Editing Nice (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#FF3300">'''TRANSPORTATIONS'''</FONT>==
[[File:Flying_by.jpg‎‎|300px|right]]

===How to get to Nice===

====By plane====

Nice airport is the second biggest one in France, with daily international and national flights. There's a few low cost company like Easyjet or Ryanair. It takes about 1 hour 20 minutes from/to Paris. There's buses and shuttles or cabs of course to reach the town. [http://www.nice.aeroport.fr/include/default.asp?l=2 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport]

====By train====

the train station is located in the center of Nice on "Avenue Thiers", it's simply called "Gare SNCF (Nice Ville)", and there's many international and national trains from and to Nice.
[http://telechargement.ter-sncf.com/Images/Paca/Tridion/FH04-Mandelieu-Grasse-Ventimiglia_v5_tcm-27-72969.pdf Here's the local time schedules] which goes from vintimiglia (Italy) To Cannes or Grasse.

There's luggage lockers in the train station :
* Automatic ones from Monday to Sunday from 7am to 9.45pm
* Manual ones from Monday to Saturday from 8.45am to 12am and from 2pm to 3.45pm

The tramway is less than 5 minutes by foot when you exit and turn left and the main road.

====By bus====

Most bus quite easy to use and only cost one Euro (you can pay directly at the driver). 
There's many local bus and bus going to other towns like Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Grasse and most other touristic place. 
*[http://www.lignesdazur.com/ftp/plans_EN/Plan%20touristique%20juillet%202011%20p1.gif  here is 'touristic' map ]
*[http://www.lignesdazur.com/ftp/plans_EN/Nice%20Centre%2835d%29bdef2011.pdf here's a regular map the whole city of Nice]
*[http://www.cg06.fr/fr/servir-les-habitants/le-conseil-general-vous-aide/aide-personne/les-aides-aux-jeunes/plan-jeunes-avenir-06/noctambus-06/noctambus-06/ here's the few bus running at night] (keep in mind the bus going to Cannes N200, Grasse N600 and Monaco/Menton N100 ONLY run on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and holiday's eve!!!)
*[http://www.lignesdazur.com/horaires/?rub_code=23 and of course the schedules for all bus lines]

===Tramway===

[[File:Nice tramway notre dame.jpg|300px|right]]
The Tramway is a nice and comfortable way (when it's not over crowded) to reach the center of town if your host or hotel is far away. During the day there is one every 5 minutes and less as the night approach You'll have to pay 1 Euro at the machines at each stop before boarding and validating your ticket once inside.
[http://www.lignesdazur.com/ftp/plans_EN/Nice%20Tram%20janvier11%2836b%29bdef.pdf here's the plan] and the [http://www.lignesdazur.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6&thm_id=&gpl_id=0&lign_id=1150&sens=1&ladate=06%2F04%2F2012&version_id=&period_code=-1&heure=5&index=215&part_id= time schedule]


====By Car====

One of the most convenient way to get around is by car. If you need to rent a car then there are many companies where you can hire a car. Nice airport has desks where all the major car hire companies are based such as Avis, Europcar and Enterprise. You can also pickup [http://www.babacar.org/car-hire-france/nice-car-hire.htm rent a car in Nice] city centre or train station by companies such as babaCar.

====By Carpooling====

In France carpooling is very popular and is called "covoiturage", you can almost always find a driver to share a ride and cut on travel cost. . <br />
Try '''[http://www.envoiture.fr Envoiture.fr]''' or '''[http://www.covoiturage.fr covoiturage.fr]'''