'''Alpes Maritimes''' is a departement in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France. It has 300 sunny days per year, making it an excellent tourist destination.
Regions
The departement can be divided into three parts :
The coast area, which attracts lots of tourists
The ''arriere pays'' famous for its nice villages
The moutain area, with its ski resorts
Cities
Antibes
Cannes
Grasse. Famous for its perfume industry is inland but easily reached from the coast by train.
Menton
Monaco
Nice
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
St Paul de Vence and Tourette sur Loup. Both 30 minutes inland but well worth a visit, delightful old villages with narrow streets and picture post card scenes.
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By plane
Easy Jet among other airlines, fly into Nice airport making the Alpes Maritimes cheap and easy to get to.
Get around
By train
There are four rail links :
Ventimiglia (Italy) - Menton - Monaco - Nice - Antibes - Cannes - Mandelieu
Ventimiglia (Italy) - Menton - Monaco - Nice - Antibes - Cannes - Grasse
Nice - Breil-sur-Roya - Tende : this train is often used by tourists. It's called ''Le train des Merveilles''.
Theses routes are operated by SNCF, the national railway company. Trains also stop in smaller cities (see time table). http://www.ter-sncf.com/paca
Nice - Digne
This route is called ''Chemin de fer de Provence'' and is often refered as ''Le train des Pignes''. It's operated by a private company (Veolia Transports). It's also serving many small villages as Puget-Thenier, Entrevaux or Annot. Interail cards are not accepted. The trains are not equipped for disable people. http://www.trainprovence.com/
By bus
The ''Conseil General'' (local council) operates a bus network called TAM. It offers to route to almost every town and village within the ''departement''. The one-way ticket costs ?1 whatever the destination. <br/>
The main routes are :
100 : Nice - Monaco - Menton (every 15 minutes)
100X'press : Nice - Monaco, direct by motorway (every 60 minutes)
200 : Nice - Cannes (every 15 minutes)
500 : Nice - Grasse
600 : Cannes - Grasse (every 20 to 30 minutes)
This network also operates (on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and the nights before a public holiday) a night service called ''NocTAM'bus''. The three night routes are:
NocTAM'bus 100 : Nice Cote d'Azur Airport - Monaco - Menton
NocTAM'bus 200 : Nice Cote d'Azur Airport - Cannes
NocTAM'bus 600 : Cannes- Grasse
There are also two special airport routes:
110 Nice Cote d'Azur Airport - Monaco - Menton, direct by motorway
210 Nice Cote d'Azur Airport - Cannes, direct by motorway.
'''Warning''' Special fares apply on the airport routes (110 and 210):
Nice - Monaco: ?16.10
Nice - Menton: ?18.00
Nice - Cannes: ?14.20
Time tables are available at http://www.cg06.fr/transport/transports-tam.html (in French)
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