Monday: 3/24 - CDG-Nice 1pm **Walk around Nice Tuesday: 3/25 - Nice **Bus 100 to Monaco, Eze Wednesday:3/26 - Nice **Med-Tours to: Antibes, Cannes, Grasse, Gourdon, Tourrettes, St Paul de Vence-all day trip
Thursday: 3/27 - Nice **Matisse %26amp; Chagall Museums
Friday:3/28 - Nice **Villefranche-sur-mer%26amp;Cap Ferrat
Saturday: 3/29 6:00AM train to Arles **Arles Walks %26amp; Arlaten Folk Museum
Sunday: 3/30 - Arles **Avignon
Monday: 3/31 - Arles **St. Remy %26amp; Le Baux or tour:
**http://www.provence-reservation.com
Tuesday: 4/1 - Arles **open
Wednesday - 4/2 - Arles **Market Day %26amp; Walks
Thursday: 4/3 %26amp; 4/4 - Arles to Paris - 7:32AM - 11:27AM (5th trip to Paris just to see a 2-day glimpse before returning home)
? - Is it safe to walk from Rue Biscarra in Nice to the train station at 5am? Mappy.com says it%26#39;s just over 1/2 mile. I%26#39;m a morning person and like to get on my way early in the day. Hope to save expense of cab rides. Also, is it best to reserve train tickets now or upon arrival in Nice?
Thanks.
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Hmm. Very interesting. I wouldn%26#39;t spend a whole day doing museums, half a day should be enough if you get up early enough. I would divide the walk round Nice day with the museum day so you have half and half.
As well as Villefrance and Cap Ferrat you could walk along the cost to Beaulieu which is very pretty and has a good beach. Are you planning on some sunbathing that day?
Is the walk in Arles a guided tour of everything? Cos you can get a joint ticket for the thermes, the theatre, the arena, the mausoleum and something else, which gets you round most of the sites and sights. Don%26#39;t miss the chance to walk along the Rhone and say hello to the bridge that Van Gogh painted. I would be inclined not to do a guided walk but to read a good guide book and plan a route and do it independently.
Wouldn%26#39;t do the Avignon trip on a Sunday unless you are driving owing to unreliability of French public transport on Sundays. I%26#39;d spend Sunday walking around Arles and do Avignon Monday.
How are you getting to St Remy and Les Baux? If not driving I would suggest you take a tour, Les Baux isn%26#39;t easy to get to by public transport even in midsummer, let alone March.
Would suggest you spend your %26#39;open%26#39; day in Arles in Aix instead if you can get there easily - there are a couple of buses a day. Can anyone help out with times?
Arles is lovely, but not that big, and you have another full day there on market day. In fact in the afternoon of market day I would see if you can get a train or bus to Nimes.
You need a Nice expert re rue Biscarra, but I think Nice will be pitch black at 5am in March, so you need to factor that in.
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Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply..just what I was looking for. When I travel, knowing I only have 2 weeks, I like to have a full itinerary and see as much as possible so I sleep little!
I%26#39;ll switch the Avignon trip to Tuesday and then look at an after market trip for Wednesday, checking out Aix and Nimes.
I am hoping to get a tour reservation for St. Remy %26amp; Le Baux - They don%26#39;t have any sign-ups as yet so the tour may not go. If I can%26#39;t get on the tour, from what I%26#39;ve read getting to Le Baux is not easy on public transport, so I%26#39;ll have to just opt for the bus to St. Remy.
I was thinking of visiting the Villa..Rothschild%26#39;s while in Cap Ferrat but am not sure how the gardens will look at the end of March.
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Chantal suggested someone might have some bus times, so I%26#39;ve hunted them out - they are only published a month ahead, but this is a Tuesday in February, so it%26#39;s a good indication of travel from Arles to Aix: http://tinyurl.com/3dlobb It%26#39;s service L018 - via Saint Martin de Crau and Salon de Provence. Click on %26#39;Autre sens%26#39; for the return times.
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