If this is your first time to Nice and especially if you are only here for a few days then this open-top bus tour is a great way to get a feel for the layout of Nice and to have a glimpse at the major attractions. The running commentary, in English, (other languages are available) is a bit naff and if you are read up on Nice it will not tell you much that is new. However, I thoroughly enjoyed it and my only worry was that I would get too hot on the top of the bus. Once it was moving, however, the breeze was wonderful and the driver had cold bottles of water for 1 euro each. There are two 10-minute view-point stops so take your camera. Briefly, the tour takes you up the Promenade des Anglais, by the Port, Mont Boron and up to Cimiez past the Musee Matisse then back down past the Massena Fountains. Tours cost 17 euros/adult, 9 euros for 4-10 year-olds and 13 euros seniors/students. Tours start at 10 am every day and at about hourly intervals depending on the time of the year. Pay the Driver. This tour, combined perhaps with the well-established "little tourist train" which gets to the places the double-decker can't reach ie Old Nice and the Chateau, gives a great overview of Nice if you are short of time or want to save your legs! Good fun.
Additional info June 2004 See my
travelogue for more photos and please go to the
next tip for an update for the Open Top Tour for 2004/2005.
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Phone: 04 92 29 17 00
Address: Jardins Albert 1er, Promenade des Anglais
Directions: There is a bus stop with a notice board with tour timetable, on the Promenade des Anglais at the foot of the Jardins Albert 1er, close to the children's carousel ride.
Website: http://www.nicetourisme.com/GB/html/voir/visite/v_visite.html
Other Contact: email nicegrandtour@ifrance.com
on Sep 15, 2003
