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Best tip on getting to Nice from Rome, Paris or Amsterdam

I am traveling with my 2 sisters and we fly stand by the first week of December when no one else travels!

I love Rome in December and wanted to train to Nice but have only traveled the train in Italy. We can get to Amsterdam or Paris and Amsterdam has the best flights for us stand by girls!

Anyone know the best train and how to get the best prices? Or do you go Easy Jet?

Any tips or other places to home base. Less is more for me as I love to get into the culture of a city and how to shop, eat and enjoy like a local.

Thank You,

Kathy

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Paris is 5 hours by TGV from Nice. Fly from the other two.

Posted by
4025 posts

Compare airline prices at www.skyscanner.com which is good on budget one-way fares. If you truly believe in slow travel and have a week, it could be Paris or Rome alone.

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Are you planning to go straight to Nice? Is your return flight 'standby' as well?

We're already guessing that you only have a week, but that may just be your departure window.

Of course, the cheapest fares are usually had by booking early.

Last minute train discounts usually don't happen because the seating capacity can be adjusted by loading fewer cars on the route.

But still, put me down as a vote for train over plane is most instances, no matter the cost.

Short flights are never a quick as they seem. This is very true if you're already in the heart of a city, where transportation to and from airports plus lengthy wait times for boarding, must be considered. Especially in Europe, where the train station is so often right in the tourist center, I say train will be just as fast. Not to mention much more to one's taste when it comes to on-board refreshment and entertainment.

But if you're already in the airport, have gone through screening, and there's a connecting flight within a few hours. There's one instance when even I would make an exception and fly.

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In the past when I've gone to Nice, I've most often flown EasyJet. If you get the tickets early enough. There's a bus in from the airport to the city that's very cheap and just fine.