'''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.
  • Vence
  • Other destinations

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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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