Arriving by
air , you can
get different buses into town:
bus #23 to the
gare SNCF
(8.50F/?1.30); a speedy
navette
(taking 15min; 26F/?3.97); or a
bus (every 20min, 23F/?3.51)
from outside the end door of
Terminal 1 to the junction of
avenue Gustav V and the
promenade des Anglais, or on to
the
gare routière ,
which for once is very central,
close to the old town beneath
the promenade du Paillon on
boulevard Jean-Jaurès (tel
04.93.85.61.81). The
gare
SNCF is a little further
out, a couple of blocks west of
the top end of avenue Jean-Médecin
(bus #12 to place Masséna).
Both the bus and train stations
have left-luggage counters.
You'll find the main tourist
office beside the gare
SNCF on avenue Thiers
(daily: June-Sept 8am-8pm; rest
of year 8am-7pm; tel
04.93.92.82.82, www.nice-coteazur.org
). It's one of the most useful,
helpful and generous of Côte
tourist offices and has annexes
at 5 promenade des Anglais
(June-Sept Mon-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun
9am-6pm; rest of year Mon-Sat
9am-6pm; tel 04.92.14.48.00),
another at Nice-Ferber
(June-Sept Mon-Sat 8am-8pm, Sun
9am-6pm; rest of year Mon-Sat
10am-5pm; tel 04.93.83.32.64),
further along the promenade des
Anglais near the airport, and a
third at Terminal 1 of the
airport (daily: June-Sept
8am-8pm; rest of year 8am-10pm;
tel 04.93.21.44.11). Any of
these offices can supply you
with a free listings magazine, Le
Mois à Nice .
Buses operate frequent
services around the city,
running until 12.15am, with four
lines running until 1.10am.
Fares are flat-rate and you can
buy a single ticket on the bus
(8.50F/?1.30) or a carnet of ten
tickets (55F/?8.38). There are
also one-day (25F/?3.81;
available on bus), five-day
(85F/?12.96) or weekly passes
(110F/?16.77), all of which can
be bought at tabacs ,
kiosks, newsagents or from
Sunbus, the transport office at
10 av Félix-Faure, where you
can also pick up a free route
map. Bicycles, mopeds and
motorbikes can be rented
from Nicea Location Rent at 12
rue de Belgique (tel
04.93.82.42.17, nicealocation@aol.com
), just by the gare SNCF
.
