Location

The city of Nice, ideally located in the heart of the Riviera, a half-hour from Monaco and Cannes, is a perfect blend of tradition and modernity. Nice is home to baroque churches and the audacious works of César, Klein and Warhol. It hosts the colored facades of Place Massena and the glass buildings of the Arenas business district, the flower markets in the Cours Saleya and the shop windows of famous designers. In short, Nice is a blend of genres, and that's what makes it one of the most popular destinations for tourists from around the world.


 

The Grimaldi Hotel is in the very heart of Nice, just a few steps from the beaches on the Promenade des Anglais and the restaurants and fine shops in the pedestrian mall, one of the city's most popular spots.  Old town Nice, the train station and the Acropolis Exhibition Hall are only a ten-minute walk away.  And a fifteen-minute drive along the coast is all it takes to reach the motorway, Nice Airport and Villefranche harborósaid to be the most beautiful in the world.


How to get here ?

BY PLANE :

The Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport offers flights to 90 destinations in 40 countries, provided by 36 different airlines.  It also provides a veritable ìbridgeî between Nice and Paris, as 185 flights link the two cities each week.  And passengers traveling to and from Nice and other sites on the great French-Italian Riviera can choose from among 942 flights each week, making Nice the gateway to the Riviera for southern European countries.

The airport is located on the Promenade des Anglais, at the western entrance to the city, 7 kilometers from downtown and right next to the Arenas Business Center and the industrial and business zones of Plaine 1, Saint Isidore and Lingostière.

L'AEROPORT NICE COTE D'AZUR
L'AEROPORT CANNES-MANDELIEU


BY CAR :

Directions from the Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport or the ìNice Centre / Promenade des Anglaisî exit on the A8 motorway.

Take the Promenade des Anglais, which follows the coast, towards Nice.  Turn left immediately after the Méridien Hotel and then left again on Suède Avenue, which becomes Maccarani Street.  Turn right at the second traffic light (Maréchal Joffre Street) and then left at the traffic light after the Post Office (Alphonse Karr Street).  Turn left at the next traffic light and then left again immediately onto Grimaldi Street.  The Grimaldi Hotel is located at the top of the street on your right.

We recommend that you stop in front of the hotel to unload your suitcases and then park in the Parking du Louvre across from the hotel.  The entrance is located on Alphonse Karr street; parking costs 14 Euros a day.

Nice can be reached from all countries in Europe by motorway.

Scenic roads to Nice: the Route Napoleon ñ Vallee du Var ñ Gorges de la Roya ñ Col de Tende ñ RN 7

Distances in kilometers:
Paris - Nice : 931 km
Bordeaux - Nice : 810 Km
Lyon - Nice : 440 Km
Marseille - Nice : 190 Km
Strasbourg - Nice : 868 Km
Athènes - Nice : 2597 Km
Bruxelles - Nice : 1280 Km
Genève - Nice : 485 Km
Madrid - Nice : 1315 Km
Rome - Nice : 695 Km

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BY TRAIN :

The French railway, SNCF, operates 20 trains  to and from major French cities each day, along with 11 regularly scheduled trains from foreign cities.  The TGV high-speed train whisks passengers from Paris to Nice in just 6 ½ hoursóthere are two trains each day from October through May, and three each day from June to September.  ìAuto-trainî service is provided between major French cities: cars and their owners are transported on the same  Sleeper trains.

http://www.sncf.com/


BY BOAT :

The port of Nice, located in the heart of the city, has 10 hectares of water, 7 hectares of landfills and a dozen quays.

The major shipping companies and many ocean liners stop in Nice.

There is daily car-ferry service to Corsica.

The port of Nice is also a fine yacht harbor that offers many services such as floating decks, catwalks, quays, towing dock, self-service laundry, ice cream stand, fuel, showers, restrooms, telephone, cable television, daily weather bulletin and boat rental.

Capitainerie du Port, 2 quai d'Entrecasteaux,
tel. : (+33) (0)4 93 89 50 85, fax : (+33) (0)4 92 04 95 93
Links with Corsica: : SNCM, quai du commerce,
tel. : (+33) (0)4 93 13 66 66, fax : (+33) (0)4 93 13 66 81
CORSICA FERRIES, tél. : (+33) (0)4 93 55 55 55, fax : (+33) (0)4 93 55 22 12