 6h40, 7h45, 10h15, 12h30, 17h45. Cost is about 130 F. Toulon-St Tropez-Nice - Evasion Provence Service Reader's Comments (Contributed by René Dawe, June 1998) Cars Phoceens offers the only bus service to Aix. Our hotel had misguided us a bit and said there were many buses that left from Gare Routiere. By the time we figured it all out and located Place Massena, we missed the bus to Aix so took the train. It was a pleasant trip but longer than the express bus and we had to change trains in Marseille. On the return trip we took the bus but travelled on a Sunday which has only one express trip at about 6pm. The regular trip is about four hours. Castellane-Grasse Bus Bus service is provided once a day, every day (including Sundays) between Castellane, Grasse and Nice. The schedule is subject to change; verify the times with the Office de Tourisme. (There is more frequent service between Nice and Grasse.) Castellane Grasse Nice 14:40 15:50 15:45 Nice Grasse Castellane 07:30 08:25 09:35 Nice - Genoa, Italy A new (1997) bus service between Nice and Genoa uses modern, air-conditioned coaches, with video entertainment and cabin service. The trip is 2-1/2 hours between Nice Airport and Genoa, with a stop at the Place Massena in Nice. The original schedule (contact Phocéens Cars for current schedules) is: Depart: 7h15, 9h15, 18h30 Return: 6h15, 10h45, 16h15 Cost: Single: 130 F; 100 F for over 26, under 60. Return: 168 F Ferry Regular car-ferry service is provided from the old port of Nice. One of the newer ferries is the "NGV" (Navire Grande Vitesse), the nautical variation of the TGV high-speed train (photo). Nice-Corsica Ferry 3 Ave Gustave-V Tel: (33) 493 88 60 63; Tel: (33) 493 89 89 89 Train The main rail line goes east to Monaco, Menton, Italy and the rest of Europe. To the west, the line goes to Marseilles, Lyon and Paris, with local stops at Antibes, Cannes and Fréjus. [Rail Map] Some typical Nice-Paris schedules and prices are shown on the Travel-Rail page. Gare SNCF - Nice-Ville Ave Thiers: up Ave Jean Médecin and left at the overpass. Tel: (33) 493 87 50 50; Reservations - Tel: (33) 493 88 89 93 The station for the Train des Pignes is on rue Alfred Binet, up Ave Jean Médecin, under the overpass onto ave Malaussena about 4 blocks, then left 2-3 blocks. The Nice-Breil-Tende-Cuneo train Leaves from the main Nice train station.