Nice to Eze?

[jcasel]

What are the transportation options to get to Eze from Nice? Thanks for any advice. Jcasel

[Hlitner]

What are the transportation options to get to Eze from Nice? Thanks for any advice. Jcasel

 

From Nice its quite easy. Just walk over to the Gare Routiere (bus station) which is located just inland from the old town area. From there, you can catch the #112 bus which does stop right at the entrance to Eze Village. You can view the 112 bus timetable at

http://www.lignedazur.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6&laction=all

Just scroll down the list of bus routes and click on 112

 

Hank

[Ms. Cavalier]

How much is the bus fare from Nice to Eze?

[Hlitner]

I believe the bus fare is 1 Euro although they might have increased it to 1.5 or 2 by now.

 

Hank

[Cruise Junky]

It was one Euro in late 2008 but as Hank said, it might have gone up a bit but still really cheap.

[Susan-M]

Still 1€ per the bus website (scroll down to "Sold onboard the bus").

[Hlitner]

Still 1€ per the bus website (scroll down to "Sold onboard the bus").

 

These local buses (Ligne d'Azur) are one of the few bargains left in France. The buses are quite nice and usually keep close to their schedule. In fact, we prefer to use the buses between Nice and Monte Carlo over the trains.

 

Hank

[samavarcruiser]

Still 1 Euro :)

[starwhite2]

From Nice its quite easy. Just walk over to the Gare Routiere (bus station) which is located just inland from the old town area. From there, you can catch the #112 bus which does stop right at the entrance to Eze Village. You can view the 112 bus timetable at

http://www.lignedazur.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6&laction=all

Just scroll down the list of bus routes and click on 112

 

Hank

 

Hank - I can't access this bus link. Can you send it to me? Thanks.

starwhite2@aol.com

 

P.S. Thanks for answering about the price differentiations regarding train from Livorno to Florence.

Jo-Ann

[Hlitner]

I just checked that link on 3 different computers and it works fine. I suspect you have a setting on your computer that is blocking the site. When all else fails try using the basic line of http://www.lignedazur.com/

 

Once you get that site then simply click on the "Timetable" link located along the left side. Assuming that you are getting the sites you then want to look at the top half of the window where it says "Line Timetables" and then you click on the words "or select list of lines" That will get you to the window that shows all the bus lines and from where you can click on any particular line.

 

Hank

[starwhite2]

Thanks, Hank. I got to the following page that lists all the routes:

 

http://www.lignedazur.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6&laction=all

 

But there is no Monte Carlo. I dock at Monte Carlo. My plan was to take the bus to Eze and back. I guess the bus doesn't go that far?

 

Jo-Ann

[starwhite2]

Hank - never mind - I found it. Nice - Monaco - Menton. Bus #100.

 

However, how do I view the reverse? There is no mention of Menton - Monaco - Nice.

[starwhite2]

Once again, I figured it out. Choisissez la direction. Pick the direction.

 

Now, there are 6 stops in Monaco, Les Carabiniers, Place des Moulins, Casino, Saint Dévote, Place d'Armes, Cimetière. Which one is nearest the port?

 

And there are 7 stops in Eze: Gianton, Parking Saint Laurent d'Eze, Saint Laurent d'Eze Plage, Cap Estel, Gare SNCF Eze, Cap Roux, David. Which one is the most convenient to start our walk up the cobblestone street?

 

What fun this is.

[Susan-M]

Starwhite2, From Monaco, you'll probably be better off taking bus #112 as it does a direct route to Eze Village (that's the name of the bus stop as well). If you take #100, you'll need to transfer to #83 to get up to Eze Village.

 

#100 follows the coast (lower road) and takes you through Eze Bord du Mer, whereas Eze Village is at a higher elevation (middle road).

 

I can't bring up the schedule for #112 on the Ligne d'Azur site right now (not sure why as the other schedules show) but here's a link to a schedule from another site.

[Hlitner]

Susan beat me to the answer. If you simply want to go to Eze from Monte Carlo just take the 112. The only problem with that 112 bus is that is just does not run with a lot of frequency so you must plan ahead. The 100 bus takes a route along the lower road (the coastal road) so it does not get you up the hill to Eze.

 

Hank

[starwhite2]

Thank you Susan and Hank.

 

I was thinking it might be more scenic to take Bus #100 as it goes through Cap d'Ail. We are in no rush. I specifically am limiting our time to Eze and Monaco because I want to savor and I can't stand to rush from one thing to the next.

 

Which route is more scenic, in your opinions?

 

Susan, I am blocked from the link you gave for the timetable for Bus #112. Can you send it to me, please?

 

starwhite2@aol.com

[Susan-M]

Why not do both routes ... #100/83 there and #112 back. We did a different route ( Villefranche-Eze-Monaco) and did see some of the coast from the bus along the coast ... but also enjoyed the bus ride along the winding roads going up to Eze Village.

 

Hank makes a good point about #112 not being very frequent, and the same is the case with #83, so to avoid standing around at bus stops, it's a good idea to work out your itinerary based on bus schedules. We were successful in doing this.

 

For the site that you couldn't open in my previous email, I'm not sure that emailing the link to you will help any more than posting the full url here? http://www.eze-riviera.com/emotions/deplacement/bus.htm

 

The Ligne D'azur site is more informative, and hopefully the schedule for #112 will come back up soon. In the meantime, there is a link to a PDF file that you can download ... you'll see the link on the page for the schedule for #112.

 

In reading your post above, it appears you didn't choose 'English' when looking at the Ligne D'Azur site ... click on the Union Jack for English. Also, there is a google map for every bus stop (in the white box beside the bus stop name.)

 

In Monaco, Bus #100 has a stop right by the port (Stade Nautique). The stop for #112 is on a street above the Casino, near the TI office.

 

From #100 to #83 we transferred at Gare SNCF Eze, but looking at the schedules, you can choose one of 5 common Eze stops to transfer at. Coming from Monaco, the Gianton stop will be the first one.

 

Hope this isn't too confusing!:)

[starwhite2]

Thanks, Susan, for your specific directions.

I was able to print out Bus #100 schedules -Monaco to Eze-bord de Mer and Eze-bord de Mer to Monaco. Stade Nautique is not listed as a bus stop going to Eze-bord de Mer - it is listed as a stop returning. I could not find Stade Nautique on mapquest, only a gym of Princess Stephanie, located on Vallon Saint Devote, which must be near the bus stop Sainte Devote. According to my book, Mediterranean by Cruise Ship, it appears that the cruise ship dock is at the northernmost point of the Rock. It is a long hike from the dock around Port Hercule to Sainte Devote. There is a bus stop at Place D'Armes, which is on my map, but it looks like another long hike. Does the bus stop at other places than are listed on the schedule?

 

I understand about getting off of Bus #100 and getting on #83. I did not find the Gianton stop in Eze-bord de Mer on Avenue de la Liberte on mapquest. I did find Gare d'Eze sur mer, so I will get off there as you did. Cap Roux is quite a bit further along the Avenue, south of Agence Sud Azur.

 

Like you, I could not find any schedule for Bus #112. I guess unless we stumble on one in Eze Village, we'll just get back down the mountain. I will enjoy the 45 minute walk.

 

This is massively confusing.

[Susan-M]

Not sure if you tried downloading the PDF file for #112 ... although the other schedule doesn't come up, the PDF file (on the same page on the Ligne d'Azur site) does.

 

Just heading out now and will attempt to help with the other questions later.

 

Confusing now ... but it will come together, and hopefully go as smoothly for you as it did for us once there.:)

[starwhite2]

Not sure if you tried downloading the PDF file for #112 ... although the other schedule doesn't come up, the PDF file (on the same page on the Ligne d'Azur site) does.

 

Ah, I finally see what you mean -- on the emotions/deplacement website. Right there in front of my eyes.

 

The schedule of #112 is not good. The 12:50 bus might be too early (but maybe not if we get the 11:00 #83 bus which arrives in Eze-Village at 11:20) and the 2:35 bus will be too late because we want to do a walking tour of M.C. and Monaco.

 

I wonder where Roqueville Monte Carlo lands us. Google maps comes up with zilch. Google comes up with a building named Roqueville that is selling for 5,800,000 euros, but no address.

 

Ah, I just did a forum search on c.c. for "Roqueville" and got your excellent post with four websites, with map, bus website, and t.a. advice from monacocabbie.

 

I'm beginning to get a clearer picture. However, Roqueville is still totally misleading if it is neither a bus stop nor a bus station.

 

Are these "bus stops" identified as such with a sign or something?

 

For bus #100 it looks like the "bus stop" for the port is Piscine, according to monaco cabbie. The "bus stop" for the palace and cathedral (Rocher) is Place d'Armes, and the Casino is the Casino.

 

I would like to know the exact streets that Piscine is located. This kind of jives with your "Stade Nautique" of several posts ago.

[Cruise Junky]

Roqueville is indeed a bus stop location. See the attached link, it's on the blue and yellow line on the left

 

http://www.cam.mc/cam_fr.htm

 

Click on Plan on the left hand side to see the routes.

[Susan-M]

Ah, I finally see what you mean -- on the emotions/deplacement website. Right there in front of my eyes.

 

No, I meant this file from the Ligne D'Azur site, but they are identical.:)

 

The schedule of #112 is not good.

 

Do the schedules work better if you go to Eze on #112 and return on 83 & 100? What hours are you in the port of Monaco?

 

Are these "bus stops" identified as such with a sign or something?

Yes, not a problem along #100, but when we took #112 from Eze to Monaco, we had to guess where to get off and luckily it was the right stop (above the casino.) Roqueville is a stop.

 

The map that Cruise Junky posted is a map of the bus routes within Monaco I believe....it looks like they share some of the same stops as the Ligne D'Azur line.

[starwhite2]

Do the schedules work better if you go to Eze on #112 and return on 83 & 100? What hours are you in the port of Monaco?

 

Actually, that might work. We are in port from 10-7. We would have enough time to walk to la Crémaillère and get the 11:25 #112.

 

This is what I saved from Monacocabbie:

 

Bus #112 monaco cabbie

The bus starts from the boulevard Princesse Charlotte, just by a very small square called the Place de la Cremaillere - there's a cafe/restaurant also there called Cremaillere. Then it goes up the boulevard Princesse Charlotte and stops at the top entrance to the railway station. It then continues up onto the boulevard du Jardin Exotique - I can't remember where the stop is up there. At this point, it leaves Monaco and enters Cap d'Ail, staying on the Moyenne Corniche all the way to Nice.

 

That would put us right in Eze-Village and we could hang around there and then walk down the Nietzsche Path, and only have to wait 15 minutes for the #100. Coming back we could get off at Casino stop, so my traveling companion can gamble a bit. The bus stop should be pretty evident. Then walk to Monaco Ville and the port.

 

I thought about getting a cab from Eze to LaTurbie and getting a cab back to M.C., because I really want to see Trophée des Alpes but it is closed on Monday. I imagine since it is so huge you can see it anyway without entering the site. And I would love just to be on the Via Julia Augusta which is the Grande Corniche because of its history. But this idea is too iffy. In off-season (Nov.) there may be no cabs in Eze-Village and especially no cabs in La Turbie (pop. 3,000), unless I asked the taxi driver to wait (not a good idea - too rushed).

 

By the way, as you suggested, Rick Steve's Provence and the French is very helpful. He has a map that shows the three stops of #100. Place d'Armes, Stade Nautique which is where Rue Grimaldi and Ave D'Ostende join, not near the port, as far as I can tell (half way between the port and Place de Casino) and Casino.

[Susan-M]

 

By the way, as you suggested, Rick Steve's Provence and the French Riviera is very helpful. He has a map that shows the three stops of #100. Place d'Armes, Stade Nautique which is where Rue Grimaldi and Ave D'Ostende join, not near the port, as far as I can tell (half way between the port and Place de Casino) and Casino.

 

 

This is a map from Ligne D'Azur's site showing Stade Nautique stop.

[starwhite2]

Roqueville is indeed a bus stop location. See the attached link, it's on the blue and yellow line on the left

 

http://www.cam.mc/cam_fr.htm

 

Click on Plan on the left hand side to see the routes.

 

Cruise junky,

Thank you for the excellent map of local bus routes. I can definitely see Stade Nautique, la Crémaillère and Roqueville.

 

Susan,

Thank you for the additional map of Stade Nautique. I went on google earth and zoomed in. There is a gigantic outdoor swimming pool right near the bus stop.