A healthy, pollution free way of getting around Nice has been recently launched by the local authorities. You can now pick up your own bike 24/7 from any of the 90 stations, scattered around Nice. 900 bicycles are available from a minimum of €1 an hour, to a maximum of €25 for 1 year.

You can pay via internet, by post or at any bike station using your credit card or phone. Discounts are offered to Ligne d'Azur bus/tram card holders.

Nearest post to Nice Nest apartment: Avenue Jean Jaurès off Place Garibaldi or Rue Bavastro andRue Gauthier/Rue E. Philibert near Nice Harbour.

For more info visit
http://riviera.angloinfo.com/information/1/cycling.asp

Or if you understand French
http://www.velobleu.org/nice/nicecms.nsf/customFrmHome?OpenForm?open

A one way, one euro ticket is all that's now needed for your public transport within Nice and to/from 25 towns and villages of the Canca Community.

This service is operated by a bus/tram service Ligne d’azur and by TAM coaches.

With €1, which includes a connection waiting time of up to 74 minutes, you can now travel from Nice to Monaco, Menton, Villefranche, Cap D’ail, Beaulieu, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, Eze, Cagnes, Vence, Grasse, Antibes and Cannes to mention just a few.

The only exceptions are the Airport shuttle buses No. 98 to/from Nice Bus station (adjacent to Nice old Town), stopping at major hotels along the Promenade des Anglais. This service is extended from the Bus Station to Nice Harbour – Quai Lunel from June to September and Bus No. 99 to/from Nice Thiers Main Train Station, offering a fast shuttle service for €4 (also valid as a one day bus/tram ticket).

Tickets can be bought at Nice airport, bus and train stations, on the bus and from ticket machines at bus stops but not on the tram. If you want to to know more please visit our useful information and getting there pages.

Historically the most import square in Nice, Place Garibaldi was finally lit up on a fine September evening. Only a year ago this square was no more than a posh roundabout. Now mostly pedestrianised, it is enjoyed by locals and tourists alike.

For the first time in probably half a century, Place Garibaldi is now also used for leisure activities, fêtes and as an occasional market place for the local painters and artists.

By 2010 there will be more Albizia trees, benches, and lighting. The façades of the buildings framing this beautiful square will also be brought back to their original splendour.

Access to and from Rue Bonaparte is now restricted to pedestrians only. This new layout, together with other traffic restrictions, has considerably reduced traffic, noise and pollution to the square and to the nearby Place du Pin.

More antique dealers are being encouraged to open up their shops in the "Quartier des Antiquaires" stretching from the square to Nice Harbour.

The harbour surface car park will be replaced by an open air swimming pool overlooking the Mediterranean and parking facilities will be built underground.

Pedestrianisation, open spaces, trees, and clean air are on top of the new Mayor’s agenda.

Public transport fares in and around Nice were reduced to €1 in order to entice more users like commuters, locals and tourists. This decision was an instant success and has considerably reduced queues, noise and pollution.

At long last, community officers are enforcing fines on dog owners who are careless about their pets fouling on pavements. Cleaner footpaths are now more of a rule than an exception!

Finally, between now and 2010 a large chunk of Nice Bus Station will be moved to the outskirts. The nearby unsightly car parks leading to Place Massena will be removed and replaced by lovely parks and gardens.

For more info please visit our sections on the apartment and the tramway.

It was an exciting discovery for us especially because we had done no prior research on Calvi restaurants.

We wanted to eat local, rustic, tasty food and U Fornu had met our expectations brilliantly.

Their menu offered an adequate choice of dishes. We had a wholesome vegetable soup, a gourmet wild boar stew with ratatouille followed by quality pastry and good local wine.

Two meals at about €50 is excellent value for money.

It was nice sitting under a pergola on a busy, fine September evening.

A welcoming, well organised and attentive service in an enjoyable atmosphere is how we will remember U Fornu.

RESTAURANT U FORNU
Impasse Bertoni
Off Boulevard Wilson
20260 CALVI 20
Corse - FRANCE
Telephone: 04 95 65 27 60

After about 4 years of hard work, Nice’s Tram will be up and running at long last starting from 24 November 2007.

The full completion and inauguration of Place Garibaldi, one of the tram stops servicing Nice’s old town, will be taking place in February 2008. This imposing 18^th century square, the second largest in Nice, will be mostly pedestrianised. Forty-two Abizia trees will be planted to help restore beauty and tranquillity.

For more information visit our section on Nice’s new tram.