Access
By air : The Nice - Côte d'Azur International Airport is
located 13.7 miles away from Monaco. Helicopter and bus services,
taxis and hire cars provide permanent links between the airport
and the Principality. By helicopter (scheduled services or on
request), the duration of the flight is 7 minutes.
By train : The Monaco-Monte Carlo (SNCF) railway station is a
stop for many international trains. The railway is a rapid means
of communication between the Principality and all the localities
of the Côte d'Azur from Cannes to Menton.
By road : The A8 motorway, which connects with the whole of European
motorway system, serves the Principality by means of easy access
roads (an exit A8 - RN7 coming from Nice, la Turbie going to or
coming from Nice, Roquebrune going to or coming from Italy). Local
communications are provided by three major roads : the Low, the
Middle and the Great Corniches.
Service by inter-town coaches : To Nice and Cannes, via the Low
and Middle Corniches, from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. and also in the direction
of Menton, Italy and the villages of the back country.
Some distances : Cannes 31 miles : Genoa 174 km : Geneva 323 miles
: Marseille 127 miles : Menton 4.3 miles : Nice 10.5 miles : Paris
595 miles : San Remo 22 miles : Turin 124 miles
By sea : The two harbors of the Principality, the Condamine (Hercule
harbor) and Fontvieille, are equipped to handle yachts of all
tonnages while intercontinental liners are able to anchor in the
bay of Monaco.
Getting Around
Monaco's urban bus system has six lines, and will take you
to all the tourist spots. If you want to get back to your hotel
after 9pm, though, you'll need to catch a taxi.
Taxis
Two main ranks in operation round the clock (tel: 93.50.56.28
and radio telephone 93.15.01.01) at the Avenue de Monte-Carlo
(near the Casino) and the railway station. Four supplementary
ranks: Place des Moulins, Avenue de la Costa, Fontvieille, Beach
Plaza.
Car Parks
The Chemin des Pêcheurs car park, built to serve Monaco
Ville, is located under the Oceanographic Museum; it can hold
55 coaches and 750 private cars.
With the permanent development of the new area of Fontvieille,
more than 2,700 places for private cars and 180 places for camping
cars are also available. The other main car parks are located
in the Condamine in the Place St. Dévote, in Monte-Carlo
under the Boulingrins gardens, Avenue Princesse Grace (Larvotto
and Portier), Boulevard de Belgique, Avenue St. Charles, Avenue
des Spélugues (the Metropole gallery), Boulevard Louis
II, Avenue de la Costa and Place des Moulins.
The construction on the site of the old Louis II Stadium in Fontvieille,
the reconstruction of the area of the Variétés in
the Condamine and the building of the future Cultural and Exhibition
Centre on the Avenue Princesse Grace will increase the car-parking
facilities of the Principality to a considerable extent |
