We are beginning our vacation with a 3 day stay in Monaco. We will arrive on a Saturday afternoon in early September and have a few questions. We wonder how late the shops and restaurants in Eze are open on a Saturday evening. Also, we were planning to take the Pinecone train from Nice to Digne les Bains on Sunday because we thought most places would be closed on Sundays. Does anyone know if it is possible to return to Monaco from Digne les Bains by any other mode of transportation (bus)? I am assuming that it would be a little quicker than the train. Or perhaps, there might be another train route from Digne that goes to Mentone or somewhere in that area? Any information you could share with us would be appreciated. Also, we have been informed that the steam train does not run the day we want to go. Is it still worth the trip if you can%26#39;t go on that train??
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The train runs from Nice%26#39;s Chemin de Fer de Provence station to Digne and back - thats a different station unconnected to Nice Gare Ville SNCF, the main railway station. They are about a ten minute walk apart
The journey time is around two to three hours each way. I chose to go half way - Entrevaux, - and back.
Getting between Nice and Monaco is easy - bus or train - but you still have to walk between the two Nice stations. Given the distance to Digne the train is the only sensible means of transport
Cheers
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There%26#39;s a bus service between Digne and Nice operated by SCAL (Société des Cars Alpes Littoral). It doesn%26#39;t run on Sunday and the timings wouldn%26#39;t fit your requirements anyway, but for anyone else who%26#39;s interested, the timetable is at
scal-amv-voyages.com/horaires/circuit9.htm
To get from Dignes to Menton by SNCF you%26#39;d need to go to via Aix en Provence on a five-hour journey starting with a rail replacement bus. Don%26#39;t do it!
Chemin de Fer de Provence times and info are at http://www.trainprovence.com/
We went for a round trip from Nice to Entrevaux, which makes a pleasant half day, although we wish we%26#39;d had a bit longer before having to get the train back.
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Thank you NiceLife and Rentaquote - I think we may just go to Entrevaux ourselves. We had heard the scenery is beautiful from the train and I hope we will see the particularly scenic area between Nice and Entrevaux.
As far as Eze - do you know how late stores/shops are open on a Saturday evening?
We remember from our last trip that many places were closed on Sundays. Do either of you have suggestions for things to see/do on Sunday? Menton, Nice Market, etc?
Thank you for your attention and assistance.
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Good info Rentaquote, but don%26#39;t quote me.
Shops shut up mostly between six and seven in the evening
Sundays? a good day for just about everything, like
- take the 100 bus from Nice to Pont St Jean, see port St Jean, explore Cap Ferrat, walk the Sentier Littoral around the perimiter, and do Villa Ephrussi, returning on foot to Beaulieu to get the 100 bus back to Nice
Go explore pages on VirtualTourist for more ideas, starting here -
members.virtualtourist.com/m/6cdeb/188b0/4/
Cheers
NiceLife
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1. There are lots of things to see and do also on Sundays in and around Monaco.
2. If taking the narrow-gauge train, the more scenic portion is between Entrevaux and Digne. Between Nice and Entrevaux, the line runs along the Var riverbed. The thrills are for higher up.
3. This stated, also Entrevaux is well worth a visit. A stop between two trains is possible. There are four per day.
4. The line is what remains of an once much bigger system built in essence for military reasons. Civilian capitalists would never have been able to pay back the certainly prohibitive construction costs by the income from goods and travellers. The line, through and over the mountains was conceived as a secured supply line from the north down to the Nice area - i.e. one out of reach of potentially hostile cross-border artillery.
5.
The forts, both franch and italian remains. Some are visited.
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