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French Riviera information and travel plan
Google map, hostel details, activities, nightlife and cost calculation
As a member you will have, in addition to the information in this document, also a Google map with marked locations of hostels, airports, bus/train/metro stations, nightlife areas, night clubs, salsa clubs, sightseeing locations and other locations of interest.
You will furthermore have important accommodation details such as price and contact information beside other information about activities and nightlife.
You will also have a detailed cost estimation.
Highlights
Internet resources and guidebooks
http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=1740595440
http://wikitravel.org/en/Cannes
http://wikitravel.org/en/Marseille
http://wikitravel.org/en/Monte_Carlo
Money
Euro, see http://www.forex.se/ and http://www.forex.se/sv/Valuta/Resmal/?c=310.
Climate & When To Go
Marseille
Nice
Flights, Airports & airport transfers
Useful address is www.world-airport-codes.com.
http://www.world-airport-codes.com/france/marseille-provence-airport-4539.html
http://www.mrsairport.com/eng/index.jsp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille_Provence_Airport
Getting around
Train
See member information.
Dangers & Annoyances
TravelPlan
Marseille ( 1 night, Sunday => Monday )
Car: Home => Gothenburg city airport
Going from home 16:55 if we pick up Reeta on the way or 17:10 if we travel together from Lindome.
Flight: Gothenburg city airport ( GSE ) => Marseille Provence Mp2 ( MRS )
RyanAir: FR6548 19:55 => 22:35
Airport bus: Marseille Provence Mp2 ( MRS ) => Marseille’s train station
Marseille provence Airport is located 30 kilometres from the town centre. A shuttle bus runs between the airport and Marseille’s train station, Gare Saint Charles, every 20 minutes, starting at 6.10am and running until 10.50pm. After this buses are scheduled to tie in with arriving flights. The ticket cost 8.50 euro and the journey takes 25 minutes.
Taxi: Marseille’s train station => Hotel in Marseille
800 meters from Saint Charles train station.
Try to get the tickets for tomorrow and also for the other two train journeys.
Taxi ( alternative ): Marseille Provence Mp2 ( MRS ) => Hotel in Marseille
Taxi cost around 40 euro during the day and 50 euro at night.
Warning!
Taxi drivers departing from the train station and the ferry terminal are notoriously dishonest - you are usually better off preordering one or picking one up in the street.
Accomodation: Hotel in Marseille (nr 1). See member information.
Nice( 3 nights, Monday => Thursday )
Taxi: Hotel in Marseille => Marseille’s train station
800 meters from Saint Charles train station.
Train: Marseille => Nice
08:01 => 10:55
Walk: Train station => Hotel in Nice
From train station, our hotel is at 2 minutes walking. When you get off train station, you accross the road (avenue Thiers), you take the direction on your left. At the corner of streets (avenue Thiers and rue Paganini), there is a big shop , here you turn on your right (rue Paganini) and our hotel is just in front of you (in corner of rue Paganini& rue de Belgique.)
Activity: Daytrip to Monte Carlo in Monaco.
Bus 100 runs between Nice and Menton, stopping in Monaco.
14.40 euro per person and takes 45 minutes? Probably cheaper.
Accomodation: Hotel in Nice (nr 15). See member information.
Cannes ( 2 nights, Thursday => Saturday )
Walk: Hotel in Nice => Nice train station
From train station, our hotel is at 2 minutes walking. When you get off train station, you accross the road (avenue Thiers), you take the direction on your left. At the corner of streets (avenue Thiers and rue Paganini), there is a big shop , here you turn on your right (rue Paganini) and our hotel is just in front of you (in corner of rue Paganini& rue de Belgique.)
Train ( or maybe bus ): Nice => Cannes
10:08 => 10:33
Walk: Cannes train station => Hotel in Cannes
200m from Cannes train station.
Activity: Visit Antibes
Busses leave/arrive every 20 minutes or so between 6 am and 8 pm from Cannes. It takes 30 minutes. Fares are a flat 1.30 euro.
Accomodation: Hotel in Cannes (nr 4). See member information.
Train station is located at Rue Jean Jaures.
Marseille ( 1 night, Saturday => Sunday )
Walk: Hotel in Cannes => Cannes train station
200m from Cannes train station.
Train: Cannes => Marseille
09:26 => 11:33
Taxi: Train station => Hotel in Marseille
Marseille has two metro lines.
Accomodation: Hotel in Marseille. See member information.
Home
Taxi: Hotel in Marseille => Marseille Provence Mp2 ( MRS )
Flight: Marseille Provence Mp2 ( MRS ) => Gothenburg city airport ( GSE )
RyanAir:FR6547 16:50 => 19:30