Monaco/Monaco

[bfsr9]

The monaco/monaco cruise leaves late in the evening (11pm). I think I will be staying one night in either Monaco or Nice before the cruise. Which is better? What to do until 11? Will hotels hold luggage after check out?

[BristolGolfer]

Stay in Nice close to the fruit & flower market square which at night turns into a eatery - brill.

 

The Meridian Hotel is beautiful.

 

Enjoy.

[Host Dan]

The monaco/monaco cruise leaves late in the evening (11pm). I think I will be staying one night in either Monaco or Nice before the cruise. Which is better? What to do until 11? Will hotels hold luggage after check out?

Don't be fooled, you can board the ship early afternoon.

 

Host Dan

[bfsr9]

The seabourn website says 11 pm. What time can you actually board?

[Host Dan]

The seabourn website says 11 pm. What time can you actually board?

Early afternoon is about right.

 

Host Dan

[marazul]

Highly recommend Hotel La Perouse in Nice. It is right by the flower market and all the great restaurants in old Nice and the port. Stay 2 nights, it gives you a chance to visit Nice and then take a leisurely drive to Monaco on the Moyenne Corniche (visit Eze along the way) before you board the cruise.

 

http://www.hotel-la-perouse.com/

[LaPaloma]

The monaco/monaco cruise leaves late in the evening (11pm). I think I will be staying one night in either Monaco or Nice before the cruise. Which is better? What to do until 11? Will hotels hold luggage after check out?

 

 

I say...stay a the stately old Hermitage Hotel in Monte Carlo. We have been there many times..they keep it gorgeously refurbished..breakfast out on the patio is glorious...the view of the famous harbor not to be missed. Always a few marvelous yachts to spy on..yes we take our samll binoculars. We always request harbor view room. You can book a car to meet your plane thru them...as a car done to the ship as well. It is fun to browse the designer shops as you walk down the street to visit the casino and the Hotel de Paris. Lunch..or as least a drink at the outdoor cafe there is the greatest sight seeing...[people watching]. This is a place that is the last of the "set a part" world...at least in our opinion.

[bfsr9]

Your suggestions sound great. I am now thinking of staying one night in Monaco before the cruise and two nights in Nice after the cruise.

[LaPaloma]

Your suggestions sound great. I am now thinking of staying one night in Monaco before the cruise and two nights in Nice after the cruise.

 

It is my favorite cruise destination..you will have a wonderful time.

[johnnycruise]

If you have the time, check out the nearby hill towns of Eze and St.-Paul de Vence. A great change of pace and quite picturesque.

[bfsr9]

Any suggestions for reasonable flight fares from nice to New York?

[Host Dan]

Any suggestions for reasonable flight fares from nice to New York?

Why don't you post this question on the "cruise air" forum?

 

Host Dan

[Able Seaman H]

Why not fly Nice to Monaco by helicopter from the airport. Heliair Monaco charges €120 per person which includes onward shuttle to your hotel ( just check the luggage situation).

 

For another hotel suggestion try the Hotel Metropole just off the casino square. We had a lovely meal in the dining room last time we stayed and it's a 2 minute walk afterwards to the casino square for a coffee, beer or glass of wine at the cafe de Paris where you can watch the world go by.

 

The hotel also has a delightful swimming pool area together with very pleasing communal areas. I was so tempted to pinch their stone floor for our home ;)

 

There is a shopping centre under the hotel which had a good Japanese restaurant a few years ago. Try the blackened cod.

 

Wherever you end up staying have a wonderful time.

 

Henry :)

[Chairsin]

We recently completed the Monaco to Monaco trip -- we went in a few days early and stayed in St. Paul.We boarded the ship at about 1PM( officially boarding started at 2PM). We also love Nice but Nice was our last port of call the night before we cruise the short distance to Monaco to disembark so we had plenty of time to have our cake and eat it too!!!

[bfsr9]

mmm helicopter - I don't think so. When I went to Hawaii I was determined to fly in a helicopter. Never happened. It's an excellent suggestion - for someone else.

[LaPaloma]

We experience the Metropole Hotel...it is more like an American environment...why..go all that way without enjoying the local and famous enchantment?

[Able Seaman H]

mmm helicopter - I don't think so. When I went to Hawaii I was determined to fly in a helicopter. Never happened. It's an excellent suggestion - for someone else.

 

Nonsense, the perfect opportunity. A quick 5 or 6 minute flight along the coast :)

 

 

The last time I was there was in July when I cycled into Monte Carlo from Villefranche-sur-mere when we called in there on a cruise. The opposite end of the glamour spectrum ;)

 

Henry

[fivestar]

Take the helicopter !!! What a fabulous way to travel and the scenery is amazing. Sometimes we take the easy route rather than the adventurous. What a buzz to start your vacation. Mind you my husband is a helicopter pilot so I am a tad biased ;)