Time to leave our lovely Nice. The holiday within the holiday. The tram system has made a huge difference to the city...very efficient with one arriving every three minutes. Jean Medecin with it's beautiful shops with beautiful prices (way too much for us)! Fantastic beaches, charm of the oldtown history, flowers, fruit & veg markets, easy access & frequency to the outer regions by bus or train.....Antibes, Cannes, Biot, Cagnes sur Mer, Grasse, St Paul du Vence, Vence, Entrevaux, Villefranche, Saint Jean cap Ferrat, Beaulieu, Monaco, and Menton on the Ventimigllia border to Italy. Tram to the airport...still no hold luggage so straight to Departure Security with our online boarding passes. Moving the whole time between EU countries, so no checks on arrival, just as you depart. Cuts at least 2 hours off the trip & ... read more

A day planned inland to St Paul de Vence. A hilltop Village..20min tram to Parc Phinox then the 400 bus to St Paul. Great bus journey into a region where there are not so many apartments but detached houses. Lots of greenery & very clean. We passed through Cagnes sur Mer which appears to be another weathly area on the Cote d'Azur. Chaghall is buried in the cemetary which sits ontop of the hill just outside the Village wall. The Village was full of art shops.... read more

With the new tram system taking over the majority of the central city zone, all the buses that feed the 2+ zones are based at Phoenix Park. So a tram ride first 10mins out...a bus waiting to Cannes but we stopped off at Gare Antibes. Purchased a train ticket return to Niceville to be sure of our return seeing as it was now midday. And I have to say I conducted the whole conversation in French & answered Monsieur's questions too. With our accent we couldn't pass for French anyway. Monsieur wasn't surprised by my attempt because it is expected! Knowing our way into town we popped into a supermarket for some sandwhiches & a wrap to have down by the waterfront....another couple were doing just the same thing. Turned out too windy & a big ... read more

And it's Mum's Birthday ????❤ Packed our towel & togs, caught the tram to Garibaldi & then bus 15 to Villefranche. Being Saturday the place was busy, plus a cruise ship in the bay. Getting off the bus & near the info centre a brass band was entertaining a crowd.... all singing & laughing. A little wander up to the Citadel 16th Century. A mosaic exhibition took my interest. A beautiful day in the bay. Lots of beach lazing & European sunbathing. We found ourselves a nice spot with some rocks & sand. We are used to more space than what was on offer here. There were more people on the beach than in the water. Everyone wants a tan. Two swims later we redressed like everyone else does on the beach. Water much warmer than ... read more

Up at 6am & a wee walk at 7am to the train Estacion to catch the aeroporto bus...30min ride. Well & truely comfortable timing. Straight through with our boarding passes downloaded online & still no checkin (hold) luggage...just as well for washing machines & the warm weather. Easyjet were able to getaway 20min prior to original takeoff time & they also made up 30min with the wind....so in all we arrived 50min early in France than was scheduled! We saw 4 flights out of Sevilla to Barcelona were delayed so this must have brought a few flights forward. Sooo much more comfortable than the Ryanair planes!! Absolutely the back seats in the plane. Straight out of the aeroporto to catch the 'New Tram'. Going from a European Union country to another is easy if not carrying ... read more