Reaching La
Berlugane:
From the
Nice airport
The Nice airport has
a very useful webpage, the link is here. This
lists,
among other informations, all bus and train connections of the Nice
airport and the schedule of the flights.
The airport
has two terminals which are connected by an
inter-terminal bus running every 10 mn.
There is no
direct bus from the Nice airport to Beaulieu. You can reach Beaulieu
from the airport in three different ways.
- Take a
taxi from the airport
to "Hotel La Berlugane, Beaulieu sur mer,
14 Bd. General Leclerc, 200 metres apres l'Hotel Metropole" (this means
"200 m after the Hotel Metropole"). The taxis are found at:
Terminal 1: Gate A2.
Terminal 2: Gate A3.
A trip by taxi from the Nice airport to workshop hotel
"La Berlugane". takes only 25 to 45 mn and costs around 60 euros with
tip.
-
Take Bus No. 23 from the Nice airport to the main railway
station in Nice (Nice-ville) and follow the instructions below to reach
Beaulieu-sur-mer from Nice-ville railway station. The price of the
ticket is 1.3 euros. Alternatively, there is a bus going to the
"Nice-ville" railway station, with no number but displaying a sign
"Nice Gare SNCF Direct". The tickets are on sale at the Bus Station
/Car Park Offices. This ticket, which is actually a 1-day pass, is sold
for 4 euros and is valid for unlimited travel throughout the day (from
6am to 3am) on all bus routes of the "Ligne d'Azur" network.
-
Take a bus from the airport to the central bus station
(gare routière). From there take bus no. 100 to
Menton/Monaco. You should ask the driver to stop at the bus stop "Gare
SNCF de Beaulieu". The bus stop is next to the underpass where Bd.
General Leclerc crosses the railway line.
From the bus stop, walk (50m) to the Beaulieu railway station. To reach
"La Berlugane" from the Beaulieu railway station, see below.
In
France most railway stations are called "Gare SNCF". Nice has several
railway stations, the main one being called "Nice-ville".
Trains take
between 7 and 11 mn from Nice-ville to Beaulieu-sur-mer,
depending on the number of stops. The full list of stations is:
Nice-ville, Nice-Riquier, Villefranche, Beaulieu-sur-mer (note that
there is a small tunnel between Nice-ville and Nice Riquier and a big
tunnel between Nice-Riquier and Villefranche). Just after leaving
Villefranche (coming from Nice) you can see the sea on your right.
After you arrive in the Beaulieu-sur-mer
station follow the instructions given below to reach the hotel La
Berlugane.
Exit the motorway A8 at the first Nice exit (Promenade des Anglais and
airport). Follow the road along the sea all the way to the Nice
harbor ("Port" signs). From there follow the "Basse Corniche" to Villefranche and
Beaulieu. The entrance to Beaulieu is at a traffic light following
immediately a service station located on the right of the road. At
the traffic light bear slightly left, following signs marked "Beaulieu
centre. Eze". Then continue the road which is now taking you through
Beaulieu. Pass under a railway bridge. About 300 m after this bridge,
there is a sign "N98. Eze bord de mer. Monaco". The road turns left
(as indicated by the sign). After a short distance you will see a
church on your left. La Berlugane is about 50 m after the church on
the left at 14 bd General Leclerc. You can enter and park your car
inside.
As you exit
the railway station you will see on your
right, less than 100m away, the tourist office (office du tourisme).
Walk around
it (leaving it on your right hand side)
and immediately behind you will find steps leading to a passage
under the railway tracks.
Continue
straight. You are now on a nice pedestration street
whose name "rue du marché" (shown by "x" in the map below)
is marked only when you are just about the end of this street.
The end of
"rue du marché" has a couple of metal fences intended to
prevent cars and motorcycle from accessing it.
Immediately
after passing these fences you are on a regular street whose name is
not marked. Turn left. After 25m turn right on "rue du port" (shown by
y in the map below).
Rue du port
is about 50 m long. At its end turn right on Boulevard General Leclerc.
Another 50m or so and you are
at La Berlugane which is at 14 Bd General Leclerc.
The whole
trip takes less than 6 mn.