villefranche from airport

does the train run from airport to villefranche?

Where is a good place to swim near Hotel Welcome?

How late do the buses run to Nice and back.

Do they run on Bastille Day?

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You can either walk from the airport to Nice St Augustin (half a km) , and pick up a train direct to Villefranche, or catch one of the Nice coaches, either to the bus station or the train station, and then change on to Villefranche by either bus or train.

The last bus between the airport and Nice is the 23.53. However the buses between Nice and Villefranche (trusty 100) stops around 22.30.

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NiceLife, I think you are a bit confused about the buses to Villefranche. I only wish they did run later but, unless there has been a dramatic change today, the last No100 leaves Nice at 8.00pm and arrives in Villefranche at 8.10. Timetables can be seen on www.lignedazur.com

After eight I always get the train. The 21.13 and 23.03 from Nice both stop at Vilefranche but if you get the 22.06 it is necessary to get off at Beaulieu and walk back, a very pleasant stroll of about 30 mins.

Train times can be seen on www. regionpaca.fr but note that the trains are not wholly reliable. The last time I got the train from St Augustin it was exactly an hour late. We rent out our flat in Villefranche and my advice to first time visitors is to get the bus to Nice bus station and continue by bus. Leaving the airport after about 7.30pm it is important to get bus No.99 to Nice Ville rail station (not the 98 to Nice Gare Routier, the bus station). If there is no convenient train when you arrive it is always possible to get a taxi for the rest of the journey, something that is not easy from the bus station.

As for swimming near the Welcome, it is a few minutes walk to the beach where you can swim in the sheltered and vast Rade de Villefranche in the comforting knowledge that there are some hundreds of feet of water beneath you as this is the deepest bay in France.

Can%26#39;t answer the Bastille Day question but the French do love their holidays (sensible people) and it could be that there will be no public transport of any kind.

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I am sure you are right - I had a vague recollection of seeing a slightly later time but I yield to your more precise knowhow. Timetables-R-us!

Cheers

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