"CHEAPEST TICKETS, SURVIVAL TIPS AND LINKS" France by nygaston

THE FRENCH LOVE TO:
- have a breakfast Chez Paul or Brioche Doree
- choose their wine chez Nicolas
- buy their food chez Casino, Carrefour, Auchan and Leclerc

My preferred towns in FRANCE
AUVERGNE: Rodez, Espalion, Bozouls
ALSACE-LORRAINE: Nancy "Restaurant Le Vivier", Strasbourg "Chez Yvonne", Colmar "La Cassolette"
PROVENCE: Menton "Nautica", Gorbio, Ste Agnes
BRETAGNE: Le Croisic
NORMANDIE: Le Touquet, Deauville (Rico's)

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PARIS CDG AIRPORT

BUS CDG T2 to ORLY,
CDG T2 Bus Air France = 15-20 Euros
TAXI to Paris by day = 36-45 Euros
TAXI to Orly = 60-80 Euros

CDG T2 to Paris by RER-B = 7.70 Euros (summer 2004)
Roissybus to Opera = 8.20 Euros, 60 min.
Car Air France to Gare Montparnasse and Gare de Lyon = 11.50 Euros , from 7am to 9pm (bus 1 or 4) ; Bus 2 = CDG to Pte Maillot and Arc de Triomphe; Bus 3 = CDG to Orly direct.

HOTELS CLOSE to CDG Airport :
IBIS, CDG T2C
NOVOTEL, CDG T2C
SOFITEL, Tel. 01 49 19 77 77, Shuttle

Limousine CDG-Paris = 105 Euros
Tel 01 40 71 84 62
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NICE AIRPORT BUSES
NICE AIRPORT

Left Luggage:
Terminal 1, rate = 4 Euros / piece / day; from 6am to 10pm

Terminal 1: Swiss (Europe)
Terminal 2: BMI, DL, EasyJet, RAM, Tunis
NICE TAXI 04 93 13 78 78

NICE AIRPORT MICROBUS (8 people)
Tel +33 493 28 19 94
Fax +33 493 35 75 18 (ideal if you have big luggages, confirmation by fax in English, very good service ***)

SHUTTLE BUS, for up to 6 people:
Tel +33 493 21 30 83


FROM NICE AIRPORT , BUS to:
Monaco, Menton : Bus every 15 min. = 16 Euros
Antibes, Cannes , Bus 200 every 20 min. = 12 Euros
Grasse = 10 Euros
Nice Town Center = 4 Euros, Bus 23 = 1 Euros
St Paul de Vence = 5 Euros

TAXI (by day) From Airport To:
Nice = 25-30 Euros
Cannes = 65-70 Euros
Grasse = 75-85 Euros
Menton = 85-90 Euros
St Raph. = 150 Euros
+ fees by night = 10 to 20 Euros



HOTELS NEAR THE AIRPORT
Campanile 04 93 21 20 20 (good food)
Novotel 04 93 21 22 50 (navette, good room)
Park inn 04 93 18 34 00


NICE TIPS
AIRPORT BUSES

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Ambulance:: 15 (SAMU)
FIRE: 18
Police: 17 (from cell: 112)
Dentists: 01-43-37-5100
Doctors: 01- 47-07-7777
SOS: 01-47-23-8080
24 hours Pharmacy:
Derhy, 84 ave des champs Elysees
AMBASSIES
US: 01-43-12-2222
UK: 01-44-51-3100
SA: 01-53-59-2323
NZ: 01-45-01-4343
IRL: 01-44-17-6700
AUS: 01-40-59-3300

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CDG: BUSES 350, 351 (3 tickets)
ORY: BUSES 183, 285 (1 ticket)

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TOP 10 TOWNS WHERE TO LIVE

1    Dijon, Beaune, Wine and Burgundy
2    Poitiers, Futuroscope
3    Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, Volcanoes
4    Angers, Anjou, Saumur, Amboise
5    Montpellier, South of France
6    Paris
7    Saint-Etienne
8   Toulouse
9    Limoges
10    Chambéry
11    Nantes, La Baule, Loire and Brittany

Criterias for living:
transportations, food, stores, markets, health care, doctors, security, safety....
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• Pros:Peaceful and Beautiful. I like it in May and August
• Cons:Watch the dogs
• In a nutshell:PARIS: Avoid the 18th and 19th districts by night