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Alpes Maritimes is a département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It has 300 sunny days per year, making it an excellent tourist destination.

[edit] Regions

The département can be divided into three parts :

• The coast area, which attracts lots of tourists
• The arrière pays famous for its nice villages
• The moutain area, with its ski resorts

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• Antibes
• Cannes
• Grasse. Famous for its perfume industry is inland but easily reached from the coast by train.
• Menton
• Monaco
• Nice
• Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
• St Paul de Vence and Tourette sur Loup. Both 30 minutes inland but well worth a visit, delightful old villages with narrow streets and picture post card scenes.
• Vence

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[edit] By plane

• Easy Jet among other airlines, fly into Nice airport making the Alpes Maritimes cheap and easy to get to.

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[edit] By train

There are four rail links :

• Ventimiglia (Italy) - Menton - Monaco - Nice - Antibes - Cannes - Mandelieu
• Ventimiglia (Italy) - Menton - Monaco - Nice - Antibes - Cannes - Grasse
• Nice - Breil-sur-Roya - Tende : this train is often used by tourists. It's called Le train des Merveilles.

Theses routes are operated by SNCF, the national railway company. Trains also stop in smaller cities (see time table). http://www.ter-sncf.com/paca

• Nice - Digne

This route is called Chemin de fer de Provence and is often refered as Le train des Pignes. It's operated by a private company (Veolia Transports). It's also serving many small villages as Puget-Thenier, Entrevaux or Annot. Interail cards are not accepted. The trains are not equipped for disable people. http://www.trainprovence.com/

[edit] By bus

The Conseil Général (local council) operates a bus network called TAM. It offers to route to almost every town and village within the département. The one-way ticket costs €1 whatever the destination.

The main routes are :

• 100 : Nice - Monaco - Menton (every 15 minutes)
• 100X'press : Nice - Monaco, direct by motorway (every 60 minutes)
• 200 : Nice - Cannes (every 15 minutes)
• 500 : Nice - Grasse
• 600 : Cannes - Grasse (every 20 to 30 minutes)

This network also operates (on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and the nights before a public holiday) a night service called NocTAM'bus. The three night routes are:

• NocTAM'bus 100 : Nice Côte d'Azur Airport - Monaco - Menton
• NocTAM'bus 200 : Nice Côte d'Azur Airport - Cannes
• NocTAM'bus 600 : Cannes- Grasse

There are also two special airport routes:

• 110 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport - Monaco - Menton, direct by motorway
• 210 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport]] - Cannes, direct by motorway.

Warning Special fares apply on the airport routes (110 and 210):

• Nice - Monaco: €16.10
• Nice - Menton: €18.00
• Nice - Cannes: €14.20

Time tables are available at http://www.cg06.fr/transport/transports-tam.html (in French)

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