- Airplane: fast and convenient
- Nice airport to city
- How to get to Nice by train
- Path by sea
Nice is the pearl of France, a city on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, a popular world-class resort, located in the right and convenient location - close to the beauty of Italy, a stone's throw from Monte Carlo with its casinos, next to lovely Provencal towns, permeated with the scent of lavender. Nice was created by the supreme powers for the rest of the powerful of this world, but it also favorably accepts ordinary tourists who do not own snow-white yachts and a hangar with helicopters.
Nice continues to be one of the largest ports in France and the entire Mediterranean. Local authorities have done everything to make the answer to the question of how to get to Nice by public transport very simple: you need to take a plane, train or ferry.
Airplane: fast and convenient
A direct flight from Moscow to Nice is offered by Aeroflot. The cheapest ticket for this plane costs about 320 euros. Passengers spend about 4 hours in the sky. Airplanes to Nice depart 3 times a day from Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports.
If tourists allow time, then you can save a lot by purchasing tickets for a flight with a connection in one of the European cities: Minsk, Barcelona, Rome, Dusseldorf, Warsaw, Prague, Zurich, Vienna, etc. There are very cheap flight options (from 73 Euro) from Belavia with an hour and a half docking in Minsk. An affordable flight is offered by Czech Airlines and AirBaltic (190 euros), although a transfer in Prague or Riga will take several hours.
It is also very easy to get from St. Petersburg to Nice. On all days of the week, except Tuesday, planes of the Aeroflot air carrier fly from Pulkovo to Nice. Tickets cost 130 euros. Flights with one connection in European cities with Aegean Airlines and Air France will cost almost half the price.
Nice airport to city
Nice Airport is located on the coast, 7 km from the historic center of the resort. There is a free shuttle bus between the two airport terminals.
There is public transport to the center of Nice from the airport:
- express bus number 98. This option is suitable for those travelers who need to get to the train station in Nice;
- regular bus number 23, which goes to the stop Gare Nice Thiers. The fare is 4 times cheaper than the express bus;
- Taxi. A trip from the airport to a hotel in Nice will cost about 20-30 euros.
How to get to Nice by train
Those tourists who do not like to fly, seniors with heart disease who are not advised to use air travel may be advised to take the train to reach the famous French resort on the Mediterranean coast. A direct train to Nice departs from the Belorussky railway station in Moscow every Thursday at 10:18 am. He arrives in Nice on Saturday at 08:35. Passengers spend a little less than two days on the way. The train travels through Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Italy, Monaco. At some stations, for example, in Bohumin, Breclav, Innsbruck, Verona, Genoa, the train takes 20 to 35 minutes.
An interesting route can be made if you plan to see not only the seaside Nice, but also Paris. In this case, your journey will look like this:
- you can fly to Paris or take the direct train Moscow-Paris, which follows through Berlin;
- TGV high-speed trains run from Paris to Nice. The fare is about 70 euros;
- you can also return to Russia via Paris.
Path by sea
Nice, as already mentioned, the port. This means that you can get here by ferry, for example, from Corsica. Thus, the tourist gets the opportunity to relax on the island of Corsica and at the same time see Nice. The ferry goes across the Mediterranean for 6 hours. The cost of tickets depends on whether you want a place in the cabin. Since the trip does not take much time, you can save a lot by buying a ticket to the common hall. As practice shows, there is something to do on the ferry: you can visit all the shops, stand on the deck, swim in the pool or have a cocktail in one of the cafes.
Most of the cruise ships along the Mediterranean coast also visit Nice.
